How to receive CSMS Messages

Purpose

This article describes how you can receive the CSMS messages which replaced Customs' old Administrative Messages system.

Explanation

Subscribing to emails

Visit https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCBP/subscriber/new?qsp=938 and click Submit to see list of possible message types you can subscribe to.

Generally speaking all you need is the “Trade” messages. You can check “Trade” and all sub categories will be checked and you can then review those categories and uncheck those you don’t want.

Browsing past message

You can browse all past administrative and current CSMS messages by visiting http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/csms.asp

Additional information

When making queries on the above site enclose your query in quotes for the best response, example (“drawback”).