10+2 rule achieves 80 per cent importer compliance

US CUSTOMS and Border Protection has announced that 80 per cent of importer filings comply with the Importer Security Filing since the 10+2 rule was introduced in January.

The agency also identified around 1,000 un-manifested containers among vessel stow plans filed by carriers, which potentially pose the highest security risk, reports Newark's Journal of Commerce. According to the Government Accountability Office, under White House Office of Management and Budget rules, customs should be more transparent in assessing how it put the rule into effect.

The 10+2 rule demands that importers and carriers file 12 extra pieces of information that do not appear on the cargo manifest to provide customs with more details about a container's origin, ownership and destination.

Customs and the Department of Homeland Security agreed with GAO's recommendations, and said the data collected ought to be fully integrated into the customs targeting system by November 30.
(Source:www.schednet.com)