Customs prepares ABI for Chile, Singapore FTA claims
The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection has completed programming changes in its Automated Broker Interface system to accommodate claims for imports subject to the U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Singapore free-trade agreements.
When the Chile and Singapore agreements entered into force Jan. 1, Customs notified its port directors that system updates were still underway and that all entries with claims for preferential treatment would need to be non-ABI until further notice.
Effective Feb. 23, the agency’s ABI system updates are finished and ABI transmission is now available to filers to claim preference under these trade agreements.