The Instruments of International Trade or IIT are required to be reported on an ACI eManifest. To report an IIT, the carrier will need to set the IIT quantity on either the truck or trailer, depending on where the IITs are loaded. This tells Customs that there are IITs aboard.

If Instruments of International Trade are the only thing being transported, the carrier can transmit the ACI eManifest with only the trip portion, and no ACI Shipments attached.

In addition to including the IIT quantity on the ACI eManifest, the driver is required to verbally report the IITs to the officer when arriving at the border. The driver may also be asked to supply the file number covering the IITs, which should be available from the importer if the goods are eligible to be declared as IIT.