U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that March 16 will be the deployment date of the revised CBP Form 5106 in ACE. CBP states that the "revised form will include new data elements, which will provide additional detail on individuals and organizations requesting to be recognized as Importers of Record (IOR), thereby enhancing CBP's ability to perform risk assessments."

CBP also addresses common questions related to Form 5106:

What will stay the same in ACE?

All existing data elements required or conditionally required under the current CBP Form 5106 will remain.

What will change in ACE?

• Form is officially renamed the "Create/Update Importer Identity Form."
• The only new required data elements on the revised form are:
• Email address for the IOR; and
• Type of address(es)
• The new optional data elements on the revised form are:
• Estimated entries per year;
• How the IOR will be used (Importer, Consignee, etc.);
• Trusted Trader program codes;
• Fax number;
• Website;
• Business Description;
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code;
• Dun & Bradstreet Number (D-U-N-S);
• Filer Code;
• Year established;
• Related business entities Employer Identification Numbers (EINs);
• Banking information;
• Certificate or articles of incorporation information; and
• Information for up to four beneficial owners and/or company officers

What additional resources are available?

• The cutover details for submission to ACE is as follows:
• The legacy Importer Create/Update ABI application (TI) will be disabled at 8:00pm on Friday, March 15, 2019. Any submissions of the TI after that time will be rejected.
• During the outage window, the new ACE Importer Create/Update functionality for Trade and CBP users will be deployed to ACE production.
• Legacy importer accounts will be converted to new ACE as part of the deployment of the 5106 in new ACE.
• Any new ACE Importer Create/Update submissions (TP) submitted to ACE prior to completion of the deployment will be held in queue and processed once the entire deployment is completed.
• The new data elements in the Importer/Bond Query (KI), specifically the Full Legal Importer Name and Center ID/Description, will not be returned in the query response (KR) until the entire deployment is completed.
• Federal Register Notices (FRNs): 79 FR 61091, 80 FR 492.56 and 80 FR 44361.
• Draft Importer/Consignee Create/Update CATAIR.
• A quick reference guide will be provided prior to the deployment date.
• Post-deployment support calls, daily March 18 - 22, 2019.

Who do I contact if I have issues?

Technical questions related to testing and using the revised CBP Form 5106 (Create/Update Importer Identity Form) in ACE should be addressed by a Client Representative or the ACE Account Service Desk (ASD) at 1-866-530-4172 or ACE.Support@cbp.dhs.gov.

Revised CBP Form 5106 policy questions should be emailed to 5106@cbp.dhs.gov.