Notice2025-09558
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension With Change; Global Business Identifier
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Published
May 28, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22503-22505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09558]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[OMB Control Number 1651-0141]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension With Change;
Global Business Identifier
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 60-Day notice and request for comments
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) will be submitting the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA). The information collection is published in the Federal
Register to obtain comments from the public and affected agencies.
DATES: Comments are encouraged and must be submitted (no later than
July 28, 2025) to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice must include the OMB Control Number 1651-0141
in the subject line and the agency name. Please submit written comments
and/or suggestions in English. Please use the following method to
submit comments:
Email. Submit comments to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ecdccded1dedccfceedecfea0eae6fda0e9e1f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82c1c0d2ddd2d0c3c2e1e0f2ace6eaf1ace5edf4">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional PRA
information should be directed to Seth Renkema, Chief, Economic Impact
Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Trade,
Regulations and Rulings, 90 K Street NE, 10th Floor, Washington, DC
20229-1177, Telephone number 202-325-0056 or via email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#286b6a7877787a69684b4a58064c405b064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcfffeece3eceefdfcdfdecc92d8d4cf92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>. Please note that the contact information provided
here is solely for questions regarding this notice. Individuals seeking
information about other CBP programs should contact the CBP National
Customer Service Center at 877-227-5511, (TTY) 1-800-877-8339, or CBP
website at <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/">https://www.cbp.gov/</a>.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CBP invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to comment on the proposed and/or continuing
information collections pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This process is conducted in accordance with
5 CFR 1320.8. Written comments and suggestions from the public and
affected agencies should address one or more of the following four
points: (1) whether the proposed collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) suggestions to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of
the information to be collected; and (4) suggestions to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. The comments that are submitted will be summarized and
included in the request for approval. All comments will become a matter
of public record.
Overview of This Information Collection
Title: Global Business Identifier.
OMB Number: 1651-0141.
Form Number: CBP Form N/A.
Current Actions: Extension with change.
Type of Review: Extension (with change).
Affected Public: Businesses.
Abstract: In December 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) launched a Global Business Identifier (GBI) Evaluative Proof of
Concept (EPoC), now referred to as the GBI Test, which aims to
determine a solution involving one or more identification numbers
(identifiers) maintained by 3rd party organizations that will uniquely
discern main legal entity and ownership; specific business and global
locations; and supply chain roles and functions. While all GBI Test
information is completely voluntary and optional, entry filers must
signal their intent to participate in the GBI Test, by email as
discussed in the Federal Register notice announcing the test and must
obtain and submit (or indicate that they are in the process of
obtaining) one or more of the GBI identifiers for parties including
their shippers, manufacturers, sellers, exporter, distributor, or
packager as part of their email. The identifiers provide additional
information about trade entities and supply chain locations associated
with U.S. imports and are provided to CBP for enrollment into the GBI
Test and during the Entry process. CBP is actively working to expand
the list of choices and identifiers over the duration of the GBI Test,
while this approval will specify the currently available identifiers,
CBP will submit non-substantive change requests to the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs as new identifiers are added to the
test so that the information collection request record can be an
accurate reflection of available options.
An entry filer interested in becoming a GBI Test participant may
provide the following applicant information via email to the GBI Inbox
(<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4b3b6bd94b7b6a4fab0bca7fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0a7a2a980a3a2b0eea4a8b3eea7afb6">[email protected]</span></a>): company/entity legal name, legal entity headquarters
and/or manufacturing site address, business phone number (associated
with provided address), company website, Manufacture/Shipper
Identification Code (MID), Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)
identification number, and information about supply chain entities for
which they intend to transmit GBIs.
Once programming has been updated as per items listed in the
proposed changes below, Automated Broker Interface (ABI) filers
(including brokers and self-filers), participating in the test, will be
required to complete a GBI enrollment process, via ABI, prior to
submitting the identifiers on an electronic entry (ACE Cargo Release).
Filers are responsible for any associated costs to obtain one or more
of the identifiers and can submit identifiers for the following supply
chain parties:
<bullet> Manufacturer/Producer Shipper Seller
<bullet> Exporter Distributer Packager
<bullet> [New data element] Intermediary [New data element] Source
In addition, a new optional data element consisting of a free text
field will be made available for each of the optional parties; it will
allow filers to input additional descriptions and information about the
specific party type or the underlying entity.
By testing the identifiers, CBP will take its first step in
determining whether to amend regulations to mandate the GBI solution.
Furthermore, CBP will understand the utility of collecting and/or
combining the identifiers' data and will be able to make an informed
decision on whether to mandate the use of the GBI solution as an
alternative for the Manufacturer/Shipper Identification Code (MID).
Proposed Changes
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Trade (OT) is
submitting this PRA update for changes proposed to enhance supply chain
traceability and visibility in response to the growing complexity of
global trade. Programming updates are also needed to reflect changes
announced via Federal Register (89 FR 9859), published in February
2024, that clarify the purpose and scope of the test which would
include exploring opportunities to enhance supply chain traceability
and visibility more broadly. That update also mentioned that the GBI
Test would examine how CBP, Partner Government Agencies (PGAs), and the
trade industry might leverage GBIs to comply with growing supply chain
traceability requirements.
1. The first programming change involves a modification within the
Global Business Identifiers (GBI) Enrollment database by allowing the
trade to submit one or more of the unique GBI's and Data Universal
Numbering System (DUNS)) for a supply chain entity, as opposed to all
three as previously approved and announced via the July 21, 2023,
Federal Register (88 FR 47154). Originally, the system was programmed
to only accept an enrollment when all three global identifiers (LEI,
GLN and DUNS) were provided as announced in the December 2022 Federal
Register (87 FR 74157). Without this programming change, if all three
global identifiers are not provided at enrollment for a specific party,
the system will continue to reject the enrollment transaction. This
programming change will take place upon approval of this information
collection.
2. After GBI Enrollment is modified to accept one or more
identifiers instead of requiring them all, a related programming update
will enable trade participants the ability to modify or change a
previous enrollment, including updating or adding additional GBI
numbers, which may include a variety of global identifier types (LEI,
GLN, DUNS). Different GBI identifiers may also be used for different
parts of the supply chain. This programming change would provide more
flexibility and utility to GBI participants by enabling GBI numbers to
be provided voluntarily when they are known and encourages participants
to obtain other GBI numbers as well as keep supply chain information
current because they can easily add, delete, and modify GBI numbers
associated to an enrollment.
3. The GBI Test is also expanding the available GBI supply chain
entity party
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types from the original six optional parties (Manufacturer, Shipper,
Seller, Exporter, Distributor, Packager), to include two new parties:
``Intermediary'' and ``Source,'' along with optional free text fields
for all the parties that will allow filers to voluntarily input
additional descriptions and information about the specific party type
or the underlying entity. These party types and the free text fields
would be made available in the GBI Enrollment database as well as in
ACE Cargo Release. Collectively, the updates aim to enhance upstream
supply chain traceability and visibility while addressing the
increasing complexity of global trade supply chains. All participation
and data is voluntary.
4. As a demonstration of CBP's intent to expand the choices of
identifiers available to filers over the duration of the Test, CBP is
also working to add new voluntary GBI identifiers, beginning with the
Altana ID (ALTA) maintained by Altana Technologies USG Inc. (Altana).
At no cost to the government to access the underlying entity and
product specific supply chain data associated with an ALTA, this
identifier offers comprehensive insights across a product's supply
chain, thereby enhancing traceability for CBP which may translate to
facilitation benefits and reduced industry costs. CBP has initiated
programming requests to create an ALTA GBI field in ACE and increase
the current character limit in ACE allowed for GBI identifiers. The
addition of the ALTA identifier alongside the current GBI identifiers
will widen participants' choices and allow CBP to continue to evaluate
the breadth and veracity of entity and supply chain information
embedded within different types of identifier solutions already being
leveraged by trade industry traceability stewards. It will also
contribute to CBP's ongoing exploration of how traced supply chain
information may be ingested and operationalized for risk management and
facilitation purposes. CBP proposes, and has provided guidance for,
adding more identity management companies as the test continues, and
with approval from OMB, will add these to the collection through a non-
substantive change to the collection. CBP requests comment on
additional GBI identifiers that should be considered.
Section 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S. Code
1484) and Part 141, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 (19 CFR part
141), pertain to the entry of merchandise and authorize CBP to require
information that is necessary for CBP to determine whether merchandise
may be released from CBP custody. Provisions of the U.S. Code and CBP
regulations, in various parts and related to various types of
merchandise, specify information that is required for entry. For
reference, Part 163, Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 (19 CFR part
163 Appendix A) refers to a wide variety of regulatory provisions for
certain information that may be required by CBP.
Type of Information Collection: Global Business Identifier.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 100.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Number of Total Annual Responses: 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 17.
Dated: May 22, 2025.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2025-09558 Filed 5-27-25; 8:45 am]
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