PREDICT Now Deployed in 13 Districts, Completion Expected by Year End
During the annual National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America’s Government Affairs Conference, a Food and Drug Administration official stated that PREDICT1 is currently deployed in 13 of 16 FDA districts.
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(PREDICT, which stands for Predictive Risk-Based Evaluation for Dynamic Import Compliance Targeting, replaces the electronic screening function portion of OASIS1 for import admissibility determinations. It was first launched in the Los Angeles District in September 2009 and the New York District in March 2010. In April 2010, FDA suspended the rollout of PREDICT to other districts due to software and other problems. PREDICT was then deployed in the Seattle and San Francisco Districts in the second half of September 2010; to Florida and San Juan Districts in April 2011; and later to the Atlanta, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Detroit Districts. According to a May 2011 presentation, other districts pending deployment as of May included the New England and Southwest Districts. )
All Delays Resolved, Completion Expected by End of Year
According to the official, all delays with PREDICT have been resolved and FDA now expects to complete its roll-out by the end of 2011.
Accurate AofC Codes Speeds Process
He reiterated the importance of having accurate Affirmation of Compliance (AofC) codes as it speeds the entire process, noting that the issue will become much easier with the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and PGA message sets.2 (See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/12/11 news, 11090937, for most recent BP summary of FDA discussing the importance of accurate AofC codes, in this case for radiation-emitting electronic products.)
1OASIS is the acronym for “Operational and Administrative System for Import Support,” a legacy system that has been in effect since 1998. MARCS (Mission Accomplishments and Regulatory Compliance Services) Entry Review will replace the legacy entry review screen of OASIS, and is not the same thing as PREDICT, which compiles targeting scores to assess risk. MARC Imports will eventually replace all of OASIS. PREDICT is integrated into the MARCS Entry Review System, and the two are being rolled out together.
2The PGA Message Set is a proposed International Trade Data System (ITDS) initiative to enhance automated interaction between CBP, Participating Government Agency (PGAs) and trade partners by facilitating electronic collection, processing, and review of trade documents filed during the cargo importation and release process.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/20/11 news, 11052015, for BP summary of PREDICT being deployed to 11 Districts.)