Product Information

Descartes Electronic

™

In-Bond

Moving Freight Into The United States More Quickly

Before cargo enters or leaves the country, the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requires advance transmission of electronic cargo information to CBP for both arriving and departing cargo.

Specifically for carriers, Descartes Electronic In-Bond helps transmit the necessary advance electronic cargo information to the U.S. CBP regarding inbound shipments prior to their arrival in the United States. Using CBP-approved electronic data interchange protocols for the transmission of advance cargo information (QP/WP), Descartes helps carriers quickly and easily complete the requirements for filing Customs Form 7512—Transportation Entry and Manifest of Goods Subject to Customs Inspection and Permit, and receive in-bond movement authorization within minutes instead of hours or even days.

Descartes Electronic In-Bond is part of the Descartes Global Logistics Network™ (GLN), which enables the world’s leading transportation providers to connect to their trading partners and reliably exchange information to drive delivery performance and high levels of customer satisfaction. The Descartes GLN helps companies better manage their logistics book-to-bill process, track inventory, meet regulatory requirements, optimize fleet performance, and effectively communicate with their logistics partners.

Speed Up Freight Movement & Reduce Costs

Descartes Electronic In-Bond helps carriers effectively manage U.S. border crossing time and reduce the number of rejected shipments.

Summary

Benefits

Descartes Electronic In-Bond helps:

• Enable truck carriers to approach the U.S. border with pre-approval for each cargo movement and avoid penalties from U.S. CBP

• Effectively manage U.S. border-crossing time and reduce the number of rejected inbound shipments

Features

• Reduce data entry time and errors

• Reduce messenger costs

• Minimize risk by decreasing the need to grant power of attorney to third parties to validate Custom Form 7512

• On-demand Access. Typically provides access 24 hours, 7 days per week from any location.

• Scaleable. Supports an unlimited number of users with system access.

• Fast. Typically receives in-bond movement authorizations within minutes.

• Ease of Use. Lets users query, edit and re-submit transactions with a few keystrokes. Pre-populates forms with user-defined information to reduce data entry requirements.

• Verification. Lets users print Custom Form 7512 documents.