Entry and clearance
Cargo Release
Cargo release is the entry data that a filer sends to CBP to get imported goods released. It is the electronic equivalent of CBP Form 3461.
What does Cargo Release mean?
To secure the release of goods, the filer submits the entry on CBP Form 3461 or its electronic equivalent. The filer also needs evidence of the right to make entry and a bond (19 CFR 142.3, 142.4).
In ACE, the Form 3461 data goes to CBP in electronic data sets, called ACE Cargo Release. ACE can decide admissibility and disposition automatically when it receives the data.
Release does not end the entry. Unless the entry summary came with the entry, the filer files it with estimated duties within 10 working days (19 CFR 142.12).
Goods that a partner government agency regulates also need that agency's data. The filer sends it through ACE with the cargo release data.
What does it mean for your shipment?
Send complete invoices and party data before the goods arrive. Missing data delays the release, and storage charges continue while the goods wait.
Allied CHB, licensed customs broker, CBP filer code 9AJ.
Where does this come from?
Trade News about Cargo Release
- Oct 13New cargo release error 336 requires invoice or merchandise description on type 13 entries
- Oct 6Specialty sugar quota for 2027 over-subscribed at opening; prorated entries need re-transmission
- Sep 30CBP moves Entry Type 13 mail test guides from draft to current ACE chapters
- Sep 29CBP orders detention of palm oil from two Indonesian plantations over forced labor
- Sep 28Certain Canadian alcohol, dairy and motor vehicle products barred from U.S. import
All glossary terms · General information, not legal advice.