CBP Pilot to Test ACE for FWS Data
CBP will pilot the use of ACE for Fish and Wildlife Service import and export data submissions, CBP said in a notice (here). Importing wildlife and commodities containing wildlife requires a “Declaration for Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife” (FWS Form 3-177), "as well as any required original permits or certificates and copies of any other documents required under the FWS regulations," said CBP. FWS allows for electronic filing through its "eDecs" system, which will be replaced by ACE for pilot participants, said CBP. Within the test, the declaration data and other documents will be sent to ACE through the Partner Government Agency Message Set and the Document Image System, said CBP. "ACE will send the data and electronic documents to FWS for processing," which means "test participants must use ACE rather than eDecs to electronically transmit the data in the Declaration and any documents normally transmitted through eDecs," CBP said.
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Participants will still need to file "original 'Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Fauna' ('CITES') and foreign-law paper documents" directly to the FWS port office, said CBP. The FWS documents eligible for submission through DIS "include the documents associated with commodities regulated by FWS (e.g., invoices, packing lists, and bills of lading); commodity specific documents (i.e., health certificates, wildlife inventories, skin tag or tattoo lists, and caviar labeling information); transportation-related documents; and copies of other agency documents that are currently uploaded directly into eDecs," CBP said.
(Federal Register 05/05/16)