CBP Preps ACE for Multiple HTS Codes, Releases Development and Deployment Schedule
CBP is preparing ACE to handle calculating estimated duties from entry summaries that might have more than two Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes attached, according to the agency's latest ACE development and deployment schedule for June.
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This enhancement is one of five new ones added to the schedule. CBP began development on four of the enhancements in May or June.
The capability "ACE Duty Calculation for more than Two HTS Codes" would enable ACE "to calculate estimated duties on an entry summary line when more than two ... (HTS) classifications are submitted on an entry summary line," CBP said, adding that there could be EDI impacts. The target deployment date for this enhancement is December.
Other actions include beginning Phase 1 and Phase 2 of an enhancement that would enable electronic refunds in ACE. The first phase, which would allow users to provide bank information in the ACE Portal so that they can receive electronic refunds from CBP via Automated Clearing House, has an August target deployment date, while the second phase, which would allow CBP to send electronic refunds to trade community users via ACH, has a November target deployment date.
Still another enhancement that CBP began in May is the addition of pay.gov to pay the new fee for vessels arrived in the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System. This enhancement, which should be ready in October, aligns with President Donald Trump's April executive order that mentions the collection of fees at port of entry.
A fifth enhancement is related to tracing crude oil imports from point-of-origin to arrival in the U.S. This enhancement, expected to deploy in early September, involves a pilot program where a small set of participants seeks to use global interoperability standards, including decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials, to trace the crude imports. Further details on this program are available in this Federal Register notice.
In addition to these new enhancements on the schedule, CBP confirmed that the deployment date for the third release of an enhancement enforcing regulation related to Section 321 – Does Not Exceed $800 in Aggregated Shipments would occur on Aug. 12. This enhancement withholds release of ineligible shipments in ACE to enforce the $800 threshold, according to CBP.