A study of BDP international has found that ___________ of shippers are factoring in additional...

A study by BDP International found that 35 percent of shippers were accounting for additional time to comply with the Advanced Manifest System (AMS), a U.S. Department of Homeland Security requirement that came into effect in February 2003. AMS mandates that import manifest information must be submitted at least 24 hours before the cargo is loaded onto U.S.-bound vessels at foreign ports.