Cargo Manifest/Declaration, Stow Plan, Container Status Messages and Importer Security Filing
No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved without change
05/03/2023
04/24/2023
OIRA approves this change, with the requirement that at the next revision or renewal, DHS will seek comment on, and provide a detailed breakdown of, how the burden is calculated and distributed among respondents. This nonsub change reflects a decrease in the total estimated annual burden hours, purely as a result of an adjustment to the estimate and not based on any recent agency actions. Namely, CBP has streamlined the ISF data submissions over the last several years, and recent user interviews and research with the trade groups as part of CBPâs customer experience outreach has revealed significant time savings that was not previously accounted for in the collection. When CBP first implemented the ISF data collection in 2008, it estimated a burden of 2.19 hours. Since that time, CBP (in partnership with its customers) has implemented changes that have reduced the burden per response substantially. CBP now estimates that the burden per response is 1 hour, as a result of collecting user data from major filers of ISF data. This burden savings was inadvertently left off the last renewal. With this nonsubstatnive revision, CBP is "catching up" the collection's burden estimate to reflect more accurate data.
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
11/30/2025
11/30/2025
11/30/2025
281,200,007
0
281,200,007
11,125,800
0
20,764,800
0
0
0
Cargo Manifest/Declaration, Stow Plan, Container Status Messages and Importer Security Filing is essential to CBP for the control of cargo and for pre-arrival targeting of shipments for enforcement examination purposes.
US Code:
19 USC 2071
Name of Law: Trade Act of 2002
US Code:
6 USC 943
Name of Law: SAFE Port Act of 2006
There has been a decrease in the total estimated annual burden hours previously reported for this information collection. CBP adjusted the estimate to account for the reduced burden that results from ongoing efforts to streamline the ISF data submissions. CBP conducted user interviews and research with the trade as part of CBPâs customer experience outreach. When CBP first implemented the ISF data collection in 2008, it estimated a burden of 2.19 hours. Since that time, CBP (in partnership with its customers) has implemented changes that have reduced the burden per response substantially. Instead of inputting the data into a portal, the data is now submitted through electronic methods, including by linking the systems to reuse known information and populate the data being submitted. CBP now estimates that the burden per response is 1 hour, as a result of collecting user data from major filers of ISF data. This results in a decrease in the total burden of this collection of 9,639,000 hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.