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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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APHIS Releases FAQs on Use of ACE
July 22, 2019 |USDA

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service released a document that answers questions about using ACE for imports regulated by APHIS. The agency explains that APHIS data will eventually be required in ACE. "When an importer or broker selects a tariff code in ACE, the system notifies the user when APHIS data is or may be required," it said. "At this time, importers and brokers can bypass these flags and proceed without entering APHIS-required data in the system. Eventually, APHIS will enforce the flags, and users won’t be able to proceed until they enter APHIS-required import data via the message set. When ready, APHIS will announce the timeline for enforcing these flags."

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
CBP Releases Video on New ACE Reports Data Initiative
July 18, 2019 |Customs

CBP is starting a new data initiative for ACE reports that will include the transition of Importer Trade Activity (ITRAC) reports to ACE reports, CBP said in a CSMS message. The agency also plans to enhance processing speeds and data retrieval capabilities for ACE reports, it said. CBP also released a video on the initiative.

CBP Pushes Back Entry Type 86 Deployment Date
July 17, 2019 |Customs

CBP will deploy the new entry type 86 for Section 321 shipments in ACE on Sept. 28, rather than the previously planned August date, the agency said in an updated deployment schedule. A Federal Register notice on a test for the entry type is expected soon (see 1905300050). Other changes mentioned in a CSMS message were the deployment dates for Collections Release One and the Modernizing e214 Online Admission Process, which were previously scheduled but are now not finalized. An antidumping and countervailing duty redesign was also added, with a "target deployment" of Sept. 14.

Topics:Entry Type 86
CBP Announces Filing Procedures for Sixth Group of Products Granted Section 301 Exclusions
July 11, 2019 |Top News

CBP will add the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with the sixth group of exclusions from the first tranche of Section 301 tariffs on July 11, it said in a CSMS message. Filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion (see 1907080023) should report the regular Chapter 84, 85 or 90 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9903.88.11, for products subject to Section 301 duties on products from China but that have been granted an exclusion by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. “Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when HTS 9903.88.11 is submitted,” CBP said.

Topics:Section 301 tariff exclusions, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Customs duty