CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will use several phases to deploy post-release capabilities in ACE, CBP said in a July 27 CSMS message. The agency will separate out the collections functionalities and "deploy the other post release capabilities of ACE core using a phased approach," CBP said. CBP previously planned to deploy all the post-release capabilities on July 8 but delayed the deployment after further testing was deemed necessary (see 1706270049).
CBP released a revised schedule for deploying post-release capabilities in ACE in a July 27 CSMS message. The agency will separate out the collections functionalities and "deploy the other post release capabilities of ACE core using a phased approach," said CBP.
Regulatory agencies with oversight on imports and exports released their plans for upcoming rulemaking as part of the 2017 Unified Agenda. As the first regulatory agenda issued by the Trump administration, the new version touts the withdrawal of "469 actions proposed in the Fall 2016 Agenda," as well as the reconsideration of "391 active actions by reclassifying them as long term (282) and inactive (109), allowing for further careful review." New regulations are listed from the Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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The Treasury Department published an updated 2017 regulatory agenda for CBP (here) that mentions several new rulemakings that weren't included in the last update (see 1611180003). The agenda includes a newly mentioned proposal for updates and modifications to the (a)(1)(A) list of records required for the entry of merchandise (here). That list is included within the appendix to 19 CFR Part 163 (here). CBP seeks to publish the proposal in October, according to the agenda.
An amendment (here) adopted into House Appropriations Committee-approved fiscal year 2018 funding legislation urges CBP to add ACE questions to track imported products certified as organic under Agriculture Department standards. The committee posted House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee the manager’s amendment of Chairman John Carter, R-Texas, on July 20, after the full committee approved the amendment and the legislation July 18 (see 1707190034). Certified organic imports aren’t currently tracked, so the quantity and origin of imported organics aren’t known, the amendment says. Carter’s language also directs CBP to brief House appropriators within 120 days of enactment on a plan to develop an importer risk assessment in compliance with Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act Section 115.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The House Appropriations Committee on July 18 approved fiscal year 2018 funding legislation for the Department of Homeland Security, which encourages CBP to run a pilot for the Fish and Wildlife Service ACE message set “as soon as is feasible,” according to the bill’s committee report (here). “Providing a centralized online access point to connect CBP, the trade community, and partner government agencies will enhance government data collection for international trade transactions while expediting cargo processing and protecting against prohibited shipments,” the report says. The Fish and Wildlife Service suspended its ACE import and export pilots earlier this year following complaints from the trade (see 1701190011)