19 C.F.R. § 143.1 Eligibility.
Title 19 - Customs Duties
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 §111.1 of this chapter; (b) Importers as defined in §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 §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]
Title 19: Customs Duties
PART 143—SPECIAL ENTRY PROCEDURES
Subpart A—Automated Broker Interface
§ 143.1 Eligibility.
