U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Truck Manifest CSMS message with an attachment providing further guidance on the upcoming April 5, 2008 ACE e-Manifest update that will give truck carriers (and customs brokers) the capability to arrive in-bonds at destination by equipment (trailer/container, etc.), export in-bonds that have previously arrived by in-bond bills of lading and container/equipment, and to cancel in-bond arrivals and exports.
On March 3, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Truck Manifest CSMS message announcing that the Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest update that will give truck carriers and customs brokers the capability to arrive in-bonds1 at destination by equipment (trailer/container, etc.), export in-bonds that have previously arrived by in-bond bills of lading and container/equipment, and to cancel in-bond arrivals and exports, has been delayed to April 5, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI CSMS message announcing that the problem involving requests for prior notice (PN) confirmation numbers for Food and Drug Administration (FDA)/Bioterrorism Act (BTA) shipments has been resolved.
The Chair of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC)1 has submitted "unofficial" comments on CBP's proposed rule to amend 19 CFR to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an additional chapter to its "ACE ABI CATAIR" document that it is building to replace the current Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) fact sheets for each year of 1999 through 20081.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the February 2008 Automated Commercial Environment Trade Account Owner (TAO) monthly update as an attachment to an ACE Portal Accounts CSMS message.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Truck Manifest CSMS message announcing that it has resolved the problem with ACE Truck Manifest not generating truck manifest EDI status notifications.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a memo providing proration and liquidation instructions for the 2008 in-quota (low duty) tariff-rate quota quantity for tuna and skipjack (tuna), in airtight containers, not in oil, weighing with their contents not over 7 kilograms each, that is not the product of any U.S. insular possession.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ACE Portal Accounts CSMS message providing, as an attachment, the February 2008 ACE Trade Account Owner (TAO) monthly update.