CBP Updates its Extensive FAQ on ACE System & Its Application
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated version of its lengthy document on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."
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CBP adds that very few problems that users encounter are entirely new. This FAQ collects often-asked questions and answers about the ACE system and its application into a single document so that users can quickly find the answer to their question.
Questions are Still Divided into Ten Categories
CBP states that the questions are divided into ten categories for ease of reference:
Systems Background
Automated Broker Interface (ABI)
General
Application
Portal Usage - Significant Activities Log (SAL)
Portal Usage - Bond
Carriers - General Information
e-Manifest - General Information
Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS)
Reports
(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/27/06 news, 06122705, for BP summary of CBP's original FAQ.)
CBP updated FAQ (dated January 2007, 67 pages) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace/ace_faq.ctt/ace_faq.doc.