CBP Gives Guidance on Single Entry Filing for Multiple Rail Cars on Single Train

CBP recently provided guidance to rail carriers on single entry filing for multiple rail cars that enter the U.S. on a single train, CBP said in a CSMS message. The regulations in 19 CFR 141.51 requires that "“all merchandise arriving on one conveyance and consigned to one consignee must be included on one entry." According to CBP, the consignee can be "either nominal or ultimate" and "a single train and all its associated cars, containers, or other shipping devices filed using one manifest" in ACE is considered a single conveyance. The entry may include multiple HTS numbers, multiple manufacture identification numbers and multiple countries of origin, it said. To file a single entry for multiple cars, the train does not have to be a unit train, which is "a single conveyance where all of the cargo on the train is the same, bound for the same destination," the agency said. "Multi-Modal Manifest in ACE (ACE M1) is designed to allow a single entry to be filed for multiple rail cars, containers, or other shipping devices regardless of what other commodities and/or bills may be manifested and entered."