[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 2]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR143.1]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
 
PART 143--SPECIAL ENTRY PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart A--Automated Broker Interface
 
Sec. 143.1  Eligibility.

    Source: T.D. 90-92, 55 FR 49884, Dec. 3, 1990, unless otherwise 
noted.


    The Automated Broker Interface (ABI) is a module of the Customs 
Automated Commercial System (ACS) which allows participants to transmit 
data electronically to Customs through ABI and to receive transmissions 
through ACS. Its purposes are to improve administrative efficiency, 
enhance enforcement of Customs and related laws, lower costs and 
expedite the release of cargo. Participants in ABI may be:
    (a) Customs brokers as defined in Sec. 111.1 of this chapter;
    (b) Importers as defined in Sec. 101.1 of this chapter; and
    (c) ABI service bureaus, that is, an individual, partnership, 
association or corporation which provides communications facilities and 
data processing services for brokers and importers, but which does not 
engage in the conduct of customs business as defined in Sec. 111.1(c) of 
this chapter.

[T.D. 90-92, 55 FR 49884, Dec. 3, 1990, as amended by T.D. 97-82, 62 FR 
51771, Oct. 3, 1997; T.D. 01-14, 66 FR 8767, Feb. 2, 2001]