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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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Guidance on FDA's 'Importer' Definition in FSVP Regulations
May 12, 2017 |Top News

International Trade Today is providing a summary of information contained in the Food and Drug Administration’s Foreign Supplier Verification Program final rule and other FDA fact sheets and guidance on the definition of the “FSVP importer” that must comply with the regulations and be identified on entry documentation. Beginning on May 30, 2017, the first of FSVP’s staggered compliance dates (see 1602120038), FSVP importers must begin conducting the activities required by the rule if their supplier:

Possibility of Ending Drawback Restrictions in NAFTA, Chile FTA Seen as Rare Opportunity
May 11, 2017 by Tim Warren|Top News

Expected reviews of U.S. free trade agreements may offer a "once in a generation" opportunity to fix some restrictions on drawback, said David Corn, vice president of Comstock and Holt, during a recent interview. While changes to the restrictions in NAFTA are a priority, there's also some hope that similar restrictions in the U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement could also be revised, he said. A group calling itself the Duty Drawback Coalition, which Corn is involved in, submitted comments to the Commerce Department noting the problems created by the NAFTA drawback restrictions (see 1704170025).

Topics:Drawback
FDA Provides Additional Guidance on Filing Food Entries After FSVP Effective May 30
May 10, 2017 |Top News

The Food and Drug Administration on May 10 posted to its website additional guidance (here) on entry filing for food imports after the first compliance date for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program regulations of May 30. As detailed by CBP in a recent CSMS message (see 1705030047), the guidance says FDA will temporarily allow filers to submit “UNK” (unknown) for the FSVP importer unique facility identifier if the FSVP importer has not yet obtained a DUNS number.

NCBFAA Says Revised Drawback in ACE Won't Be Ready by February; Regulations Seen Progressing
May 9, 2017 by Tim Warren|Top News

CBP won't be able to accept drawback claims filed in ACE under the revised processes that come from the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act when they take effect on Feb. 24, 2018, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in a May 9 email. The agency lacks the funding to complete the TFTEA-related programming and "CBP believes that it needs a full year to program all agency requirements," according to the NCBFAA. Still, CBP is expected to finish necessary regulatory changes by the statutory deadline, even if ACE isn't ready for the TFTEA changes.

Topics:Drawback