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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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Supply Chain Leaders Talk Progress, Perils
May 22, 2018 by Mara Lee|Customs

Supply chain professionals and trade group executives praised the progress U.S. government agencies have made in trade facilitation, and pointed to areas where they could still make progress, during the Global Supply Chain Summit hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on May 22. The Unified Cargo Processing pilot, which is soon expanding from seven ports of entry to nine (see 1803300020), has reduced crossing time by up to 75 percent, according to Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. He also talked about how private industry can help CBP be more business friendly, such as with private dollars helping to fund a 3.5-mile shortcut from the Mariposa port of entry in Nogales, Arizona, to the highway. He said they're lobbying CBP to set up a donations acceptance program to build a cold storage inspection facility at a port of entry, too. He said his group would also like to see Canada try unified cargo processing with CBP.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), CBP CROSS Rulings
CBP to Prioritize Section 321 ABI Filing, Updated Form 5106 With New ACE Funding
May 22, 2018 |Bulletin

CBP will prioritize Section 321 filing via the Automated Broker Interface, an update to CBP Form 5106 importer information, and modernizing foreign-trade zone “e214” admissions, among other new and revised functionalities, with the additional $30 million in ACE funding it received in fiscal year 2018 appropriations legislation, CBP said in an announcement on its website May 22.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Details Process for Importing Goods Exempt From Section 232 Tariffs
May 21, 2018 |Customs

CBP provided further details on how importers of goods excluded from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum can file entries and receive refunds, in a May 21 CSMS message. "Importers and filers importing products granted an exclusion should submit the product exclusion number based on the last six digits of the product exclusion docket number," CBP said. Filers should not "submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 232 duties when the product exclusion number is submitted," the agency said.

Topics:Customs duty, Drawback, Section 232 Tariffs, Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
Questions Remain for PGA Treatment of 321 Entries; Exemptions Unlikely to Apply to TTB, ATF, Some FDA Regulated Products
May 21, 2018 |Top News

With CBP expected to allow for multiple options for filing Section 321 entries, some significant uncertainty remains for how the partner government agencies will treat goods imported at values under the $800 de minimis threshold, said Lenny Feldman, a lawyer with Sandler Travis. Still, there have been some indications for what to expect from the PGAs on the issue, he said. "Goods that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulate would seem to be excluded from section 321 processing because the customs regulations already mention alcohol and tobacco as exceptions to de minimis processing," Feldman said in a May 20 email. Pharmaceuticals and medical devices regulated by the Food and Drug Administration also seem unlikely to receive Section 321 filing exemptions, he said.