January ACE TAO Update on PSCs, Forms 28/29, Blanket Decs, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the January 2011 ACE Trade Account Owner Update. The Update includes information on ACE ABI CATAIR entry summary chapters that have been revised to implement Post Summary Correction (PSC), questions and answers on forms and declaration records in ACE, etc.
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Highlights of the update include:
3 ACE ABI CATAIR Entry Summary Chapters Revised to Implement PSC in Spring
Three ACE ABI CATAIR Entry Summary chapters have been revised for the next Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) release, which is scheduled for spring 2011.
The posted chapters address the implementation of Post Summary Correction (PSC) entry summary filing and additional enhancements. ABI software vendors may use these chapters to program for this release.
- Entry Summary Status Notification
- Entry Summary Query
- Entry Summary Create/Update
CBP notes that the revised Entry Summary Query chapter contains a new version of this application, which is not compatible with the current version in production for the Entry Summary query.
(CBP previously announced that PSCs would be delayed until spring 2011 due to trade concerns. See ITT’s Online Archives or 10/04/10 news, 10100418, for BP summary.)
Q & As on Forms and Declaration Records in ACE
CBP has posted answers to questions that the agency received regarding CBP forms and declaration records in ACE, including:
Who can see blanket declaration records created in ACE. Blanket declaration records created by an importer in ACE are only viewable by users who have access to the importer’s portal account and by CBP. Similarly, blanket declaration records created by a broker in ACE are only viewable by users who have access to the broker’s portal account and by CBP. If a broker creates declaration records for an importer who does not have a portal account and that non-portal account then establishes an importer portal account in the future, that importer will be able to see both the declaration records created on the importer’s behalf by the broker as well as those the importer created himself. Brokers will always be able to view the blanket declaration records they created.
Cannot reinstate cancelled declaration records. Filers cannot reinstate a cancelled declaration record; they must create a new record.
ACE does not email filers when new CBP Form 28, 29, or 4647 has been posted. ACE does not send the user an email or post a notification to the ACE Portal account when a new CBP Form 28 (Request for Information), CBP Form 29 (Notice of Action), or CBP Form 4647 (Notice to Mark/Notice to Re-Deliver) has been posted to the account. It is up to the account to sign into the Portal to check for new CBP Forms.
Advantage of responding to CBP Form 28 via ACE. The advantage of responding to a CBP Form 28 through the ACE Portal is that other ports in the country will also be able to view the response; this could mean fewer CBP Form 28s sent for that same issue.
(On October 31, 2010, CBP updated ACE capabilities related to ESAR, including a new ability to respond to ACS, as well as ACE, CBP Forms 28, 29 and 4647. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/29/10 news, 10102908, for BP summary.)
SPI of “Q” Showing Up on Some ACE Reports Due to GSP Expiration
In response to a question on why ACE Portal account holders are seeing a SPI of “Q” when running some of the ACE reports, CBP states that the “Q” SPI means that a Generalized System of Preferences claim was made during the time period when GSP had expired. CBP uses the “Q” as a means to refund duties if GSP is passed with a retroactive date of January 1.
(CBP previously issued instructions on the lapse of GSP. CBP stated that importers may continue to apply the GSP SPIs (A or A+) to eligible goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse subsequent to midnight, December 31, 2010, but must pay the applicable normal trade relations (NTR, or column 1) rate of duty. This will enable CBP, in the event that GSP is reauthorized with retroactivity, to liquidate all such preference claims with a refund.
See ITT’s Online Archives or 12/27/10 news, 10122711, for BP summary of CBP’s instructions on GSP’s expiration. See ITT’s Online Archives or 01/27/11 news, 11012719, for BP update on prospects for GSP reinstatement, etc.)
Instructions for Adding Columns for Fees to AR 006 Report
CBP provides instructions on how to add separate columns for individual fees in the AR 006 report due to recently received questions on how to do this. See TAO for list of instructions, which CBP notes are reasonably complex.