Month: October 2014

Customs proposes new 5106 form seeking significant additional information from bond principals in order to conduct Customs business

As you may be aware, the Importer ID Input Record form, CBP Form 5106, is the form used by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to keep the information which identifies and provides the addresses of a principal, up to date in the CBP data.  When a company who has not conducted recent import related business … Read more

Single Entry Bond Broker to Surety Interface

C.A. Shea & Company, Inc. along with the other members of the Customs Surety Executive Committee (CSEC) committee and vendors of ABI/ACE software have developed a software interface that allows the custom broker’s software to electronically submit single entry bonds to the surety’s computer system for filing with CBP using eBond. If you would like to … Read more

eBond FAQ for Customs Brokers

eBond will having a significant effect on how single transaction bonds are filed.  This will mean Customs brokers will be altering their internal processes to accommodate eBond.  The Customs Surety Executive Committee, which is a chartered committee of surety associations who’s members provide customs bonds for the international trade community, developed a FAQ intended for … Read more