---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 103.31a"
title: "19"
number: "103.31a"
heading: "Advance electronic information for air, truck, and rail cargo; Importer Security Filing information for vessel cargo."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/103.31a"
---

# §103.31a. Advance electronic information for air, truck, and rail cargo; Importer Security Filing information for vessel cargo.


The following types of advance electronic information are per se exempt from disclosure as either trade secrets or privileged or confidential commercial or financial information, unless CBP receives a specific request for such records pursuant to [6 CFR 5.3](/cfr/6/5.3.md), and the owner of the information expressly agrees in writing to its release:

- (a) Advance cargo information that is electronically presented to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for inbound or outbound air, rail, or truck cargo in accordance with [§ 122.48a](/cfr/19/122.48a.md), [§ 122.48b](/cfr/19/122.48b.md), [§ 123.91](/cfr/19/123.91.md), [§ 123.92](/cfr/19/123.92.md), or [§ 192.14](/cfr/19/192.14.md) of this chapter;
- (b) Importer Security Filing information that is electronically presented to CBP for inbound vessel cargo in accordance with [§ 149.2](/cfr/19/149.2.md) of this chapter;
- (c) Vessel stow plan information that is electronically presented to CBP for inbound vessels in accordance with [§ 4.7c](/cfr/19/4.7c.md) of this chapter; and
- (d) Container status message information that is electronically presented for inbound containers in accordance with [§ 4.7d](/cfr/19/4.7d.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CBP Dec. 08-46, 73 FR 71780, Nov. 25, 2008, as amended by CBP Dec. 15-16, 80 FR 71692, Nov. 17, 2015; CBP Dec. 25-08, 90 FR 52843, Nov. 21, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1624; 31 U.S.C. 9701. Section 103.31 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1431; Section 103.31a also issued under 19 U.S.C. 2071 note, 6 U.S.C. 943, 19 U.S.C. 1415, and 49 U.S.C. 44901 note; Section 103.33 also issued under 19 U.S.C. 1628; Section 103.34 also issued under 18 U.S.C. 1905.

### Source

Source: T.D. 81-168, 46 FR 32565, June 24, 1981, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CBP Dec. 08-46, 73 FR 71780, Nov. 25, 2008, as amended by CBP Dec. 15-16, 80 FR 71692, Nov. 17, 2015; CBP Dec. 25-08, 90 FR 52843, Nov. 21, 2025]