CBP has posted an updated list of companies/persons who have developed software applications for ACE electronic truck manifest. All companies/persons who are listed have been through the CBP testing process.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message regarding carrier bond functionality that will be delivered with the deployment of e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail (M1).
On November 9, 2010, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) met in Washington, DC to discuss a variety of trade issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced the release of its International Trade Data System Concept of Operations (ConOps).
CBP has posted instructions for all existing ACE portal account types, with the exception of truck carriers, on using the ACE reports tool. Instructions on running ACE reports for truck carriers are featured as a separate document.
CBP has posted the following ACE ABI CATAIR chapters for the production deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) enhancements on October 31, 2010. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/29/10 news, 10102908, for BP summary on the October 31 deployment of ESAR enhancements.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has provided further details of the Memorandum of Understanding between five federal agencies signed in October 2010 to improve targeting and enforcement efforts at CBP's Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC).
On November 1, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a notice about resolving issues related to continuous bonds rendered insufficient due to returned mail.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an email on October 6, 2010 indicating that new compliance measurement (CM) guidelines and the recent ACE update would place additional requirements on import specialists.
CBP has issued the October 2010 ACE Trade Account Owner (TAO) Update. Among other things, the TAO update covers the e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail pilot program Federal Register notice, tips for requesting the activation of additional Importer of Record numbers for periodic monthly statement (PMS), tips for sorting multiple HTS numbers reported on one line item, etc.