On August 8, 2016 the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released a press release announcing that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be adopting IATA’s Cargo-XML messaging standard.

The Cargo-XML is used on cross-border export shipments to collect advance data. With CBP utilizing the same messaging system, this will allow for more efficient communication between IATA and CBP. According to the notice, “CBP is working to reduce the considerable number of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) message formats currently supported to process international import, export cargo and cargo release information.”

CBP will begin using the new standards within a few months. The full release can be accessed here