Mandatory AMS deadline approaches
Airlines and air freight forwarders on the U.S. East Coast have until Friday to begin electronically pre-filing cargo manifests to comply with U.S. Customs and Border Protection security mandates for gathering information on import cargo.
Customs staggered its enforcement dates by regions, with the central part of the country required to use the Automated Manifest System by Oct. 13 and West Coast states by Dec. 13.