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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 January
September 8, 2020 |Other U.S.

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

ACE Deployment of Broker Fee Automation Scheduled for November
September 8, 2020 |Customs

CBP will deploy broker fee automation in November, the agency said in an updated ACE deployment schedule. The deployment is “[p]art of the Revenue Modernization effort,” CBP said. “[t]his enhancement will automate the collection of user fees -- including triennial and exam fees.” Also new to the schedule are the second and third phases of enhancements to ACE Truck Manifest, in the August-October 2021 period, according to the change log.

CBP Announces Filing Procedures for Recently Granted 3rd Tranche Section 301 Exclusions
September 1, 2020 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP will add the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the third tranche of Section 301 tariffs on Sept. 3, it said in a CSMS message. The official Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice for the exclusions was published Aug. 24 (see 2008210003). The two exclusions are in subheading 9903.88.48. The exclusions are available for any product that meets the description in the Annex to USTR’s notice, regardless of whether the importer filed an exclusion request. The product exclusions are already expired but will apply retroactively to Sept. 24, 2018, the date the tariffs on the third list took effect, and through Aug. 7, 2020. The CSMS message also includes a summary of Section 301 duties that shows information on each tranche of tariffs and granted product exclusions.

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