How Manifest Journals Transforms US Customs’ Import Data
We reveal the secrets behind the US Customs’ Import Data.
We introduce our name cracking technology.
We give the reasons why Manifest Journals is the choice of savvy users of the US Customs’ Import Data.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
On Monday to Friday, US Customs sends us a DVD with the most recent release(s) from the Automated Manifest System (AMS).

Here’s the schedule. (US Federal holidays delay deliveries between 1 – 3 days.)

 
Day(s) of US Customs’ Release Day We Get the File
Friday Monday
Saturday, Sunday,Monday Tuesday
Tuesday Wednesday
Wednesday Thursday
Thursday Friday
 

After we removed the duplicate bills of lading, here’s the daily average of how many house bills of lading and master bills of lading that we loaded in 2008 and 2009. (Click here: The Difference Between House Bills and Master Bills)

 
Year House Bills Master Bills
2008 22,786 6,896
2009 21,456 7,896
 

How Fast Do We Get the Bills of Lading to You?

To answer this question, you need two facts.

1. How fast do we load a file into Manifest Journals after we get the file from US Customs?
2. What are range of dates for bills of lading in the US Customs file?

In 2008 and 2009, we loaded a file from US Customs within 1.6 days of delivery.

When US Customs sends us a file, the file has a range of dates. In other words, October 14, 2009 was a Wednesday. When US Customs sent the file for Wednesday, October 14, 2009, they didn't limit the dates to just October 14, 2009.

The October 14, 2009 file had 22,205 unique bills of lading. Here’s the date range of the bills of ladings.

 
Actual Arrival Date Count of Bills of Lading Percentage of File Load (Total: 22,205)
10/13/2009 10,773 48.5%
10/12/2009 8,086 36.4%
9/29/2009 2,066 9.3%
10/11/2009 675 3.0%
10/10/2009 481 2.2%
10/9/2009 30 0.1%
Before 10/9/2009 94 0.4%
 
Here’s what the average file loads looked like for 2009.
 
Number of Days Between File Date and Actual Arrival Date on Bill of Lading Percentage of Bills of Lading in the US Customs’ files Average Number of Days for Manifest Journals to Load File Average Number of Days of When You can Access Bills in Manifest Journals ( Column 1 + Column 2)
1 57.8% 1.6 2.6
2 22.7% 1.6 3.6
3 8.3% 1.6 4.6
4 3.9% 1.6 5.6
5 0.6% 1.6 6.7
>5 6.7% 1.6 >6.7
 

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