Transport and cargo
Air Waybill
An air waybill is the transport document for air cargo. Its 11-digit number identifies the shipment to the carrier and to CBP.
What does Air Waybill mean?
The airline or the consolidator issues the air waybill. CBP identifies the shipment by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) standard 11-digit air waybill number (19 CFR 122.48a).
A consolidated shipment has a master air waybill from the airline and house air waybills from the consolidator. The airline sends the master data. The house data comes from the airline or another eligible party.
CBP must receive the air cargo data no later than 4 hours before arrival. For flights from nearby areas, such as Mexico, Central America or the Caribbean, the deadline is the departure of the aircraft.
The holder of an air waybill can use it as evidence of the right to make entry (19 CFR 141.11). A postal parcel has no air waybill.
What does it mean for your shipment?
Send us the master and the house air waybill numbers with the invoice. We match the entry to the house air waybill that the carrier reported to CBP.
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