CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) ended it pilot testing electronic data filing for importers of alcohol and tobacco products, it said in a notice (here). The pilot allowed for electronic filing by importers of distilled spirits, wine, beer and malt beverages, tobacco products, processed tobacco, and cigarette papers and tubes, and U.S. government and industrial alcohol users. Effective Dec. 31, the pilot, which began in 2015, ended and all importers of TTB-regulated goods "must follow TTB's amended regulations to submit required information on paper or electronically," it said. TTB finalized regulations related to ACE and the International Trade Data System last month (see 1612210013).
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP won't add capabilities in ACE for Automated Broker Interface filing of Importer Security Filing transactions or the Automated Surety Interface as was planned in the Jan. 14 deployment, it said in a CSMS message (here). CBP said it would send out a notice about the future deployment date for ISF and that an "interim solution developed with the sureties will be in place until ASI is deployed in full at a later date." CBP will still require filing in ACE beginning on Jan. 14 for drawback and duty deferral entries (see 1612090030). "CBP encourages filers to transmit all available transactions prior to 5pm EST on Friday, January 13, in advance of the cutover," the agency said. "If updates are required to Reconciliation, Drawback or Duty Deferral transactions filed in [the Automated Commercial System] prior to the cutover, filers will need to work with the Ports/Centers of Excellence and Expertise as appropriate." Also as of Jan. 14, Food and Drug Administration stand-alone prior notice submissions won't be accepted through ACS.
CBP reconsidered plans to require payments within three days on Post-Summary Correction claims filed within ACE, the agency said in a notice (here). Last month, the agency expanded PSC filing to new entry types, including quota, foreign-trade zone, government and warehouse entries, warehouse withdrawals and temporary importations under bond (see 1612090021). At the same time, CBP said it would require filers of claims that increase liability for duties, taxes and fees to deposit that money within three business days of filing the PSC. Except for type 03 antidumping or countervailing entry filings, that three-day requirement for payment won't be put in place, CBP said. The changes are effective as of Jan. 14.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is looking at whether to relax a limit on the number of import entries allowed on manual drawback entries after Jan. 14, said Randy Mitchell, director, Commercial Operations, Revenue and Entry Division, at CBP. Mitchell, who spoke on a drawback webinar Jan. 4, said the agency right now still plans to limit manual claims filed at drawback centers to 25 import data "elements" starting Jan. 15, as described in the ACE Entry Summary Business Rules (here). But, "we're discussing right now if we need to broaden that," he said. "We're really working with our operational office also because it really impacts them if we loosen that policy decision up and include all of the import entries," he said. CBP is "weighing all those concerns" and will update its business rules if it decides a change is necessary, he said. Several webinar participants inquired about the limit.
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CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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