CBP to Automatically Activate Section 232 Exclusions, No Longer Requiring Importer Emails
CBP is no longer requiring emails from importers to activate approved Section 232 exclusions, and will now directly process approved exclusions based on weekly lists provided by the Commerce Department, CBP said in a CSMS message Feb. 7. A list of approved exclusions will be posted every Friday, and the product exclusion ID must be on that list before the customs broker or filer submits the exclusion ID on entry documentation, CBP said.
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“If an approved product exclusion is not on the active product exclusion list on CBP.gov, please check the following Friday,” CBP said. “Note that CBP receives approved exclusions from the DOC on a weekly basis and activates exclusions in ACE on a weekly basis; as a result, there will be a delay between the approval date of a Section 232 exclusion and activation in ACE.”