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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 Updates ACE Information Pages to Reflect Drawback, Duty Deferral and Reconciliation Deadlines
June 12, 2017 |Customs

CBP updated its information pages on ACE (here) following the agency's announcement that it will require the use of ACE beginning July 8 for drawback and duty deferral entries and entry summaries (see 1706070042). The agency updated its specific pages for drawback (here), duty deferral (here), reconciliation (here), statements (here) and liquidation (here).

Topics:Customs duty, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback
CBP to Deploy FTZ Capability in ACE in Late August
June 12, 2017 |Customs

CBP plans to deploy foreign-trade zone capabilities in ACE at the end of August, it said in a June 9 CSMS message (here). The agency has told the Trade Support Network that it plans to deploy its electronic form 214 application for FTZ admission in ACE on Aug. 20, with the capability available for testing a month earlier in the certification environment, on July 20, said Celeste Catano of BluJay Solutions. The CSMS message was issued to announce new information in the latest version of the FTZ CATAIR chapter. CBP did not immediately comment.

CBP to Eliminate ACE ABI Exchange Rate Query on July 8
June 9, 2017 |Customs

Foreign currency exchange rates and a related query function will no longer be available in the ACE Automated Broker Interface as of July 8, CBP said in a CSMS message (here). The agency is instead directing filers to its exchange rate webpage (here), which includes PDF and XLS versions of exchange rate multipliers “easily downloadable for use by trade.”

CBP Won't Consider Protests Refiled After Aug. 14 for Post-Importation Tariff Preference Claims
June 8, 2017 |Top News

CBP is providing additional guidance on resubmitting protests rejected under the agency’s previous policy against using protests to claim preferences under certain free trade agreements and programs, in a CSMS message (here). “In order to assist CBP in processing protests previously rejected as non-protestable,” importers with rejected protests are “required” to resubmit their protests within 180 days of the February policy memorandum that ended the policy (see 1702220038), “i.e. on or about Aug. 14,” the message said. The policy memo itself had only said importers are “requested” to resubmit within 180 days. "Protests are required to be filed by August 14, 2017," said a CBP spokeswoman. "Any protests filed after that date will not be considered," she said.

Topics:Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
CBP Sets July 8 Deadline for ACE Drawback, Duty Deferral and Reconciliation
June 7, 2017 |Top News

CBP will require ACE filing beginning July 8 for drawback and duty deferral entries and entry summaries, it said in a notice (here). The same July 8 deadline will also apply to reconciliation and recently announced changes to post-summary corrections and period monthly statements (see 1612090021 and 1701060029), it said (here). On that date, CBP’s legacy Automated Commercial System (ACS) will no longer be authorized for drawback, duty deferral and reconciliation filings, the agency said.

Topics:Drawback