Product Information

Descartes Importer Security Filing (ISF) Connect

As announced on January 2, 2008, CBP’s proposed regulation, also referred to as “10+2”, will require 10 data elements from importers or their agents 24 hours prior to vessel departure and 5 data elements from the filer of the lowest level of the Bill of Lading. The proposed additional data elements are: manufacturer name and address; seller name and address; container stuffing location; consolidator name and address; buyer name and address; ship to name and address; importer of record number; consignee number; country of origin of the goods; and Commodity Harmonized Tariff Schedule number. CBP also proposes that ocean carriers provide two new data sets. The new data sets are the Vessel Stow Plan, which contains information about containers loaded aboard a vessel; and Container Status Messages, which identify container movements or changes in load status.

Descartes’ Import Security Filing (ISF) service 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 end-to-end shipment management processes, track inventory, meet regulatory requirements, optimize fleet performance, and effectively communicate with their logistics partners.

The Descartes ISF-Connect service enables customers to gather the complete data set for the ISF filing in their own systems for submission to CBP. The service transmits the data for each ISF filing and provides a status of that filing via electronic message for posting in the customer’s own system. All transmissions are via the Descartes GLN’s secure connection to CBP.

Summary

Potential Benefits

• Pre-certified by CBP
• Significantly less investment than dedicated connection to CBP

Features

• Minimal investment in hardware and personnel
• Ideal for large organizations with existing infrastructure
• Fully comply with all ISF (10) & ISF (5) validations
• Integrated filing of data elements to CBP via your existing applications
• Secure, reliable connection to CBP via the GLN
• EDI, XML, Flat File handling via the GLN to reduce mapping requirements on internal IT resources
• E-alert e-mail service to proactively address problem filings
• Integration of Denied Parties Screening