DocUnlock: Partner Government Agencies Import Guides
Coverage
Supported PGAs
DocUnlock reads the commercial invoices, packing lists, and health certificates your clients already send and turns them into PGA-ready entry data — FDA, APHIS, AMS, TTB, and more — mapped, validated, and pushed straight into your ABI.
Coverage across the agencies your shipments actually hit. DocUnlock extracts and maps PGA data against the ACE CATAIR PG Message Set, so the right codes and qualifiers land on the right lines — whatever the commodity.
✔ APHIS — Animal & plant health, core and Lacey
✔ AMS — Agricultural Marketing Service
✔ FDA — Food, drugs, devices, cosmetics
✔ FSIS — Meat, poultry, egg products
✔ FWS — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
✔ EPA — Vehicles, engines, chemicals
✔ TTB — Alcohol & tobacco
✔ NMFS — National Marine Fisheries Service
✔ NHTSA (DOT) — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
✔ ...and more
PGA
What are PGAs?
Partner Government Agencies (PGA) Import Guides, essential for the ACE Automated Broker Interface (ABI), detail the specific requirements for importers to comply with U.S. import regulations. These guides, alongside the ACE ABI CATAIR guidelines provided by CBP, facilitate the electronic submission of import data, improving efficiency and reducing the risk of compliance errors. The ACE Appendix PGA further supports this process by offering codes and qualifiers for precise PGA data submissions through the ABI message set, ensuring adherence to the standards of each government agency involved.
Below is a list of PGA's sites and their specific requirements.
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
- APHIS Trade
- Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
- Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS)
- Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS)
- Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
- Enforcement and Compliance within the International Trade Administration
- Office of Textiles and Apparel
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
- Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Participating Government Agencies Message Set
- CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements