In March 2007, CBP issued an ABI administrative message on the future expansion of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) in-bond capabilities for e-Manifest: Truck participants that use the Electronic Data Interchange option so that they can (1) arrive in bonds at destination by container/equipment, (2) export in-bonds that have previously arrived by in-bond bills of lading and container/equipment, and (3) cancel in-bond arrivals and exports. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/10/07 news, 07051005, for BP summary.)
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing, and CBP sources have confirmed, that testing by the trade of the ABI application identifiers KI (bond query) and TI (CBP Form 5106 add/update) was available beginning July 25, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site presentations for sessions that will be held during the upcoming Automated Commercial Environment Exchange VI conference scheduled for July 30 - August 1, 2007 in Brooklyn, NY.
In May 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted to its Web site a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in Michigan and New York beginning May 24, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the sixth group of land border ports to become mandatory for the Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes will be those in Maine and Minnesota effective October 16, 2007.
In February 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted to its Web site a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in California, New Mexico, and Texas beginning April 19, 2007.
On June 15, 2007, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2638, the fiscal year (FY) 2008 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, etc.
In April 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted to its Web site a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in New Hampshire and Vermont as well as the remaining land border ports in North Dakota - St. John, Fortuna, Ambrose, Carbury, Noonan, Dunseith, Sherwood, Antler, Northgate, Westhope, and Portal, beginning July 12, 2007.
CBP has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of July 2, 2007. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, tuna, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa powder, tobacco, certain BFTA, CAFTA-DR, JFTA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, CAFTA-DR, CBTPA, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA (Chile FTA) TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 07/02/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site various materials related to presentations made at the June 20-22, 2007 meeting of the Trade Support Network (TSN).