CBP Posts Changes to CATAIR on PGA Message Set Codes
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted documents on changes to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR) Appendix T, which provides codes and qualifiers for the PGA Message Set. Changes include the addition of new codes for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), added a code for FDA Clinical Investigator, reduced category type codes to comply with World Customs Organization guidelines for certain code lengths, etc. CBP also recently posted the change record for the CATAIR chapter on the PGA Message Set.
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(The PGA Message Set creates a single, harmonized set of information that will be collected electronically from international traders by CBP on behalf of the PGAs, thereby allowing CBP and the PGAs to make decisions about what cargo can come into the U.S. without the myriad of paper forms currently required.)
CATAIR Appendix T is available here.
CATAIR PGA Message Set Chapter is available here.