DHS Hoping to Publish Rail Export Manifest Proposal This Summer

DHS is drafting a proposed rule that could mandate electronic export manifest for all cargo leaving the U.S. by rail, according to the agency’s recently released fall 2023 regulatory agenda. The proposed rule would require filers of that electronic export information to “identify the parties eligible to transmit information, describe the time frames prior to departure of the train in which the information is due, and identify an initial filing that must occur 24 hours prior to departure from the port of export while requiring that remaining data be transmitted at least two hours prior to such departure.”

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee in December urged CBP to roll out its long-awaited electronic export manifest for all modes of transportation, an effort that has been underway for years (see 2312050026). DHS said it’s expecting to publish the rule for rail manifest in June.