CBP will deploy its updated Form 5106 (Create/Update Importer Identity Form) on March 16, CBP said in a Feb. 20 notice. "The legacy Importer Create/Update ABI application (TI) will be disabled at 8:00 pm on Friday, March 15, 2019," CBP said. "Any submissions of the TI after that time will be rejected. During the outage window, the new ACE Importer Create/Update functionality for Trade and CBP users will be deployed to ACE production. Legacy importer accounts will be converted to new ACE as part of the deployment of the 5106 in new ACE. Any new ACE Importer Create/Update submissions (TP) submitted to ACE prior to completion of the deployment will be held in queue and processed once the entire deployment is completed."
The act that funds the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year provides more than half a billion dollars for more non-intrusive imaging equipment in in-bound lanes at the Mexican border, as well as $6 million for equipment for outbound traffic. It's the single biggest-ticket item that affects trade shipments, but there are many others: $10 million for ACE enhancement that will include post-core development and collections, and $2 million for the Office of Trade for targeting.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The American Association of Exporters and Importers is working on proposed legislation that is meant to improve and allow for a more modern customs process, the group said in comments on CBP's request for input on creating a new customs framework (see 1812200003). The proposal, which the AAEI refers to as "Mod Act 2," has been under development for more than a year. The legislation "seeks to take the process of accounting for imported goods and the collection of Customs duties thereon in a new and more modern direction," the trade group said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will allow more time for importers to submit documentation required for excise tax refund claims under the Craft Beverage Modernization Act of 2017, the agency said in a CSMS message. Due to the recent partial federal government shutdown, importers will now have until Feb. 28 to submit new spreadsheets and certifications or update previously submitted documentation before their entries are liquidated without the benefit of the CBMA tax rate.
CBP on Feb. 10 added the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with exclusions from Section 301 duties, it said in a CSMS message issued two days earlier. Filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion should report the regular chapter 1-97 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9905.88.05 for products subject to Section 301 duties on products from China but that have been granted an exemption by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. “Do not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when HTS 9903.88.05 is submitted,” CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: