CBP Adds New Forms to Document Imaging System Pilot

CBP will add some new supported forms within the third phase of its Document Image System (DIS) pilot in the Automated Commercial Environment, said CBP in a notice (here). DIS allows for electronic submission of documents during the import process required by multiple agencies. The agency began the third phase last year (see 14062419).

Effective Feb. 17, the following forms will be newly supported in DIS:

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

• APHIS Import Permit
• APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Form 368, Notice of Arrival (of a restricted article at the port of entry)
• APHIS PPQ Form 203, Foreign Site Certificate of Inspection and/or Treatment
• APHIS PPQ Form 586, Application for Permit to Transit Plants and/or Plant Products, Plant Pests, and/or Associated Soil through the United States
• APHIS PPQ Form 587, Application for Permit to Import Plants or Plant Products
• APHIS Transit Permit
• Ingredients List (used by APHIS)
• Phytosanitary Certificates (used by APHIS)
• Proof of origin (for origin shipments of milk and milk products) (used by APHIS)

All other eligibility criteria, technical specifications, recordkeeping requirements, and rules for submitting to DIS remain the same, said CBP.

(Federal Register 01/30/15)