[US] CBP seeks to expand e-commerce pilot participation

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeking to expand industry participation in its electronic pilot program to collect advance data related to e-commerce shipments with import values of less than the $800 de minimis. 

The so-called Section 321 E-Commerce Data Pilot was announced by CBP on July 23 and started Aug. 22. The pilot will operate for a year...

CBP started the pilot with nine eligible e-commerce carriers, customs brokers, freight forwarders and online marketplaces. To participate, these companies must electronically transmit certain data elements related to their shipments to the agency in advance of their arrival in the U.S...

This is excerpted from 16 September 2019 issue of the American Shipper.