Form 7501 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

to value or price are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I also declare that the statements in the documents herein filed fully disclose to the best of my knowledge and belief the true prices, values, quantities, rebates, drawbacks, fees, commissions, and royalties and are true and correct, and that all goods or services provided to the seller of the merchandise either free or at reduced cost are fully disclosed.

I will immediately furnish to the appropriate CBP officer any information showing a different statement of facts.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

ENTRY SUMMARY CONTINUATION SHEET

1. Filer Code/Entry Number

Privacy Act Statement

This Privacy Act Statement serves to inform you of why DHS is requesting the information on this form.

Authority:

CBP Form 7501 is authorized by 19 U.S.C. 1484 and provided for by 19 CFR 142.11 and CFR 141.61.

Purpose:

CBP is requesting this information to identify merchandise entering the commerce of the United States, and to document the amount of duty and/or tax paid.

Routine Uses:

The information requested on this form may be shared externally as a “routine use” with appropriate federal, state, local, tribal, or foreign governmental agencies, or multilateral governmental organizations, to assist DHS in investigating or prosecuting the violations of, or for enforcing or implementing, a statute, rule, regulation, order, license, or treaty or when DHS determines that the information would assist in the enforcement of civil or criminal laws. A complete list of the routine uses can be found in the system of records notice associated with this form, “DHS/CBP-001 Import Information System.” The Department’s full list of system of records notices can be found on the Department's website at http://www.dhs.gov/system-records-notices-sorns.

Consequences of Failure to Provide Information:

This information is required from the importer, or the importer’s agent, for each import transaction. Failure to provide this information will prevent CBP from carrying out the regulatory requirements associated with import transaction documentation and may result in penalties to importer or agent

CBP FORM 7501 INSTRUCTIONS

BLOCK 1) ENTRY NUMBER

Record the 11-digit alphanumeric code. The entry number is comprised of the three-digit filer code, followed by the seven-digit entry number, and completed with the one-digit check digit.

Entry Filer Code represents the three-character alphanumeric filer code assigned to the filer or importer by CBP.

Entry Number represents the seven-digit number assigned by the filer. The number may be assigned in any manner convenient, provided that the same number is not assigned to more than one CBP Form 7501. Leading zeros must be shown.

Check digit is computed on the previous 10 characters. The formula for calculating the check digit can be found in Appendix 1.

BLOCK 2) ENTRY TYPE

Record the appropriate entry type code by selecting the two-digit code for the type of entry summary being filed. The first digit of the code identifies the general category of the entry (i.e., consumption = 0, informal = 1, warehouse = 2). The second digit further defines the specific processing type within the entry category. The following codes shall be used:

Note: When the importer of record of emergency war materials is not a government agency, entry type codes 01, 02, 03, etc., as appropriate, are to be used.

Automated Broker Interface (ABI) processing requires an ABI status indicator. This indicator must be recorded in the entry type code block. It is to be shown for those entry summaries with ABI status only, and must be shown in one of the following formats:

ABI/S = ABI statement paid by check or cash

ABI/A = ABI statement paid via Automated Clearinghouse (ACH)

ABI/P = ABI statement paid on a periodic monthly basis

ABI/N = ABI summary not paid on a statement

Note: Either a slash (/) or hyphen (-) may be used to separate ABI from the indicator (i.e., ABI/S or ABI-S).

A "LIVE" entry is when the entry summary documentation is filed at the time of entry with estimated duties. Warehouse withdrawals are always considered “LIVE” entries. When a “LIVE” entry/entry summary is presented, an additional indicator is required to be shown in the following formats:

ABI/A/L = ABI statement paid via ACH for a “live” entry/entry summary

ABI/N/L = ABI “live” entry/entry summary not paid on a statement

"LIVE" or "L" = non-ABI “live” entry/entry summary

BLOCK 3) SUMMARY DATE

Record the month, day, and year (MM/DD/YYYY) on which the entry summary is filed with CBP. The record copy of the entry summary will be time stamped by the filer at the time of presentation of the entry summary. In the case of entry summaries submitted on an ABI statement, only the statement is required to be time stamped.

This block should not be printed or typed prior to presentation of the entry/entry summary. Use of this field is optional for ABI statement entries. The time stamp will serve as the entry summary date.

The filer will record the proper team number designation in the upper right portion of the form above this block (three-character team number code). For ABI entry summaries, the team number is supplied by CBP’s automated system in the summary processing output message.

BLOCK 4) SURETY NO.

Record the three digit numeric code that identifies the surety company on the Customs Bond. This code can be found in block 7 of the CBP Form 301, or is available through CBP’s automated system to ABI filers, via the importer bond query transaction. For U.S. Government importations and entry types not requiring surety, code 999 should appear in this block. When cash or Government securities are used in lieu of surety, use code 998.