This public-facing platform allows importers to submit customs information online, with flexible access options during the pilot, while helping the American Samoa Government better understand what kind of localized customs process works best for the Territory.

A Digital Customs Initiative for American Samoa

Supply chain constraints, shipping logistics, and the operational realities of moving goods to and across Tutuila and the Manu'a islands.

Island Geography

Government procedures, inter-department review paths, and ASG practices that shape how customs processes function locally.

Local Workflows

Some declarations require action from more than one department, making coordinated review an important part of the process.

Inter-Department Coordination

Digital services should be designed with the Territory's connectivity conditions and operating environment in mind.

Connectivity Realities

Importer needs, commercial habits, and day-to-day filing expectations that affect how customs services are used in practice.

Local Business Practices

Designing digital rules and workflows around the human factors, cultural context, and practical realities of American Samoa.

Localized Algorithms

Digital systems work best when they reflect the place where they are used. In American Samoa, that means considering: 

Designed around the realities of American Samoa. 

This online customs initiative is part of a broader effort by Treasury and Customs to learn, test, and improve how localization can support the Territory’s customs process. It is not a final procurement determination.

About this initiative 

Submit customs declarations online to support air, ocean, mail, and baggage workflows that reflect how goods move through American Samoa.

Online Declaration Filing

Upload invoices and supporting documents, then follow your filing (customs entry) as it moves through review and toward clearance.

Document Upload and Status

Access duty rates and fee calculations through a clearer filing process that helps improve cost visibility and make requirements easier to follow.

Duty and Fee Support

American Samoa’s Treasury and Customs functions involve unique local conditions. This initiative is intended to help evaluate how online customs services can support those conditions in a clearer, more efficient, and more transparent way.

Treasury is testing digital customs processes for American Samoa

This customs initiative is designed to make filing easier to begin, easier to manage, and easier to follow as declarations move through review.

Start a declaration in the way that works best for you, including guest filing for lower-friction participation during the initiative.

Flexible access

Submit invoices and supporting documents through a more organized process designed to make filing easier to follow.

Clearer document handling

Follow your declaration as it moves through review and toward clearance, with clearer status information along the way.