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Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

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 to Release Process Soon for Accelerated Payment Drawback Claims
June 25, 2019 |Customs

CBP is nearly ready to release a new process for accelerated payments of drawback claims while reviews of limited modifications of manufacturing drawback are ongoing, Comstock & Theakston said in a blog post. "CBP can confirm that a process is being developed to address limited modifications and will be issued soon," an agency spokeswoman said. This process "will be important for filers who have significant refund amounts waiting to be distributed," Comstock said.

Topics:Drawback
CIT Finds Listing Entries in Attachment a Valid Protest, Government Position to Contrary 'Unreasonable'
June 24, 2019 |Top News

The Court of International Trade on June 21 denied a government motion to dismiss an importer’s denied protest challenge, finding “unreasonable” the government’s position that because some entries were listed in an attachment, rather than in the narrative portion of the protest, the protests of those entries were invalid.

Topics:Customs duty, Court of International Trade, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)