CBP released a list of its near term priorities for development for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The agency document said work on three items previously mentioned to be priorities, the Participating Government Agency (PGA) Message Set, automated corrections/deletions, and initial entry summary edits, will begin with "agile pilots." CBP also listed some priorities planned for the second half of the year, including PGA message set integration and entry integration with in-bond.
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CBP posted a record of Feb. 6 changes to the ACE ABI CATAIR (Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements). The changes were to Appendix G (ACE ABI Condition Codes and Narrative Text), the ACE ABI CATAIR Error Dictionary, and the Entry Summary Create/Update chapter. The change log is (here). The full CATAIR is (here). The Appendix G is (here). The ACE ABI CATAIR Error Dictionary is (here). The Entry Summary Create/Update Chapter is (here).
CBP announced the location and agenda for the next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC), March 6 at 1 p.m. (ET) in Washington, D.C. Online registration for webcast and in-person participation is available through March 4, said a Feb. 19 notice.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
All continuous or term Airport Security bonds must be submitted to the Revenue Division Bond Team, CBP.BONDQUESTIONS@DHS.GOV, in order to be processed into the Automated Commercial Environment, said CBP in a CSMS message. An Airport Security bond is not considered valid until it has been reviewed and processed into ACE by the Revenue Division Bond Team, the agency said. If the Airport Security Bond is filed using the CBP Form 301, it is considered a continuous bond and if the Airport Security Bond is filed using the CFR 19, part 113, Appendix A language, the bond is considered a term bond, which has beginning and ending dates.
CBP is in the midst of a rewrite of its Part 146 Foreign Trade Zones regulations that will include modernizing and automating current procedures, as well as eliminating burdensome requirements that serve CBP no purpose, said David Murphy, acting assistant commissioner in the CBP office of field operations. The reforms will “improve efficiencies, and remove redundancies and burdensome paper requirements, while at the same time balancing the need to expedite cargo and maintain security,” he said at the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones 2013 Regulatory and Legislative Seminar Feb. 12 in Washington, D.C. CBP is also close to finalizing changes to its in-bond regulations, and the final rule could come out in May or June, another official said.
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CBP posted a lengthy ACE 101 update and primer/information sheet on the Automated Commercial Environment on its website (here). It says about 21,000 ACE portal accounts have been established, more than 65 percent of all duties and fees are being collected via monthly statement in ACE, and 29 PGAs are currently using ACE. It also said the most common entry types, representing 99 percent of all entries filed, can be filed via ACE. There are currently 125 downloadable reports available via ACE, CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: