7512 / IT bond
A 7512 is the CBP in-bond application, named after its old paper form, that lets imported freight move from the border to another U.S. port before entry. An IT (Immediate Transportation) is the most common type; the application is now filed electronically in ACE.
CBP Form 7512, Transportation Entry and Manifest of Goods Subject to CBP Inspection and Permit, is the document behind an in-bond movement. Brokers and carriers still say "a 7512" or "an IT" even though the paper form is gone for most moves: since 2018 and 2019, CBP requires the in-bond application to be filed electronically through ACE or the QP/WP system, with the carrier reporting arrival or export electronically at the end. Truck shipments transiting the U.S. from Canada are the main exception that can still use paper.
There are three in-bond types: IT (Immediate Transportation) moves freight to another U.S. port where it is entered; T&E (Transportation and Exportation) crosses the U.S. for export; IE (Immediate Exportation) exports from the port of arrival.
What this means when you move freight
An IT is useful when the importer's customs broker is inland, or when the freight should clear closer to its destination than the border. It requires a bonded carrier and a closed movement at the destination port; an in-bond that never closes becomes a penalty against the carrier's bond. Agree up front who files the in-bond, who reports arrival, and which port closes it, and put the in-bond number on the load paperwork.
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