Customs and Border Safety to Check New Provide Chain Identifiers for Imports

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The Workplace of Commerce at U.S. Customs and Border Safety is launching a testing mission for a worldwide enterprise identifier to streamline monitoring of products in provide chains.

CBP will collaborate with 13 companion authorities companies to deploy a World Enterprise Identifier (GBI) pilot program testing the usage of a number of new enterprise identifiers to trace imports.

“The complexity of contemporary, international provide chains requires progressive options to extend transparency,” stated AnnMarie Highsmith, govt assistant commissioner of the CBP’s Workplace of Commerce. “Our hope for this pilot program is that it’s going to give us a extra full image of products making their approach into the U.S. in order that we are able to focus enforcement efforts on high-risk shipments whereas making certain the free stream of authorized commerce that helps our financial system.”

Final yr, CBP processed over 28.5 million cargo containers at 328 U.S. ports of entry and 32.8 million import entries. There have been over 365,000 importers of report and 16,500 customs brokers in CBP’s techniques.

On Dec. 2, Highsmith introduced the mission, which goals to revamp commerce processes by evaluating distinctive enterprise identifiers or a mixture of identifiers to switch a decades-old producer/shipper identification quantity used right now to trace customs info on imports.

The present course of solely contains an importer’s identify and deal with with out being tied to a novel identifier.

“With the GBI pilot, we count on improved knowledge high quality, trade price and time financial savings, streamlined provide chain monitoring and elevated safety from counterfeiting — wins for each the commerce group and the U.S. authorities,” Highsmith stated.

The testing will contain commerce trade volunteers as people or customs brokers who present CBP with entity identifier codes to permit CBP to acquire extra complete perception and knowledge on shippers, sellers and producers.

The experiment requires volunteers to undergo CBP three new entity identifier techniques together with the producer/shipper identification quantity. The entity identifiers to be evaluated are:

• Information Common Numbering System: 9-digit numeric and nonindicative system figuring out distinctive enterprise inside a library of greater than 200 reference knowledge parts. Over 300 million have been issued worldwide.
• World Location Quantity: 13-digit numeric identifier with reference knowledge parts customizable to location, operate and operations. Over 2 million firms use GS1 Requirements whereas 100 million merchandise carry GS1 bar codes.
• Authorized Entity Identifier — 20-digit, alphanumeric identifier with underlying reference knowledge parts distinctive to a authorized entity. Over 2.2 million have been issued worldwide.

Utilizing outcomes of the testing, CBP famous it can resolve which identifier system is greatest for capturing essential knowledge together with the primary authorized entity, particular enterprise places and provide chain roles.

Consideration might be given to utilizing a single new identifier system or mixture of them as effectively if a brand new system would offer a “single window” to cut back paper processing, expedite the discharge of cargo and enhance the traceability of provide chains.

CBP acknowledged {that a} new system will supply many provide chain advantages reminiscent of streamlining import knowledge assortment, offering companies with a worldwide digital id and bolster safety in opposition to counterfeiting.

The testing interval runs from Dec. 19 to July 21, 2023. Throughout this time, CBP will settle for volunteer requests from importers of report and licensed customs brokers to take part in addition to public feedback on the take a look at. Additional info is accessible in a five-page CBP discover in Federal Register Doc No. 2022-26213.

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