CBP is unable provide further information as to the data elements and conditions through which CBP can share data from the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), said a CBP spokesman. "We are not able to provide more detail regarding the data elements and the conditions under which the FMC may use them beyond what is contained in the release," he said.
The Federal Maritime Commission signed a memorandum of understanding with CBP on July 19 agreeing to share trade data within the International Trade Data System (ITDS), said CBP in a press release (here). The sharing of Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) data will help "strengthen the balance of facilitation and enforcement regarding the regulation of ocean carriers and other entities involved in trade," said CBP. The agreement means that CBP can transfer ACE data directly to the FMC to help it fulfill its "statutory and regulatory duties and responsibilities" and conserve resources within both agencies, said CBP. The agreement "specifies the specific data elements to be shared, the legal authority of FMC to receive the data and the conditions under which FMC may use, store or share the information," said CBP
CBP released the agenda for the Aug. 7 meeting with the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) in Washington, D.C. CBP also said the meeting will be available online and registration is available (here).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
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CBP has finished some of the initial work that will allow for entry summary quality control checks, known as edits, within the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), said CBP in its June "ACEopedia." CBP started with Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) validations to lay a foundation for additional validations and "developed a business rules engine that enables development teams to more easily capture, update, and maintain the business rules that govern how the validations work within the system," it said. "As development progresses and CBP gains more experience with Agile development, increasingly complex validations will be added. The second development Increment is focused on coding validations related to Classification. CBP plans to deploy Increments 1 and 2 in October 2013."
CBP's Los Angeles/Long Beach field office will make use of cargo holds in the Automated Cargo Environment (ACE) to address non-compliance with Importer Security Filing (ISF) requirements, the office said in a July 12 public bulletin. Use of the holds will begin July 15 and CBP "will hold all non-compliant ISF shipments at the terminal until the required ISF is filed, it said. CBP recently announced plans to ratchet up enforcement of ISF rules (see 13062613).
CBP will expand its Document Image System (DIS) pilot in the Automated Commercial Environment to add additional partner government agency forms and reduce metadata submission requirements, said CBP in a notice. A Federal Register notice on the expansion will be published shortly, said CBP. DIS allows for electronic submission of documents during the import process required by multiple agencies. CBP began testing the program last year (see 12040548).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted an updated table listing the key process improvements envisioned for the end-state ACE Cargo Release Inventory. The list includes single window for imports, continued flow of trade during emergencies, automated updates to previously filed import data, enhanced tracking of non-compliant cargo to government custody, expedited entry process for trusted traders, enhanced entry processing for CBP officers, and automated filing and sufficiency checks for customs bonds.