Bond's are a requirement by customs/agencies, for all importers ( ISF and Entry), vessels/carriers, issuer of the Bill of Lading (BL) / arrival notice (AN) / Airway Bill ( AWB ), warehouse, port/terminal, loader/unloader, trucker and etc. All bonds are issued by U.S. Customs and bonder only and the U.S. Customs bond has numerous names, however, the best known name import-bond aka: U.S Custom continuous import bond. U.S. Custom import bond or activity code 1 bond or us import bond or surety bonds or import license or import license bond or consignee bond or continuous bond (CB) or continuous transaction bond (CTB) or yearly bond or annual bond or custom bond (CB) or C.B.P Import bond or importer number or importer ID or import entry bond (IEB). Import bond eliminates Single ISF Bond fees and most of Single Entry Bond fees for next 365 days.