CBP Began Phase 1 of Creating Automated Duty and Fee Calculations for Global Mail Entries in May
CBP began developing a system to automate duty and fee calculations for global mail entries in May, but the target deployment date for the functionality is still to be determined, according to the agency's ACE Development and Deployment Schedule for August.
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Phase one of the system will replace the Mail Entry Writing System manual data entry process, CBP said. This system comes as international mail is now subject to collection of duties if the mailed good is valued over $100 (see 2508280062).
Other changes between the August schedule and July schedule included three updates, two of which provided new dates: the first phase in an enhancement that would allow for electronic refunds through updates to the ACE portal will be in place by Sept. 30, while updates to the global interoperability standards in ACE for an oil pilot will occur by Sept. 6.
The enhancement for electronic refunds will enable trade community users to provide bank information in the ACE Portal via the Automated Clearing House, CBP said. The oil pilot involves a small set of participants that use global interoperability standards, such as decentralized identifiers and verifiable credentials, to trace crude oil imports from point-of-origin to arrival in the U.S., according to the agency.
CBP also said in the August schedule that it updated the deployment description for Phase 2 of enabling electronic refunds via ACE portal updates. This enhancement will add a new trade user role for managing refund-related ACH bank information in an importer account in the ACE portal, CBP said. The target deployment date for this enhancement is January 2026.
The agency also said it removed the enhancement related to Section 321 on not exceeding $800 in aggregated shipments (see 2506170029) "following a successful deployment."