[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 19, Volume 2]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 19CFR143.1]



[Page 59]

 

                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES

 

   CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, DEPARTMENT OF 

        HOMELAND SECURITY; DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY (CONTINUED)

 

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]