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Effective September 15, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will discontinue the use of the unknown Manufacturer Identification Number (MID) as data to report the manufacturer (or supplier). After this date, entries reporting unknown MIDs will be rejected by the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).