U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS regarding the new Participating Government Agencies Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) chapter that it recently posted to its Web site.
CBP has posted Amendment 34 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows (partial list):
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE Workplan Schedule," which lists the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment (and other systems it interfaces with) scheduled for deployment from February 28 through April 11, 2009.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice stating that it will begin implementing Automated Commercial Environment initial entry summary capabilities (ESAR A2.2) in Spring 2009 for the filing and processing of formal (type 01) and informal (type 11) entry summaries.
1. Reminder: Goods from Kosovo Must be Marked as Such Starting Feb 18th
CBP has posted Amendment 33 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted revised versions of previously issued ACE ABI CATAIR1 documents. CBP has also posted a new ACE ABI CATAIR appendix and a 2009 version of its Change Record.
CBP has posted a notice providing details on the trade's ability to receive refund checks, resulting from overpayment of customs duties, taxes, and fees, electronically through Automated Clearinghouse (ACH). An ACH question and answer notice was also posted. (Notice and Q&A, dated 02/04/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/ach/)
According to The Congressional Record, on February 9, 2009, the Senate is expected to continue its consideration of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Economic Stimulus Bill) and vote on a motion to invoke cloture (i.e., end debate) on a Collins/Nelson substitute amendment. If cloture is invoked, the Senate is expected to vote on the substitute amendment on February 10, 2009. If the amendment is agreed to, the Senate is then expected to proceed to a vote on the passage of H.R. 1, as amended by the Senate. (Congressional Records, dated 02/06/09 and 02/07/09, available at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r111:@FIELD(FLD003d)@FIELD(DDATE20090206) and http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/B?r111:@FIELD(FLD003d)@FIELD(DDATE20090207)
CBP has posted an updated version of its fact sheet on the benefits of ACE for sureties. The list of benefits has been updated to state that sureties can run a custom bond report as well as created customized reports and to state that sureties can query a bond by "Bond Number," "Bond Activity Code," or "Bond Status." The additional information section has also been updated to state that additional information is alsoavailable on the ACE training and Reference Guides pages on www.cbp.gov/modernization. (Fact sheet, dated 02/03/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/trade/ace_factsheets/ace_overview/sureties_fact_sheet.xml)