How to Manifest eCommerce Shipments in AMS Ocean (ACE Ocean eManifest)
The requirement is to manifest packages at the “lowest external packaging unit” per 19 CFR 4.7a(c)(4)(v).
The example in the regulation is “…a container containing 10 pallets with
200 cartons should be manifested as 200 cartons…”
If you have 1,000 house bills, and each
of those house bills contains only one item, then each house bill would be for
“one carton”, “one bag”, or similar, even if all of those house bills are in a
larger box.
If a single house bill contains “sunglasses, neck ties, shirts” and
they are all in one box, then it is ok for that to also be “one carton”.
If the
house bill has those same items, but they are all packaged separately, then
that single house bill would use “3 cartons” or “3 bags” etc.
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