US CUSTOMS and Border Protection (CBP) has extended its Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot programme for a further year and reopened the application period for new participants.
The pilot was set to expire this month but will now be extended until 26 July 2015, and CBP is also accepting applications for new participants until 26 September 2014, the UK's Lloyd's Loading List reported.
The programme, which analyses advance data on inbound air shipments to the US to assess risk, is in its pilot phase, but US Customs has signalled that it intends to expand it to apply to all inbound air cargo via a "rulemaking".
The extensions follow a letter sent in June to CBP and the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) from a coalition of associations representing forwarding companies, calling for more consultation.
The Airforwarders Association (AfA), the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA), The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA), and the Express Delivery and Logistics Association (XLA) sent letters to CBP and the TSA noting their concerns.
Following the extension, TIACA said: "Last week we met with TSA to clarify operational concerns. We feel it is positive to note that both TSA and CBP are committed to continuing to work with the industry."
TIACA said it was strongly encouraging airlines and freight forwarders to apply for and engage in the pilot. "Only through wide participation, which can fully test the various IT connectivity issues for Advance Filing," TIACA said.
TIACA also said that following the pilot, CBP plans to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), "and the current estimate is that this may occur in Q3/2015, with the likelihood of possibly Q4/2015 or Q1/2016."
It said the issuance of an NPRM is followed by a mandatory comment period from industry, after which CBP reviews all of the comments. CBP must then respond to those comments when the final rule is issued.
"Thus, ACAS may not become a mandatory CBP data transmission programme until sometime in late 2016," TIACA noted. "In comparison, the EU PRECISE programme is currently targeted for the first half of 2016."
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