10+2 Importer Security Filing : When will CBP issue its final ruling?
October 30, 2008 by SwizStick
Filed under Supply Chain Management
Update: 11-26-08 – The interim final rule has been published. Effective date is January 26, 2009, for the full details please click on our latest post here.
While CBP maintains that 10+2 is coming, they are now declining to predict when it might actually happen. Via Joc.com:
The rule has been under review for months by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The delay has forced Customs officials to remain silent while OMB deliberates, and left members of the trade with nothing to do but speculate.
Deputy Commissioner Jayson Ahern told the agency’s annual trade symposium on Monday that he would not be reckless as he was in September, when he predicted in remarks to the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America that it would be a matter of days or weeks before OMB signed off on the rule.
This comes on the heels of a letter the House Ways and Means Committee supposedly sent to DHS and CBP urging a longer phase-in period and suggesting volunteer importers test the regulation. I can’t find a copy of the letter or a link to it, but that’s what I’ve been told by one of my international 3PL contacts.
Update: Here’s more on the letter from the House Ways and Means Committee, courtesy of Joc.com:
Related Posts:The letter, signed by Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., and other senior committee members of both parties, called for Customs to issue an interim final 10+2 rule, and carry out a pilot program.
Lawmakers said Customs could use the pilot to test compliance with 10+2 with a small number of importers, and correct any technical problems. All other companies would be encouraged to comply on a voluntary basis.
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