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The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the CBP's electronic system through which the international trade community reports imports and exports and the government determines admissibility.

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CBP Announces Filing Procedures for Recently Granted First Tranche Section 301 Exclusions
October 22, 2019 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP added the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the first tranche of Section 301 tariffs on Oct. 8, it said in a CSMS messages. For the first tranche exclusions, filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion (see 1909300041) should report the regular Chapters 84, 85, 88 and 90 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9903.88.19. “Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when" subheading 9903.88.19 is submitted, CBP said.

Topics:Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Customs duty
CPSC to Begin ACE Integration With CBP in Late Fall, Software Developer Says
October 11, 2019 |Consumer Product Safety Commission

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will begin deploying its “two-way messaging” with CBP in ACE in late fall, its officials said at a recent Trade Support Network meeting, according to a blog post from CustomsNow. At that time, CPSC will begin using ACE to require examinations of cargo (instead of having to manually notify CBP officers) on more than 300 tariff codes for high-risk products that they will monitor in CBP’s electronic filing system. If CPSC marks a shipment under review, the filer should not begin immediately uploading documents to CBP’s document image system (DIS), the CPSC officials said, according to CustomsNow. Instead, CPSC will contact the filer and request the documents. CPSC has been working for years on its ACE integration, which will eventually allow CPSC and CBP to also share data on exam information and dispositions, a CPSC official recently said (see 1909240037).

CBP Announces Filing Procedures for Recently Granted Second Tranche Section 301 Exclusions
October 11, 2019 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP added the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the second tranche of Section 301 tariffs on Oct. 8, it said in a CSMS messages. For the second tranche exclusions, filers of imported products that were granted an exclusion (see 1909300041) should report the regular Chapters 39, 70, 73, 84, 85, 86 and 90 Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, as well as subheading 9903.88.20. “Importers shall not submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 301 duties when" subheading 9903.88.20 is submitted, CBP said.

Topics:Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Customs duty