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When to Submit an APHIS Core

Message Set, by Entry Type, in ACE

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On September 28, 2020, APHIS published a Federal Register notice that it will delay

full implementation of the APHIS Core Message Set in the Automated Commercial

Environment (ACE) until January 25, 2021. Prior to January 25, 2021, filing an APHIS

Core message set will continue to be optional. After January 25, 2020, filers will have

to submit an APHIS Core message set when they receive a flag in ACE to complete

their entry. The table below lists the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry

types for which APHIS Core message set flags will be enforced and those that are

exempt.

Although filing an APHIS Core message set will be optional until January 25, 2020,

APHIS strongly encourages filers to submit APHIS Core message sets during the

transition period. Filers who need help completing an APHIS Core Message Set

should send an email to ace.itds@usda.gov.

Reminder: Importers and brokers must submit APHIS Core-required information at

the first U.S. port of arrival. You are also responsible for knowing what to file,

regardless of whether a tariff code is flagged in ACE. The APHIS Core Message Set

does not allow for de minimis exceptions. Importers and brokers must submit

required data for APHIS Core-regulated products regardless of the size or value of

the shipment.
Entry Types for which APHIS Core Message Set Flags Will Be

Enforced

CBP Entry Type

APHIS Core Flags

Enforced or Exempt

01 – Consumption: Free and Dutiable  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

02 – Consumption: Quota/Visa  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

03 – Consumption – Antidumping/Countervailing Duty  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

06 – Consumption – Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)  EXEMPT1

07 – Consumption Antidumping/ Countervailing Duty

and Quota/Visa Combo 

APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

11 – Informal  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

12 – Informal: Quota/Visa (except textiles)  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

21- Warehouse  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

22 – Re Warehouse  EXEMPT1

23 – Temporary Importation Bond (TIB)  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 
CBP Entry Type

APHIS Core Flags

Enforced or Exempt

31 – Warehouse Withdrawal Consumption  EXEMPT1

32 – Warehouse Withdrawal Quota  EXEMPT1

34 – Warehouse Withdrawal –

Antidumping/Countervailing Duty  EXEMPT1

38 – Warehouse Withdrawal Antidumping/

Countervailing Duty and Quota/Visa Combo  EXEMPT1

52 – Government – Dutiable  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

61 – Immediate Transportation (IT)  See explanation below. 

62 – Transportation and Exportation (T&E)  EXEMPT1

63 – Immediate Exportation (IE)  EXEMPT1

86 – De Minimis  APHIS Core Flags

Enforced 

Other Exemptions

Submit APHIS Core Message Set?
Commodities Regulated

as a Federal Select

Agent

EXEMPT1

APHIS Veterinary

Services Regulated Live

Animals

EXEMPT1

Biologicals authorized

for Hand Carry 

If filing electronically in ACE, follow APHIS Core Message

Set flags. For information on CBP requirements, go to

www.cbp.gov/biologicals

Entry Type 61 – Immediate Transportation (IT)

Entry type 61 is used for in-bond movement of cargo from the port of arrival to

another U.S. port. Although ACE does not currently allow message set flagging of

this entry type, APHIS requires importers and brokers to submit APHIS Core-required

information for these shipments at the first U.S. port of arrival. Importers and

brokers who are not filing electronic entries (other than in-bonds) in ACE may submit

paper documents at the first U.S. port of arrival. Importers and brokers filing

electronically in ACE should submit an APHIS Core message set when they submit

their final entry type. Failure to submit the message set with the final entry type will

result in paper clearance of the cargo at the first U.S. port of arrival and flagging of

APHIS Core message set at the in-bond port of entry, duplicating work.

Exempt1

These entry types/commodities will not require the filing of an APHIS Core message

set. Please continue to provide admissibility information through your current

process with CBP Agriculture or APHIS Veterinary Services (for live animals) at the

first port of arrival (paper, document imaging system, etc.).