CBP will now allow 30 days for drawback filers to submit supporting documentation for “mixed use” claims for Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act drawback on entries previously claimed for “core” drawback, it said in a CSMS message. “Revised language updates the interim policy document” issued by CBP in early February on TFTEA drawback (see 1802120020) “to allow filers to submit [Document Image System (DIS)] uploads for mixed-use claims within 30-days from the time the filer receives the mixed-use informational message in ACE,” CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Food and Drug Administration banned an animal food importer from importing food for a period of five years for its attempt to bring in adulterated animal feed and subsequent customs fraud to cover up its misdeed, it said in a notice. Meunerie Sawyerville can’t import food again until 2023 as punishment for importing feed with elevated levels of monensin and then importing a second shipment under a false name to redeliver to CBP in lieu of the adulterated feed, FDA said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Feb. 24 ACE deployment (see 1802260057) is a "a significant achievement for CBP, the trade community and [partner government agencies] who have worked tirelessly to implement the 'single window' for over 15 years," Acting CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said in a news release. “While it has been a long road from planning to implementation, a streamlined import and export processing system has already proven to be a tremendous benefit for international trade with an estimated $28 million in processing efficiencies for CBP and an estimated $52 million savings for industry in FY2017,” he said.
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CBP released its first version of ACE outage guidelines, the agency said in a CSMS message.
"CBP expects that this will allow trade partners to better understand their role in maintaining the flow of trade during ACE system interruptions and will serve as a basis for their individual downtime policies and procedures," the agency said. The agency said in documents for the Feb. 28 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting that it planned to release the downtime document by the end of the month (see 1802210034).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP’s weekend deployment of drawback, reconciliation and liquidation in ACE was “successful,” though some hurdles remain before systems are running as intended, CBP officials said on a pair of phone calls with trade stakeholders held Feb. 26. The deployment marked a “significant milestone,” being the last of the major scheduled “core” ACE deployments, said Deborah Augustin, executive director of CBP’s Trade Transformation Office. “At this time, all import manifest, cargo release, post-release and export functionality we had scheduled for delivery in 'core' ACE is now available in ACE,” she said.
Drawback filers will likely face a period of at least four to six months under interim procedures once drawback transitions to ACE over the Feb. 24 weekend, Michael Cerny of Sandler Travis said during a Feb. 23 webinar. Though CBP finished talks with the trade community nearly a year ago, proposed regulations drafted by CBP on drawback processes under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 continue to languish in the interagency review process, so filers will begin life in the new framework under a “draft guidance” issued by CBP on Feb. 9 (see 1802120020).