Entry data elements

This glossary covers Entry data elements terms used by importers, customs brokers and trade-compliance teams.

entry number format

The 11-character CBP entry number on the 7501 and ACE entry: three-character filer code, seven-digit filer-assigned sequence number, one check digit; not a bill of lading or in-bond number.

IOR number

Importer of record number: the IRS EIN (optionally suffixed), SSN or CBP-assigned number identifying the party liable for duties on a CBP entry; not a bond number or filer code.

CBP-assigned number

The importer identification number CBP issues via CBP Form 5106 to a party lacking an IRS EIN or SSN (usually foreign); format YYDDPP-NNNNN; not an EIN or filer code.

ultimate consignee number

The EIN, SSN or CBP-assigned number of the ultimate consignee (the party on whose account goods are shipped), reported with the importer number on the entry; not the notify party.

FIRMS code

Facilities Information and Resources Management System code: four-character CBP identifier of a bonded facility, pier, CES or warehouse holding unentered or in-bond cargo; not an insurance or FEMA term.

SCAC code

Standard Carrier Alpha Code: the two-to-four-letter carrier identifier issued by the National Motor Freight Traffic Association, reported as the importing carrier on manifests, ISF and entries; not an IATA code.

Schedule D port codes

Census Schedule D customs district and port codes: four-digit codes (two-digit district plus port) for port of entry and unlading on CBP entries and manifests; not Schedule B or C.

port code 5301

Schedule D port code 5301, Houston, TX (seaport), in customs district 53 Houston-Galveston; the code reported as port of entry or unlading on entries there; not 5309 Houston airport.

entry type 01

ACE entry summary type code 01, Consumption, Free and Dutiable: the ordinary formal consumption entry with no quota, AD/CVD, warehouse, FTZ or bond-deferral feature; not an informal or in-bond type.

entry type 03

ACE entry summary type code 03, Consumption, AD/CVD: consumption entry for goods subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order, carrying the case number and deposit; not a quota type.

entry type 06

ACE entry summary type code 06, Foreign Trade Zone: the consumption entry withdrawing zone merchandise into U.S. commerce, including weekly estimated entries; not the zone admission (type 26).

entry type 11

ACE entry summary type code 11, Informal, Free and Dutiable: the informal entry for shipments within the informal value limit; not type 86 or a Section 321 release.

entry type 21

ACE entry summary type code 21, Warehouse: the entry placing imported goods in a CBP bonded warehouse with duty deferred until withdrawal; not a warehouse receipt or an FTZ admission.

entry type 23

ACE entry summary type code 23, Temporary Importation under Bond: the entry admitting goods duty-free under HTSUS 9813 against a bond for re-export or destruction; not an ATA carnet.

entry type 86

ACE cargo release entry type 86: the Section 321 (19 U.S.C. 1321) de minimis test entry filed in ABI for shipments at or under $800; not an entry summary type.

fee code 499

ACE user fee accounting class code 499, Formal Merchandise Processing Fee: the class code for reporting and paying MPF on a formal entry summary; not the 311 informal entry fee.

fee code 501

ACE user fee accounting class code 501, Harbor Maintenance Fee: the class code for reporting and paying HMF on cargo unloaded from a vessel; not the MPF code 499.

SPI codes

Special program indicator codes: the HTSUS special-rate symbols claimed beside the HTS number to obtain FTA or preference duty and MPF treatment; not PGA disclaim codes.

Chapter 99 reporting order

The CBP-published order for transmitting multiple HTS numbers per line: Chapter 98, Chapter 99 duty numbers by program, other Chapter 99, then the Chapter 1-97 number last; not duty stacking.

secondary tariff line

Broker shorthand for an additional HTS number (Chapter 98 or 99) transmitted as another tariff record within the same line as the Chapter 1-97 number; not a separate commodity line.

reporting quantity UOM

The HTSUS-prescribed unit of measure for a tariff number, in which the line's net quantity is reported at entry summary and on which specific duties compute; not the invoice unit.

CEE assignment

Center of Excellence and Expertise assignment: CBP's placement of an importer account under one of ten industry Centers handling its post-release trade work nationally; not a port or C-TPAT assignment.