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ISF (Importer Security Filing) is a rule that obliges importing US parties to declare specific data (description of commodity) of the imported goods to the US Customs. Customs need to receive the declaration latest 24 hours prior to loading. The complete ISF must be declared 48 hours before vessel's departure out of the port of loading.US Customs used to comply this rule flexible, but since July 2013 the compliance is much stricter. Late declarations will be penalized with a fine of USD 5.000 till USD 10.000 per ISF.American importers have to supply 10 items about the shipment:name & address of the suppliername & address of the buyername & address of the sellername & address of the forwarderCountry of origin of the goodsLocation where the container is consolidatedexact delivery address in the USnumber of the transport agreementnumber of the importing partyHS code Carriers supply the following data:stowage plan of the vesselcontainer status messageThe goods that do not leave the vessel during the call in an American port need to be provided with an overview of their origin and destination.
