CBP made some minor amendments to the Free Trade Agreements Certification of Origin and the Preference Criterion, it said in a Dec. 2 message to Automated Broker Interface and ACE Portal Accounts. They include:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 29, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP said there has been an increase in the number of ACE Reports problems that have been reported to CBP. It said when the problems are reported, there's inadequate information to the Helpdesk for the ACE Development Team to investigate, leading to delays in processing and resolution of the problems. As a result it said it would need additional information, including user contact details, primary account ID#, ACE Login ID, name/number of report and type, date and time report was last run successfully, date and time report was last run unsuccessfully, user ID that ran the report, specific parameters such as search criteria used in report search, detailed description issue, error message/code received, screenshot of error attached to ticket, browser type and version, Java version and operating system used. To open a CBP Technology Service Desk trouble ticket, it said users should call 1-866-530-4172 or send an email to ace.support@cbp.dhs.gov.
CBP posted a set of the current guidelines, updated in September, and a sample set of documentation for completing CBP Form 301 for continuous bonds in the Office of Administration, Revenue Division. The Bond Team said it prefers that the submissions be via email because they are clearer, quicker and can receive an automatic response. But it said it will also accept them via fax.
The U.S. and Canada, moving to the next phase of the Beyond the Border Action Plan initiative, are commissioning a third-party contractor to do an economic impact assessment of border fees. The result will be a joint report on border fees to be completed by spring 2014, CBP said.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Nov. 27, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
CBP posted a recorded webinar and training documents that provide instructions on running ACE Reports and data extracts, it said. The content describes the navigational changes to the updated ACE Reports interface, deployed Nov. 2. It's available at the "How to Get Started Using ACE" page of CBP.gov/ACE. Click on "ACE Training and Reference Guides" and then on "ACE Reports." CBP said it's planning to record an additional webinar to highlight advanced capabilities available in the updated ACE Reports interface.
National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America plans a webinar on Intellectual Property Rights Import Protection, Compliance and Enforcement at 9 a.m. PST Dec. 11, it said. Presenters include John Clausen, IPR coordinator, CBP Center for Excellence and Expertise: Information Technology & Consumer Electronics, and George Tuttle of the George R. Tuttle law firm. Members price is $35, non-members $50.
CBP and Integration Point plan a free webcast on the One U.S. Government at the Border Trade Transformation Initiative at 2 p.m. Dec. 11, they said. Speakers include: Cynthia Whittenburg, executive director-Trade Policy and Programs, CBP Office of International Trade, and Susan Dyszel, chief-International Trade Data System, ACE, Business Office (ABO), CBP Office of International Trade. Register (here).
CBP will have the scheduled weekly outage of ACE Certification beginning at 6:30 a.m. EST Nov. 27, and continuing until 1 p.m. Nov. 29, it said. The system will be brought back up and made available once the deployment is complete, CBP said, and a message will be sent once Certification is back up. ACE Production will not be impacted.