CBP Expects to Turn off ACS/ABI Apps for Ocean/Rail Manifests by July 2012
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's July 2011 ACE Trade Account Owner Update (Version 2) states that it plans to announce a six-month time frame for ACS to be decommissioned for ocean and rail manifests. This six month period will initiate from operational acceptance by CBP's Executives, following rigorous review and testing, of ACE as the replacement system for ocean and rail manifests.
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ACS Decommissioning for Ocean and Rail Manifests Expected by July
At this time, CBP expects the ACS will be decommissioned for these manifests by July 1, 2012. CBP also expects that some ABI applications will be decommissioned too.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/18/11 news, 11071821, for BP summary of CBP's recent Federal Register notice on the e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail trade pilot.
See ITT's Online Archives or 07/29/11 news, 11072917, for BP summary of the trade and CBP discussing the decommissioning of the Automated Commercial System (ACS).)
CSMS# 11-000172, with link to July TAO, here.