Bonded Move Entry Type IT61: Immediate Transportation (No AMS Information)
The instructions below are for adding a Bonded Move record where no AMS information has previously been entered for the relative shipment. When choosing this option, the system will require completion of the following tabs:
1. Header
2. Bills of Lading
3. BOL AMS Information
4. Container Data
In the
Bonded Movement Summary
screen, click New Bonded Move
.
Certain Modes of Transport are considered fully automated by CBP (e.g. vessel) and attempting to file a Bonded Move for
Vessel
Mode of Transport with Transmit AMS Info
checked will result in a rejection.Please note that Air Bonded Move messages are not possible if no AMS Information exists.
Header: Bonded Move
Enter the new Bonded Move Number. Choose
IT61
from the Entry Type
drop-down. Click Transmit AMS Info
, and then click Save
. The screen will reload with the appropriate fields displayed for data entry, as well as generate a Bills of Lading
tab at the top of the screen.
Each new Bonded Move record contains various fields, many of which are required for submission to Customs. The following are explanations of each field when completing the Bonded Move for an IT61 entry.

Header: Bonded Move (IT61), Data Entry Fields | Description |
|---|---|
Action Code | Add or Delete. Delete can only be chosen if the user is attempting to delete a record that has been accepted by Customs and is already on file. |
Value | The whole US Dollar (USD) value of the shipment. If the value is unknown, $20 per kg may be used.
important
As of the implementation of ACE, this field is no longer optional for IT61. |
BTA FDA Indicator | If the cargo is subject to reporting in accordance with the Bioterrorism Act, use Y (YES). This field will default toN (NO). |
Bonded Carrier Name | Choose the appropriate carrier from the drop-down. Once a carrier is selected, the system will reload the screen and populate carrier details into the required fields. If the carrier is not listed in the drop-down, the user will need to add the carrier information to the Company Partners Maintenance table. |
US Destination Port | Choose the appropriate US Port of Destination from the drop-down. |
Foreign Destination Port | This field is not utilized in an IT61 Type Bonded Move. |
Bonded Carrier SCAC | The SCAC is stored in the Company Partners Maintenance table and will be populated once a Bonded Carrier Name is selected. |
Bonded Carrier EIN | The EIN of the carrier is stored in the Company Partners Maintenance table and will be populated once a Bonded Carrier Name is selected. |
Carrier License Num | The Customs House License ( CHL ) of the carrier (if applicable) is stored in theCompany Partners Maintenance table and will populate once a Bonded Carrier Name is selected. |
Conveyance Data
At the top right-hand corner of the
Conveyance Data
tab is an option to Show All CF7512/Conveyance Fields
.To view all CF7512 fields that will appear on the paper document, check this box.
The fields added by the checked
Show All CF7512/Conveyance Fields
box will not be transmitted when adding a new Bonded Move to a previously existing Bonded Move.

The following fields are required for Bills of Lading that were not imported on an AMS conveyance.
Conveyance Data (IT61), Data Entry Fields | Description |
|---|---|
Mode of Transport | Identifies the Mode of Transport using a drop-down. See below:
|
Carrier Flag | Choose the appropriate country from the drop-down representing the flag country of the importing carrier. |
Vessel Name | Enter the name that identifies the conveyance or leave blank for a withdrawal from a Foreign-Trade Zone or Bonded Warehouse. |
US Port of Arrival (Unlading) | Choose the appropriate US Port of Arrival from the drop-down. This is where unlading of goods takes place. |
Voyage Number | Enter the voyage, flight, or trip number for the importing carrier as shown on the shipper’s manifest. This field is required if the Bonded Move is an air transport. |
Arrival Date | Enter the date representing the scheduled arrival at the Port of Unlading. This field is required if the Bonded Move is an air transport. |
Importing Carrier Code | A code representing the importing carrier. For vessel carriers, this will be the Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC). This field is required if the Bonded Move is an air transport. |
CF7512 Fields
At the top right of the
CF7512 Fields
tab, the user will see boxes for the options listed below:CF7512 Fields (IT61), Options Bar | Description |
|---|---|
Show All CF7512 Conveyance Fields | If this box is checked, all CF7512 fields that appear on paper documents will show on the screen. This gives the user the ability to populate these fields for printing purposes. |
Include CF7512 Form Fields in Validation | If this box is checked, the system will validate the data entered in this section of the document. |
Validate Check Digit | If this box is checked, the user can validate the entry number format throughout the entire FTZ system. |

CF7512 Fields (IT61), Data Entry Fields | Description |
|---|---|
Origin Port | The US Customs Port where the Bonded Move entry is being presented (Schedule D). If the Origin Port is not listed in the drop-down, the user will need to add the Port Code information to the Port Codes Maintenance table. |
Bonded Move Date | The date the entry was prepared. |
Goods Now At | A Facilities Information and Resources Management Systems (FIRMS) code representing the location of the goods. |
Entered Or Imported By | The party who imported the merchandise (importer or consignee). This could also potentially be the party who presents the entry to Customs, if this is a different entity than the importer or consignee (e.g. importing carrier, bonded carrier, or a Customs broker acting as an agent). |
Import Date | The date the importing conveyance arrived in the US. |
Sailing Date | Identifies the shipment in terms of the inward foreign manifest of the importing carrier. |
Last Foreign Port (Via) | The code of the last foreign port, if applicable (US Census Schedule K). This must be a 5-digit Port Code. If the Last Foreign Port is not listed in the drop-down, the user will need to add the Port Code information to the Port Codes Maintenance table. |
Country of Export | The 2-character ISO Country Code of the country of export, if applicable (US Census Schedule K). If the Country of Export is not listed in the drop-down, the user will need to add the information to the Country Maintenance table. |
Export Date | The date of export from the foreign country, if applicable. |
Previous US Unlading Port | Identifies merchandise which has been entered previously (Bonded Move, consumption, warehouse, etc.). |
Previous Entry Num | Identifies merchandise which has been entered previously (Bonded Move, consumption, warehouse, etc.). |
Previous Entry Date | Identifies merchandise which has been entered previously (Bonded Move, consumption, warehouse, etc.). |
G.O. No. | When un-entered merchandise is withdrawn from the General Order, the General Order ledger number would be supplied in this field. |
Foreign Port of Lading | Identifies the shipment by the inward foreign manifest of the importing carrier. This must be a 5-digit Port Code. |
GrossWeight | The gross weight of the shipment. |
GrossWeight UOM | The gross weight unit of measure (KG). |
Consignee | Identifies the consignee named on the Bill of Lading, Air Waybill, or Invoice |
Description | A description of the merchandise. Terms such as “General Merchandise”, “Freight All Kinds”, and “FAK” are not acceptable. |
Certificate of Lading for Transport or Export | The US Destination and/or exportation port. This is part of the Certificate of Lading for Arrival or Exportation. Paper forms only. |
Seal Numbers | Prints the entered Seal 1 and Seal 2 information. Paper forms only. |
Withdrawn For Vessel Supplies | Checks the box labeled Withdrawn For Vessel Supplies . Paper forms only. |
You can click the
Show All CF7512/Conveyance Fields
box to view all data fields available. These fields will only show when Show All CF7512/Conveyance Fields
is checked.CF7512 Fields (IT61), Supplemental Fields | Description |
|---|---|
GrossWeight | The gross weight of the shipment. |
GrossWeight UOM | The gross weight unit of measure (kg). |
Consignee | This field identifies the consignee named on the Bill of Lading, Air Waybill, or Invoice. |
Cleared For | This field is only used when exportation is involved and a CBP officer would complete a paper form to certify export and relieve the bonded carrier of its liability. |
Cleared For Date | The date of signature by the CBP officer noted above. |
Laden On | The vessel of export completed by the CBP officer noted above. |
Seal Numbers | Prints the Seal 1 and Seal 2 information entered. The top Seal 1 and Seal 2 will automatically print from container data. Any information entered into this field will override seal information pulled from container data. Paper forms only. |
Once data entry is complete, click Update at the top of the Header screen. The system will save the updates and the user may now proceed to the
Bills of Lading
tab.Bills Of Lading
The
Bills of Lading
tab (right of Header
tab) is used for reporting Bill of Lading data.Bonded Moves for non-air Modes of Transport must include a valid SCAC and Bill of Lading number.
Bonded Moves for air Modes of Transport must include either a Simple Air Waybill or both a Master Air Waybill and House Air Waybill. If no AMS information exists, Air Bonded Messages are not possible.
To add a new Bill of Lading, click
Add New BOL
. The screen will reload with all available fields.
Bills of Lading (IT61), Data Entry Fields | Description |
|---|---|
SCAC | A code that identifies the party who issued the Bill of Lading. This field does not apply to goods imported by air. |
Master BOL | The Master Bill of Lading Number. Do not include spaces, hyphens, slashes, or special characters. |
House BOL | The House Bill of Lading Number. Used only for Air BOLs that are House BOLs. |
Manifest Qty | The total number of pieces on the Bill of Lading. Use the smallest exterior packaging unit. For example, if there are 10 cartons and 10 bales on one bill, insert the number 20. |
Bonded Move Qty | Populate with a quantity equal to or less than the Manifest Quantity. If the Bonded Move quantity is less than the full bill quantity of the AMS Bill of Lading or the previously transmitted Bill of Lading, enter the lesser quantity. |
Quantity UOM | The Unit of Measure of the Manifest Quantity. |
Previous Bonded Move Num | Identifies the previous Bonded Movement, if applicable. Do not include spaces, hyphens, slashes, or other special characters. |
Show Status Info | When selected, this field will display the description and status of the Bonded Move (Arrived, Exported, Transfer of Liability) after the record is processed. |
Click
Update
to save the new Bill of Lading record. The screen will refresh with the new data.
To add/modify secondary notify parties or Reference Identifiers; click
Edit/Show/AddlIDs
on the far left. The next two sub-sections will explain the process for adding each of these types.

Add New Secondary Notify Party
Notify parties are indicated by their respective SCAC or FIRMS code and must be automated in Ocean/Rail AMS before a message will be sent. To add a new secondary notify party, open the
Bills of Lading
tab and click Edit/ShowAddlIDs
. Next, click Add New Secondary Notify Party
.
If the secondary notify party is an ABI filer, the code is NNNNXXXNN where NNNN is the Census Schedule D code which represents the CBP port of the secondary notify party, XXX is the Filer Code, and NN is the Office Code (if applicable).
Filers must participate in a Bonded Move before a message will be sent from Customs. To confirm that these codes are set up in Customs’ system, contact the ABI representative.
A Secondary Notify Party representing the QP filer must be added in order to receive Status Notifications from CBP. The software will automatically add the appropriate Secondary Notify Party during Validation if it does not already exist.
The user may add up to four (4) secondary notify parties for each Master Bill of Lading.
If four (4) Secondary Notify Parties already exist at that time and none of them represent the QP filer, a validation error will appear on the screen. The user can then edit or remove one of the existing Secondary Notify Parties and validate again.

Add or edit the Secondary Notify Party as needed. Click
Update
when finished.
Add New Reference Identifier
Reference identifiers are used to tie records back to transactions associated with FTZ inventory processing (FTZ-ICRS). Multiple Reference Identifiers can be used for each record.
To add a new Reference Identifier to the record, open the
Bills of Lading
tab and click Edit/ShowAddlIDs
. Next, click Add New Reference Identifier
.
Columns | Description |
|---|---|
Reference Qualifier | For a list of available codes to define the Reference Identifier, please see Appendix B of this Help Center. |
Reference ID | This field is the reference identification to define a valid Reference Qualifier. For example, SO as a Reference Qualifier would indicate that the Reference ID would be the Shipper’s order number. |
Use the fields listed above to create the Reference Identifier. Click
Update
when finished.
The Bonded Move portion of the record is now complete. The user may proceed to the validation step as described in the
Bonded Move Validation and Transmission
section of the Help Center.BOL AMS Information
The
BOL AMS Information
tab will appear to the right of the Bill of Lading
tab if Transmit AMS Info
was checked on the Bonded Move
screen. This screen is used for reporting AMS Bill of Lading data.To add additional details, click
Edit
on the far left.
The screen will reload with appropriate fields enabled for data entry.

BOL AMS Information (IT61), Data Entry Fields | Description |
|---|---|
SCAC Master/ House | The combined Carrier Code and Bill of Lading information. This data is populated from the Bills of Lading tab. |
Weight | The gross weight of the shipment. When populated, this field should equal the entered weight from the Header tab. |
Weight UOM | The unit of measure for the gross weight of the shipment. |
Measure | The total measurement of the goods in cubic feet or cubic meters. |
Measure UOM | A code representing the unit of measure (e.g. CF = Cubic Feet, CM = Cubic Meters) |
Foreign PreReceipt | The city/country name where the pre-carrier took possession of the cargo (if applicable). |
Foreign Port of Lading | A code representing the foreign port in which the cargo was laden on board the importing conveyance (Census Schedule K). This must be a 5-digit Port Code. |
Foreign Shipper | The name of the foreign shipper. The foreign shipper must be listed in the Company Partners Maintenance table. |
Consignee | The name of the consignee. The consignee name must be listed in the Company Partners Maintenance table. |
Notify Party | The name of the party to notify. The notify party name must be listed in the Company Partners Maintenance table. |
Make all necessary changes, then click
Update
on the far left.
Container Data
The
Container Data
tab is used to report container and harmonized code data. This tab will appear to the right of the BOL AMS Information
tab if Transmit AMS Info
was checked on the Bonded Move
screen.To add a container, click
Add New Container
.
Container Data (IT61), Data Entry Fields | Description |
|---|---|
SCAC Master/ House | This field will populate from the Bills of Lading tab. Choose the relevant Bill of Lading from the drop-down. |
Container ID | Enter a valid container/equipment number associated with the Bill of Lading number exactly as it appears on the container. Indicate NC for a non-containerized freight. Neither an identical container number nor theNC designation should be repeated within the same Bill of Lading. |
Seal 1 | A valid carrier seal number associated with the container. This information is not required if the Container ID is NC . |
Seal 2 | A second valid carrier seal number associated with the container (if applicable). This information is not required if the Container ID is NC . |
Equipment Description | The type of container/equipment used for the shipment. This information is not required if the Container ID is NC . A comprehensive list of valid codes is provided in Appendix B of this Help Center. |
Manifest Qty | The total number of pieces on the Bill of Lading. Use the smallest exterior packaging unit. For example, if there are 10 cartons and 10 bales on one bill, insert the number “20”. |
UOM | A code representing the manifest unit of measure. |
Description | A description of the cargo. |
Marks and Numbers | A written description of the symbols and markings on the outside of the packaging. |
Make all necessary changes, then click
Update
on the far left.important
With ACE, HTS information is not required for IT61.
