Kate Muth, Executive Director at IMAG (International Mailers Advisory Group), gives us an update on advance electronic data and cross-border delivery:
- What led to an increased focus on EAD:
- Push for 100% provision of AED
- What happens to US-bound shipments with inaccurate, missing or incomplete AED
- Informed compliance and the “grace period”
- Outbound shipments from USA, and focus on the US Postal Service collecting 100% EAD
- Latency in USPS internal systems and what impact that has on outbound international shipments
- Early drivers of EAD / AED exchange
- VAT
- Customs being overwhelmed by low-value parcels
- Counterfeits
- Compliance for private carriers compared to postal operators
- Are customs authorities using all the advance electronic data? Is the data collection being effective in reducing opioids and counterfeits in the mail?
- Confusion between different rules on data required, eg HS2 codes
- Customers having to pay more to receive their parcels
- Movement to reduce de minimis
- Rejection of US-bound shipments in the most customer-centric way
- Waivers granted to some countries and the plan to not grant waivers in the future
- Major topics for cross-border in 2022, including air lift capacity, and proceedings at the UPU