CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will be increasing the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers allowed per entry summary line in ACE from eight to 32, the agency said in a June 6 cargo systems message.
Widespread problems with transmitting foreign-trade zone entries are one of several technical problems that plague customs brokers and compliance managers as the effects of the Trump administration's rapid policy changes make themselves felt. Compounding the difficulties is the administration's decision to pull back from engagement with the trade industry through its Trade Support Network and the cancellation of bi-weekly ACE calls.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP's Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee will be holding its quarterly meeting on June 18 in Washington, D.C., according to a Federal Register notice.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is launching the Trade Information Notice service, which the agency says will relay trade and customs updates via a subscription, according to a May 30 posting on the Cargo Systems Message Service.
A CBP spokesperson told International Trade Today that the ACE support bi-weekly trade calls, which recently were discontinued according to a CSMS message (see 2505270056), will resume "in the coming months." CBP is "refocusing the biweekly call back to technical ACE-related questions for the software developer community," the spokesperson said.
The emphasis on collecting the revenue generated from the higher tariffs levied during President Donald Trump's second term, as well as the political will behind those higher duties, are compelllng CBP to shift toward prioritizing trade enforcement over trade facilitation, trade experts told International Trade Today.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: