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The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the CBP's electronic system through which the international trade community reports imports and exports and the government determines admissibility.

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CBP Schedules ACE Updates With CBMA Tax Validation, Global Business Identifier
March 3, 2021 |Customs

CBP plans to add features on April 6 to help with filings under the Craft Beverage Modernization Act, the agency said in an updated ACE deployment schedule. “This enhancement will facilitate the filing of CBMA claims and includes the ability to compute and validate tax amount, view/edit tax data on an Entry Summary via the ACE Portal and make data available for data warehouse reporting,” the agency said. CBP also aims to deploy the Global Business Identifier in cargo release in the winter of 2022, it said. “This enhancement will replace the Manufacturing Identification Code (MID), producing a unique identifier that captures complete data on shipper/seller and manufacturer information; eliminating duplicate MIDs and multiple companies being assigned the same MID.”

Descartes Buys QuestaWeb for $36 Million
March 1, 2021 |Trade Business

Descartes Systems acquired QuestaWeb, Descartes said in a March 1 news release. Descartes said paid about $36 million with cash on hand for the company, a trade management software company and ACE developer. “In today’s complex and dynamic regulatory environment, technology is crucial to ensure that supply chains are compliant and efficient at each step along the way,” said Ken Wood, executive vice president-product management at Descartes. “The addition of QuestaWeb’s FTZ solution brings an important capability to our Global Logistics Network and will help our customers manage the entire foreign-trade zone process, allowing them to minimize duties, fees and taxes while remaining compliant with CBP regulations.” Descartes has made several acquisitions in recent years (see 1901280021 and 1612280024).