If IPP perform multiple export certifications on a shift, how frequently will they record the task in PHIS?

• A. Each time a shipment is certified for a specific product type
• B. One time per shift
• C. One time per 10 shipments certified
• D. Each time a shipment is certified

Answer: (B)

When IPP perform export certifications, PHIS is designed to capture the work at the shift level rather than for every individual shipment. So if multiple export certifications are completed within the same shift, you log them one time for that entire shift. This reflects the overall activity for the shift without creating a separate entry for each shipment, and a new record would be created only when the next shift begins.

Recording per shipment would clutter PHIS and obscure the shift’s workload. Recording per ten shipments would be arbitrary and could miss shipments or misrepresent activity. Recording by product type would misalign with the scenario of multiple shipments that could involve more than one product type. Hence the one-time-per-shift approach best fits how PHIS tracks IPP export certification activity.