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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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FWS Message Set Implementation Pushed to June
February 4, 2021 |Customs

The Fish and Wildlife Service again delayed implementation of its partner government agency (PGA) message set in ACE, CBP said in a CSMS message. “FWS is still in the process of formulating regulations requiring the utilization of ACE to submit import data for FWS regulated commodities, and currently expects enforcement of mandatory submission in ACE to take effect in June 2021,” it said. FWS previously said it hoped to complete a rulemaking to allow for the implementation by the end of 2020 (see 2006230058).

CBP Gives Importers 60 Days to File PSCs Following AD/CV Glitch in ACE
February 3, 2021 by Tim Warren|Top News

Importers will need to review entries made between Oct. 5, 2019, and Oct. 28, 2020, that were supposed to include third-country antidumping and countervailing duty case numbers that couldn't be added due to a problem in ACE, CBP said in a Feb. 2 CSMS message. The ACE glitch left filers unable to include any of 19 third-country case numbers with the entries, CBP said. The importers will have 60 days to rectify the issue for any affected entries, and failure to “take action within the sixty-day period may result in further actions by CBP,” it said.

CBP Can't Refund Wine Excise Taxes Collected Due to ACE Processing Error, Agency Says
February 1, 2021 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP can’t refund excise taxes mistakenly assessed on a wine importer as a result of an ACE processing error, the agency said in a ruling issued in 2019 but only publicly released on its ruling database Jan. 31, 2021. Despite the double assessment of excise tax having resulted from its own error, CBP held that its regulations only provide for refunds of excise taxes under certain circumstances, none of which apply to this particular situation. Instead, the importer must apply directly to the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, CBP said in HQ H294599.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), CBP CROSS Rulings