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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 Provides Instructions on Increased Section 301 Duties; New HTS Number Coming for Shipments on Water
May 9, 2019 by Tim Warren|Top News

CBP provided some details in a May 9 CSMS message on how importers should file entries that will be subject to the increased Section 301 duties on goods from China. The CSMS message confirms that the increased duties will only apply to goods exported and entered after May 10 (see 1905080035). During a call with software developers the same day, CBP officials explained that several pieces are still being worked out, including the addition of a tariff subheading for goods exported before May 10 and entered after the tariffs take effect.

Topics:Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Customs duty
Some ACE Deployments Moved Up in Updated Schedule
May 8, 2019 |Customs

Two ACE deployments planned for July will now go forward in June, CBP said in an updated ACE schedule. Those deployments are "Mass Processing, Phase 1," which only impacts CBP users, and "Consolidated Express Filings," CBP said in a CSMS message. Also new to the schedule are the addition of the document filed (DocFile) location capability in ACE and an updated deployment date for collections, according to the change log.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP's ACE User Survey Shows Improving Satisfaction
May 3, 2019 |Customs

The ACE user satisfaction survey showed the overall satisfaction rate increasing by 9 percentage points over the previous year, up to 80 percent, according to the results of the survey posted by CBP. Satisfaction with usability and ACE processes also increased, according to the survey, which had 859 respondents. The agency also posted survey results from partner government agency ACE users, though that survey had only 97 respondents.

CBP Posts More Info on ITRAC Transition to ACE Reports
April 26, 2019 |Customs

More information about CBP's plans to move the Importer Trade Activity reports to ACE reports (see 1904180023) has been released in a new document. During the phased transition, some of the volumes of data will be limited, it said. "[T]hese reports will not be able to accommodate large data volumes like what would be provided in a 5-year ITRAC extract," CBP said. "Therefore, please limit the begin and end date filters in your reports accordingly, especially for the entry summary and cargo release reports." CBP said brokers and importers can now find most ITRAC data in ACE reports, except for bond data for brokers and exam data, it said. CBP is still trying to figure out how to provide exam data in ACE reports, the agency said.