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U.S. Companies Say New Customs Proposal Would Increase Costs, Delays Cargo companies have complained that a proposal to require advance notification of shipments entering the United States would lead to long delays at U.S. borders and higher costs for consumers, Scripps Howard News Service reported yesterday (see GSN, July 23). In July, the U.S. Homeland Security Department’s Customs and Border Protection Bureau proposed new regulations that would establish timeframes for transmitting advance information on cargo shipments. Under the proposal, shipments arriving by truck would have to transmit information 30 to 60 minutes before arriving in the United States, those arriving by train would have to transmit information two hours before arrival and those arriving by air would have to do so four hours before arrival. Air shipments originating in destinations close to the United States would have to transmit information before takeoff. Customs and Border Protection, which is set to issue final regulations Oct. 1, has received more than 120 comments on the proposal, according to Scripps Howard. Many of the comments have complained that the bureau has underestimated the costs of the new regulations. In addition, the American Trucking Association expressed concern that a bureau automated filing system would not be created by next spring as expected (James Brosnan, Scripps Howard News Service, Sept. 1).
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