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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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NCBFAA Says Trade Not Ready, Smoother Transition Needed for New 5106; CBP Responds
March 8, 2019 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP’s planned deployment of its new electronic Form 5106 on March 16 will cause “unnecessary hardship for the trade” as a result of a lack of testing and training and some issues surrounding the planned hard cut-off for the old process, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in a letter to CBP dated March 8. Announced by CBP in February (see 1902200040), the new deadline does not leave adequate time for programming, testing and training, and a gap in availability could make life difficult for brokers, especially on the northern border, the NCBFAA said.

More Information on Bad Actors Seen as Possible Improvement to CBP Data Sharing
March 1, 2019 by Tim Warren|Top News

Better sharing of data about companies with poor compliance history was among the changes cited as possible improvements during CBP's March 1 forum focused on creating a new customs framework (see 1812200003). "I'm challenged with antidumping to reach out to my importers when there's a new case to alert them of things that should be happening," said Lisa Gelsomino, CEO of Avalon Risk Management. "And while customs brokers do that too, we are all dealing with so many challenges in the supply chain today, the more that we can help people comply the better off we are and the better off CBP is."

CBP Updates ACE Guide With Info on TSCA Importer Certs for Composite Wood Beginning March 22
February 22, 2019 |Customs

CBP updated its ACE Environmental Protection Agency supplemental guidelines with information on Toxic Substances Control Act importer certifications required under composite wood formaldehyde standards beginning March 22, it said in a CSMS message. “The changes are on pages 157-159, and address sample message sets, allowable disclaim codes, and the TSCA certification that should be filed for these commodities,” CBP said. “There are approximately 450 additional HTS codes for composite wood products that will be flagged with an EP7 (TSCA certification 'may be required' to be filed) code. This flagging will begin in the Certification (CERT) environment no earlier than February 22, 2019. The flagging will begin in Production (PROD) starting March 22, 2019,” CBP said. Under regulations issued by the EPA in 2016 (see 1607280021), importers of composite wood products, including composite wood products that are “articles" under CBP's TSCA regulations, have to file certifications at entry that the goods comply with TSCA regulations, beginning March 22.