CBP Issues Jan 2012 TAO Update on Planned ACE Functionality, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its January 2012 Trade Account Owner (TAO) Update. This update features information on planned ACE functionality for 2012, including e-Manifest: Rail and Sea (M1), Simplified Entry, the Document Image System (DIS), the Participating Government Agency (PGA) Message Set, and exports. This update also provides information on creating a split shipment via the ACE Portal, new ACE report issues and other updates, etc.
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ACE Goals for 2012
CBP's January TAO highlights the following as planned ACE functionality for 2012:
e-Manifest: Rail and Sea (M1). The M1 pilot is currently underway with participation by a few ocean and rail carriers. Additional trade participants were being added on a regular basis beginning mid-January 2012. The first Automated Broker Interface (ABI) filer was scheduled to join the pilot the week of January 30th. Full implementation of ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea is planned for March 2012. Decommissioning of the rail and sea manifest processing functions of the Automated Manifest System (AMS) is targeted for September 2012.
Simplified Entry. Testing was scheduled to begin in late January 2012 with the initial pilot scheduled for March 2012.
Document Image System. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) have volunteered to join in the CBP pilot test of the DIS in 2012.
Participating Government Agency (PGA) Message Set. Technology for the collection and processing of the PGA Message Set was implemented in production in November 2011. Full integration with Trade and other system components is expected to occur as part of cargo release. The PGA Message Set is scheduled to be integrated with the Simplified Entry initiative in 2012.
Exports. CBP will begin developing the first requirements gathering process in early 2012 to work on the Concept of Operations (ConOps) and Operational Requirements Document (ORD) with a scheduled completion date for these documents of Spring 2012.
Split Shipment via ACE Portal
CBP provides step-by-step instructions on how to create split shipments (shipments moving on more than one trip) in the ACE Portal, and notes that two separate shipments must be created in the unassociated Shipments portlet to do so.
Recap of Recent ACE Report Issues and Other Updates
The January 2012 TAO lists recent ACE report issues and ACE updates, including:
- Email address for questions on missing Importer Security Filing (ISF) reports.
- New arrival process for ACE M1 that began December 14, 2012
- New URL for Trade Web Based Training
- New “Trade Transformation” page for CEEs and Simplified Entry
- Adding Post Summary Correction (PSC) data objects to ACE reports
- Adding the “Entry Amount” to the MMM 9022 report
- ACE CATAIR documents updated for HMF de minimis value -- (1) Entry Summary Create/Update chapter, (2) Change Record 2012, and (3) Downloading all sections of the CATAIR
- Instructions in deleting a user’s cache (if have problems signing onto ACE Portal)
- Instructions on removing a Microsoft Security Patch that slows Portal responses
(A “Your Questions” section also provides answers to questions on (1) carriers that have not yet migrated to M1, (2) the number of months of historical data in the MMM reports, (3) the reports difference between the Trade Reporting sub-folder and other MMM folders, and (4) a definition of shipment value.)
The January 2012 TAO Update is available here. (CSMS# 12-000029, dated 01/31/12)