CBP wants your cargo manifest paperwork refreshed—yawn.
Published Date: 8/3/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Enhanced ACAS Requires More Cargo Data
CBP's Enhanced Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) adds mandatory data elements such as consignee email and phone, shipment pickup location, ship-to party, and several conditional elements like IP/MAC addresses and customer account details; additional optional data elements are also listed. CBP estimates very large submission volumes (e.g., Enhanced ACAS non-verified consignors total annual responses 187,377,263 with an estimated 3,122,954 annual burden hours).
Importer Security Filing Remains Required
For most cargo arriving by vessel, the importer or its authorized agent must submit the data elements listed in 19 CFR 149.3 via a CBP-approved electronic system within the timeframes in 19 CFR 149.2. CBP estimates 240,000 respondents providing 8,100,000 total annual ISF responses with an estimated 8,100,000 total annual burden hours (1 hour per response).
Voluntary Entry Type 13 Mail Test
CBP is launching a voluntary Entry Type 13 test for mail shipments valued at $2,500 or less sent to the United States by mail. Carriers may elect to report the foreign postal operator tracking number on their manifest so CBP can match that tracking number to the entry filing and determine precise time of arrival and whether an entry was timely filed.
Vessel Stow Plans and Container Status Messages
Incoming carriers for containerized vessels must submit an electronic vessel stow plan no later than 48 hours after the vessel departs the last foreign port (or prior to arrival if voyage is under 48 hours). If the carrier creates or collects Container Status Messages (CSMs) in its tracking system, it must transmit those CSMs to CBP via an approved electronic data interchange system. CBP estimates vessel stow plan reporting generates 17,767 annual responses (31,803 burden hours) and CSMs generate 257,100,000 annual responses (23,996 burden hours).
Electronic Export Manifest Timing Rules
Under CBP pilots for electronic export manifests (ocean, air, and rail), carriers or their agents must provide initial '7+1' export data at least 24 hours before the conveyance departs the final U.S. port of export, and the remaining export manifest data at least 2 hours before departure, transmitted via ACE's Export Information System. CBP lists estimated annual burdens for these electronic export collections (for example, Electronic Air Export Manifest: 1,466,400 responses and 121,711 burden hours).
Mail Importers Can Get Precise Arrival Times
If your shipments arrive by mail with value $2,500 or less and your carrier participates in the Entry Type 13 test, CBP can match manifest tracking numbers to entry filings to determine the exact time of arrival and confirm timely entry of the mail article.
Option to Request Manifest Confidentiality
An importer or consignee (inward) or a shipper (outward) may request confidential treatment of its name and address contained in manifests by following the procedure in 19 CFR 103.31. CBP lists an estimated 5,040 annual confidentiality requests with 1,260 total annual burden hours (15 minutes per response).
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