July 1, 2009

As an Importer Security Filing (ISF) agent, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc. (UPS/SCS) will, from time to time, provide updates regarding important developments to the ISF program administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This update provides information about ISF Performance Reports (also called "Progress Reports") that CBP will make available to ISF agents, such as UPS/SCS. At this time, the ISF Progress Report provides only aggregate-level information related to ISF-10 submissions. However, CBP continues to evaluate whether it will expand the report in the future to provide more detailed transactional ISF data and/or data for ISF-5 submissions.

CBP will generate a report for each importer that is based on the Importer of Record/tax identification number used when the ISF was submitted. If an importer uses multiple tax identification numbers, CBP will generate a separate ISF Progress Report in connection with each number.

Future reports will be distributed on a monthly basis by CBP to ISF agents, such as UPS/SCS. UPS/SCS will then provide a copy of the report to customers shortly thereafter. However, in order to receive these reports, you must make a request to your UPS/SCS account representative.