Customs Updates Entry Forms and Wants Your Feedback by November Deadline
Published Date: 10/1/2026
Notice
Summary
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is updating a form they use to collect info from people and businesses entering the country. They want your feedback by November 2, 2026, to make sure the process is clear and efficient. This update won’t cost extra money but aims to keep things running smoothly at the border.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Estimated filing scale and time burden for filers
CBP estimates large scale filing and time burdens: ACE Cargo Release shows 9,810 respondents with 29,832,210 annual responses and 4,972,035 annual burden hours; Form 3461 shows 12,995 respondents with 12,995 annual responses and 3,249 annual burden hours; and the ET-13 test shows 10 respondents with 2,000,000 annual responses and 166,667 annual burden hours. Combined, the notice reports an estimated 5,141,951 total annual burden hours across these collections.
New electronic informal mail entry (Type 13)
CBP is testing a voluntary electronic informal mail entry called Entry Type 13 for shipments sent by mail to the United States valued at $2,500 or less. Eligible owners/purchasers, licensed customs brokers, and carriers must transmit specified data elements (12 items listed including importer number, HTSUS 10-digit classifications, value, total duty owed, and postal tracking number) electronically as part of the test.
Expanded Global Business Identifier options
CBP is expanding the Global Business Identifier (GBI) test to add two party types ('Intermediary' and 'Source'), optional free-text fields, and to allow filers to submit one or more unique identifiers (LEI, GLN, or DUNS) rather than requiring all three. CBP will also add additional identifiers over time (starting with the Altana ID 'ALTA') and allow participants to modify or update prior enrollments.
New Russian sanctions data fields added
CBP added new data elements to comply with the Russian sanctions in Executive Order 14114 (published December 22, 2023). The updated Form 3461/3461 ALT instructions include text boxes for these new Russian sanctions data elements.
CBP says update will not add extra cost
The notice states the update 'won’t cost extra money' and aims to keep processes running smoothly at the border. The public may comment on the collection through November 2, 2026.
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