Currently, commercial truck carriers arriving in the U.S. with merchandise for in-bond transportation must present a paper CBP Form 7512 to initiate either a QP or CAFES in-bond movement. With the advent of ACE, carriers will be able to directly file their in bond movement with the ACE eManifest transmission to CBP.

Effective immediately, carriers who elect to use ACE to transmit in-bond movements to CBP will not be required to provide a CBP Form 7512 at the time of arrival into the United States or upon arrival at the destination port. Carriers who elect not to present a CBP Form 7512, will be required to provide the existing eManifest cover sheet, outlined in the memorandum, Uniform Guidance for Presentation of Manifests to CBP Officers for ACE Electronic Truck Manifest, which will include the following information:

1. Trip number (required for all trips)
2. Tractor plate that was transmitted to CBP (required for all trips)
3. Drivers Name (required for all trips)
4. Shipment control number (optional but highly recommended)
5. Shipment description (required for in-bond shipments, optional for all others)
6. In-Bond number (required only for in-bond shipments)
7. Quantity and weight (required only for in-bond shipments)

In-bond shipments that are electronically transmitted to CBP via ACE eManifest will be considered to be paperless (such as electronic "V" in-bonds). Carriers who transmit in-bond shipments to CBP through ACE eManifest will be required to electronically transmit the arrival of the in-bond at the destination port. When export messaging becomes available, carriers will be required to transmit the export message as well. The cover sheet and the in-bond number should be provided to CBP to process the export transaction or at any location to act as identification of the in-bond shipment if requested.