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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 Details Plan for ACE Statements
September 20, 2016 |Customs

CBP released a detailed plan for moving collections and statement capabilities to ACE from the Automated Commercial System (here). "While the movement of collections and statement capabilities from ACS to ACE requires fundamental changes in the way collections are processed, there will be little change in the way payments are received from Trade members," CBP said. "However, these changes will be reflected in the way that statements are processed and presented to members of the trade." CBP will deploy the collections and statement and collections capabilities on Oct. 29 (see 1609070049).

CBP to Allow Grace Period for New NMFS Export Data Elements in ACE, NCBFAA Says
September 19, 2016 |Exports

CBP will not immediately reject export filings without data required by the National Marine Fisheries Service once NMFS ACE export requirements take effect Sept. 20 (see 1608150011), according to an update from the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. Export filers that do not include the additional data elements will receive a “verify” or “warning” message at this time, although eventually the missing data will cause a fatal error, the update said. The Automated Export System is already programmed to accept the additional NMFS data elements, and by Oct. 1 will include Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule flags, it said. "If the exporter's commodities are subject to the NMFS regulation, they will have to provide you with the data elements and in turn, you will have to provide them with the ITN [(internal transaction number)] so that they can upload the necessary documents to NMFS,” the NCBFAA said. CBP did not immediately comment.

Export Control Changes Coming Soon for Fire Control Systems, Aircraft Engines, BIS Officials Say
September 19, 2016 |Top News

The Bureau of Industry and Security and the State Department could issue final rules by early October moving less sensitive articles from the U.S. Munitions List (USML) Category XII (fire control, range finder, optical and guidance and control equipment) to the dual-use Commerce Control List (CCL), Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Eric Hirschhorn said Sept. 15. The rulemaking is in the congressional notification period, which is scheduled to end Sept. 20, said Hirschhorn, speaking at a meeting of the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA). BIS and State have also submitted their final rules to amend the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and CCL to delineate types of military aircraft and military gas turbine engines subject to each control list, respectively, for Congressional notification, which bodes well for chances those final rules will be issued before President Barack Obama’s term expires Jan. 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Kevin Wolf said. The only engines moving from the CCL to USML under the rule are engines specific to military aircraft, Wolf said.