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CBP Again Extends ACAS Pilot, Will Reopen Application Period
July 25, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP will extend its Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) pilot, which allows for early filing of cargo data, for another year through July 26, 2015, the agency said. The extension will allow "CBP to continue to strengthen its capability to target high-risk cargo earlier in the supply chain and provide greater opportunity for additional members of the air cargo community to participate and prepare for possible proposed regulatory changes." CBP has extended the pilot several times, most recently in October (see 13102226). The Airforwarders Association recently voiced some concerns over a lack of input from smaller businesses regarding ACAS before CBP publishes rules for the program (see 14060522) "There are current participants that are in the process of testing and development that still need time to become fully operational participants and there continue to be members of the air cargo community who have informed CBP that they are interested in participating in the pilot," the notice said. CBP will also reopen the pilot, with new applications due Sept. 26.

Canada to Open Customs Self Assessment Program to US-Based Importers, CBP Says
July 22, 2014 by Brian Dabbs|Customs

CBP and the Canada Border Services Agency will soon be offering some additional services related to joint Trusted Traveler and Trusted Trader programs, CBP said July 21 in a press release. U.S.-based importers will now become eligible to apply for the Customs Self Assessment importer program, a trusted trader program previously only offered to importers based in Canada. The U.S. and Canada also announced the formal opening of an eGate pilot project at the Peace Bridge crossing between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York that aims to allow NEXUS members quicker passage through the border. The projects are part of the Beyond the Border Initiative. “Our continued success in achieving Beyond the Border milestones illustrates our commitment to a strong partnership between the United States and Canada,” said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske in a statement. “The harmonization of trusted trader and traveler programs benefits those crossing the border as well as the economic security of both countries.”