1. AIR CARGO ADVANCE SCREENING
ACAS
Think Globally

2. BACKGROUND
On October 28, 2010, the global counter-terrorism community disrupted a potential attack when individuals with ties to the Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen attempted to conceal and ship explosive devices in cargo on board aircraft ultimately destined for the United States.

3. CBP-TSA COLLABORATION
On November 3, 2010, CBP and TSA began meeting with various trade partners in a thoughtful and deliberate approach to better understand individual business practices and to collectively develop a mechanism to collect advance cargo data as soon as possible in the supply chain as a security filing type

4. PILOT OVERVIEW OBJECTIVE:
Receive pre-lading cargo data to identify/address security concerns in the air and mail environment
SCOPE:
Global
TARGETING:
Joint targeting performed by CBP and TSA at the National Targeting Center-Cargo

5. CBP is currently receiving ACAS data from over 70 countries/regions
CURRENT STATUS
Currently Transmitting
Imminent Expansion
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Egypt
Sudan
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Djbouti
Somalia
Yemen
Kenya
Saudi Arabia
Oman
UAE
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
Syria
France
Turkey
Senegal
Indonesia
India
CBP is currently receiving ACAS data from over 70 countries/regions
Russia
Bangladesh

6. END STATE

7. ACAS FILING OPTIONS Filing Option #1 Filing Option #3 Filing Option #2
Dual Filing Single Trade Act Filing Single Trade Act Filing
Carrier transmits pre-lading - Forwarder transmits pre-lading Carrier to transmit pre-lading
security filing (7 data elements) MAWB/HAWB data to CBP Trade Act data
direct to ATS on behalf of carrier
- Carrier files full manifest IAW - Carrier may amend IAW Trade Act Carrier may amend IAW Trade Act
Trade Act (4hrs/wheels up)
- Carrier responsible to adjudicate - Forwarder responsible to adjudicate - Carrier responsible to adjudicate
ACAS holds IAW TSA SD/EAs ACAS holds IAW TSA SD/EAs ACAS holds IAW TSA SD/EAs
- Carrier must file MAWB to CBP
*Carrier owned end-to-end IAW Trade Act *Carrier owned end-to-end
*Carrier/FF shared

8. QUESTIONS