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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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CEEs Now Include Entry Specialists, CBP Says
August 15, 2017 |Customs

The Centers of Excellence and Expertise now include "entry personnel that perform entry functions such as collections, statement processing, broker management, etc.," CBP said in a CSMS message. As of July 10, "entry personnel fall under the chain of command of the Center Director, who is operationally responsible for performing trade processing functions and making entry summary determinations within their industry sector," CBP said. "Entry personnel will continue to support local based processes, such as collections and broker management and the trade may contact personnel located at the port. The submission of entry documentation remains the same and the trade should continue to use" ACE, or use paper at the port, if necessary.

CBP Issues Notices on Sept. 16 ACE Deployments
August 15, 2017 |Customs

CBP will require use of ACE for processing electronic foreign trade zone admission applications and duty deferral entry and entry summary filings starting Sept. 16, it said in two notices. CBP previously announced the deployments as part of its plan to phase in the remaining ACE deployments (see 1707270038). The FTZ notice also "clarifies that the list of data elements required for the electronic FTZ admission application must include the 'Zone ID,'" CBP said.

Immediate Delivery Filers Should Use DIS to Submit Requests in ACE, CBP Says
August 14, 2017 |Customs

The Document Imaging System "can be used as an interim procedure for Immediate Delivery (ID) procedures needed for specific shipments through ports of entry," CBP said in a CSMS message. "ID procedures require a letter to be on file at the port of entry" and "letters requesting ID procedures can be sent via ACE using DIS," the agency said. "Trade will use DIS to provide the ID procedure request to the port on an as needed basis or as requested by the port of entry. The ID procedure request will need to accompany the specific entry number with a DIS image."

CBP Expands Pre-Departure ACE Export Manifest Filing Tests; Some Data Elements Now Optional
August 11, 2017 |Top News

CBP will open its tests of pre-departure manifest filing for exports within ACE to more participants, it said in three separate notices. The notices for vessel cargo, rail cargo and air cargo all allow for an expansion of the tests that began in 2015 (see 1507090011, 1508190007 and 1509080017). Previously limited to nine participants, each of the tests is "now open to all eligible applicants," CBP said. The agency also made some of the previously required data elements optional for each mode.