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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 to Turn Off ACS for Stand-Alone Prior Notice by March 9, Require FSVP Filing May 30
March 1, 2017 |FDA

CBP intends "to shut off [Automated Commercial System] Prior Notice Stand-alone transactions by March 9," the Food and Drug Administration said in a presentation at the March 1 Port of Newark quarterly brokers meeting. Also, the FDA noted that Foreign Supplier Verification Program information must be submitted through ACE starting May 30 for certain food products. A new application program interface for software vendors to incorporate a product code builder into software packages is also in the works, the FDA said. The interface is the result of requests for a product code query meant to help prevent rejections due to invalid codes, it said.

FWS Data Filers Will Be Able to Use ACE in 'Next Month or Two'
March 1, 2017 |Customs

Filers of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service data will soon have the option to file it through ACE, in addition to FWS's electronic declarations (eDecs) system or in papers, said Timothy Skud, deputy assistant treasury secretary for tax, trade and tariff policy, at the March 1 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting. That new option, which is "an interim step," should begin in the "next month or two," he said. Beyond that, the FWS and a COAC working group will look to expand the FWS data collection to allow the agency to better police imports and clear goods more quickly, Skud said. FWS and CBP have also resolved issues of Designated Port Exception Permit (DPEP) processing within ACE (see 1612140064), FWS Senior Wildlife Inspector Sheila Einsweiller said. As of the next implementation guide, "we will have the programming in place to be able to accommodate" the DPEP process, she said. The agency is also getting ready to put in place a new system for "disseminating our public bulletins," Einsweiller said.

Hard Switchover for TSCA Labeling on Composite Wood Products in December 2017, EPA Official Says
February 24, 2017 by Brian Feito|Top News

The Environmental Protection Agency will enforce a hard deadline for upcoming Toxic Substances Control Act labeling requirements for formaldehyde emissions in composite wood products, the EPA’s Todd Coleman said during a Feb. 23 webinar. Beginning Dec. 12, 2017, imported composite wood products covered by a recent EPA final rule will have to be labeled as compliant with new formaldehyde emissions requirements (see 1612120022). Prior to that date, EPA will not allow imports of products bearing such labels, though the agency will allow early labeling of composite wood products distributed abroad as long as it is not distributed on U.S. soil, Coleman said.