Notice2025-16547
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Global Business Identifier (GBI)
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Published
August 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 165 (Thursday, August 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42027-42029]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16547]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
[OMB Control Number 1651-0141]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Revision; Global
Business Identifier (GBI)
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Department of
Homeland Security.
ACTION: 30-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
September 29, 2025) to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s)
contained in this notice should be sent within 30 days of publication
of this notice to <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Please submit
written comments and/or suggestions in English. Find this particular
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public
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Comments'' or by using the search function.
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#185b5a4847484a59587b7a68367c706b367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d39091838c83819293b0b1a3fdb7bba0fdb4bca5">[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>.
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 proposed information collection was
previously published in the Federal Register (90 FR 22503) on May 28,
2025, allowing for a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an
additional 30 days for public comments. 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 (GBI).
OMB Number: 1651-0141.
Form Number: N/A.
Current Actions: Revision.
Type of Review: Revision.
Affected Public: Business.
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#deb9bcb79ebdbcaef0bab6adf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2245404b624140520c464a510c454d54">[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 importers of record who are not 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 the 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 clarifies 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.
2. After GBI Enrollment is modified to accept one or more
identifiers instead of
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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). 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 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),
as announced on August 8, 2025 in the Federal Register (See, 90 FR
38479). 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 to 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 adding more participants as the
test continues, and with approval from OMB, will add these to the
collection through a non-substantive change to the collection.
CBP encourages the trade to comment specifically on whether there
are other comparable identifiers that the trade already has, or that it
would be advantageous for CBP to include.
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 (GBI).
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: August 26, 2025.
Seth D. Renkema,
Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis Branch, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2025-16547 Filed 8-27-25; 8:45 am]
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