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CBP hopes that the customs modernization law is passed in time to use its authorities in the reprogramming of ACE, with a goal of providing CBP and partner government agencies "with better quality data, much earlier in the supply chain, often in real time," John Leonard, deputy executive assistant commissioner in CBP's Office of Trade, said June 20.
Four Senate Finance Committee members, two from each party, are asking the trade community to submit suggestions "in detail" on how they want the customs modernization trade facilitation planks improved.
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CBP posted to its website June 12 the latest version of the E-Merchants Trade Council’s “redline” of proposed changes to the customs laws under the 21st Century Customs Framework. Changes are minor from a previous version released by the trade group in November (see 2211290058), including a clarification that use of “an electronic system interpreting the customs laws and regulations by deploying methods such as natural language processing, knowledge representation, image-based analysis, algorithmic decision-making, and machine learning” to “assess the admissibility, tariff classification. value and origin of merchandise” would not be considered customs business.
Once CBP submits its proposal for a new customs modernization law, National Foreign Trade Council Senior Director of International Supply Chain Policy John Pickel says, Congress will dig into how they want to shape the bill. It’s not an easy task to produce a bill with a balance between enforcement and trade facilitation, but that’s Congress’ intention, he said.
Customs modernization legislation should not just offer new tools for CBP to stop unlawful trade is the argument from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a dozen other groups involved in importing and exporting. The groups have 18 asks, laid out in a detailed five-page paper they sent to the leaders of the committees that will shape the bill.
Reaching the end of its work with CBP on legislative drafts under the 21st Century Customs Framework, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee remains at loggerheads with CBP on five remaining enforcement proposals from the agency, including one on penalties that the COAC completely rejected, according to a white paper released June 5.
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Very little of a hearing on customs modernization focused on the issues CBP and the trade have focused on as they work on a modernization proposal. The agency and traders are talking about new kinds of advance data, expedited release for trusted traders, better harmonization of data requests from partner government agencies and CBP, and data sharing from CBP with rights holders on intellectual property violations, among other changes.