Partner Government Agencies

Demystifying import requirements: Partner Government Agency

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 hitDocUnlock 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
List of all PGAs as icons

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.