The US government’s Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s air cargo advance screening (ACAS) pilot programme is asking for new participants as it has been extended again, pushing back the date by which its implementation becomes mandatory for the airfreight community.
The ACAS pilot is a voluntary test in which participating companies submit a subset of required advance air cargo data to CBP at the earliest point practicable prior to loading of the cargo onto the aircraft, destined to or transiting through the US. The ACAS data is used to target high risk air cargo.
The CBP also says of the advance information, that it must be submitted no later than the time of departure of the aircraft for the US or four hours prior to arrival in the US, depending on the point of origin.
This has been excerpted from the July 31 2015 edition of Air Cargo Week and is available in its entirety at: http://www.aircargoweek.com/cargo-omitted-from-gatwicks-response/