CBP is delaying its deployment in ACE of ocean house bill release until June, while it addresses some “fine tune issues” that have arisen with disposition codes, said Brad Slutsky, CBP director-cargo and security controls, in remarks at a National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones Legislative Summit Feb. 14. “It is very close to deployment,” he said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP updated its ACE manufacturer ID Error Code Dictionary to add new condition codes related to the deployment of a new Chinese postal code requirement on March 18. New codes cover instances where the Chinese postal code is invalid or none is submitted, as well as where the postal code is in the Xinjiang Uyghur Administrative Region of China, among other things. The new Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act “Region Alert” will require the Chinese postal code to be submitted with the cargo release and included in the MID for entries with a country of origin of China that use a Chinese MID (see 2301270070).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is developing a new Harmonized Tariff Schedule flag for use in ACE that the agency says will eliminate the need for filers to disclaim entries under tariff subheadings potentially subject to the APHIS Core partner government agency message set, it said in an emailed bulletin Feb. 9. The new “AQ3” flag will alert filers that the relevant tariff subheading may require APHIS Core PGA data, but it will not prohibit filers from successfully submitting an entry without the data or a disclaim.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is no longer requiring emails from importers to activate approved Section 232 exclusions, and will now directly process approved exclusions based on weekly lists provided by the Commerce Department, CBP said in a CSMS message Feb. 7. A list of approved exclusions will be posted every Friday, and the product exclusion ID must be on that list before the customs broker or filer submits the exclusion ID on entry documentation, CBP said.
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CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP released two new trade user information notices on its upcoming deployment of ocean house bill of lading release capabilities in ACE. One details changes in the ocean house bill of lading release that will allow CBP to release ocean cargo at the lowest shipment level, while the other details related changes to the container freight station user interface in the ACE Secure Data Portal. Both deployments are scheduled for March 5.