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APHIS Sets Grace Period for Core PGA Message Set Enforcement

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will roll out its “Core” partner government agency (PGA) message set in two stages “to allow trade to adjust to the data requirements,” said CBP in a CSMS message Jan. 21. On the…

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Jan. 25 date previously announced as APHIS Core’s mandatory use date, APHIS will require filers to submit message set data for regulated products but will maintain “warning level” Harmonized Tariff Schedule code flagging. Beginning March 15, APHIS will fully enforce submission of its Core message set using reject flagging. “The delay until March 15, 2021, is technical only; filers should start submitting APHIS Core message set data on January 25, 2021,” CBP said.