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CBP Opens 'War Room' for March 31 ACE Transition Date

CBP opened up a "war room" on March 28 to help industry with the March 31 ACE mandatory use date for several types of entries, said CBP on its website (here). The war room, which is overseen by the ACE…

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Business Office, will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through April 8, said the agency. Anyone interested in reaching the war room will first need to go through a client representative, who "will have direct access to the war room and will escalate your issue, if necessary," CBP said. The war room will only address issues related to transactions mandated in ACE on March 31, which includes entry summaries for entry types 01, 03, 11, 23, 51 and 52 as well as all entries and entry summaries of those entry types with Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Lacey Act or National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data (see 1603250048). CBP had similar plans for past transition dates (see 1506010042).