CBP Posts New TSN ACE User Requirement Recommendations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site certain new Trade Support Network (TSN) committee Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) user requirement recommendations.
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ACE Secure Data Portal Account Management Requirement.The TSN has recently added several new recommendations to its list of ACE account management requirement recommendations for the ACE Secure Data Portal, as follows:
Additional HTS report capabilities. The recommendation states that the ACE Secure Data Portal needs to provide a list/search capability that encompasses multiple Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers or a range of HTS numbers (user can specify detail levels from 2-10 digits).
Quick Views by calendar year.The recommendation states that the ACE Secure Data Portal needs to be capable of providing Quick Views by user specified calendar year.
Automated report scheduling. The recommendation states that the ACE Secure Data Portal needs to improve the ability to schedule reports to automatically run at a specified time interval (e.g., nightly, weekly, etc.).
Additional capabilities for the entry summary report. The recommendation states that the ACE Secure Data Portal needs to provide a list/search capability that provides a single line on the report for each entry summary regardless of the number of line items, totaling the entered value and estimated duty fees and taxes, listing the MID code that is in box 21 of the Customs Form 3461 or 7501.
ACE Secure Data Portal Significant Activity Log. The TSN has also added a recommendation for the ACE Secure Data Portal's Significant Activity Log (SAL). The TSN has defined the following functional needs for the SAL (partial list):
the SAL needs to provide the ability to view/list/sort options by the specified SAL sub-category (e.g., 28s, 29s, 4647s, detentions, warning letters, etc.);
SAL should provide data download functionality;
there should be a date field in the SAL that indicates what date a SAL was posted;
the SAL should provide the functionality to enable the user to customize a default view within the SAL.
These and other account management requirement recommendations are available at
New Entry Process Requirement Recommendation.The TSN has also posted a new entry process requirement recommendation which consists of business requirements from the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ) Automation Task Force.
This recommendation notes that the automation of the foreign trade zone admission business process will replace the current paper-intensive operations associated with the filing of the paper CF 214 and the subsequent reviews and approvals by the CBP Port Director and the zone operator.
This and other entry process requirement recommendations are available at