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CSMS # 61421135 - Entry Type 86 Estimated Date of Arrival Requirement Deploys July 25, 2024

On July 25, 2024, U.S. Customs Border Protection (CBP) will begin requiring the estimated date of arrival for all entry type 86 (ET 86) submissions in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). To enforce the estimated date of arrival requirement, ACE will deploy an update to Cargo Release ET86 processing. For software developers, ET86 submissions must include the Reference Identifier Qualifier code “EDA” in the SE20 record. The value of the Reference Identifier must be the estimated date of arrival, reported as MMDDYY. Failure to provide this information will result in the entry rejecting with error 282 (EDA REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TYPE 86) or 288 (ONLY ONE SE20 FOR EDA ALLOWED).

This change will support automated enforcement of the Section 321 requirements, and it was made available in the ACE certification environment on July 11, 2024. 

A later development will activate a validation in ACE to ensure that an appropriate party does not receive Section 321 clearance for more than an aggregate of $800 in shipments on a given day. For more details, see CSMS # 61264910 (July 5, 2024).

The following deployment support calls will be available for trade users:

• ACE Biweekly Trade Support Call: 
• Thursday, July 18, 2024 
• 2:00 p.m. ET
• Join via Webex

• Post-Deployment Support Call:
• Tuesday, July 30, 2024
• 1:00 p.m. ET
• Join via Teams

For more information, email ecommerce@cbp.dhs.gov.