U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE Workplan Schedule," which provides a list of the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment and other systems it interfaces with that were/are scheduled for deployment on February 2, 2008 and April 5, 2008. CBP has previously stated that this list contains only those changes and/or fixes that impact the trade community.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Unified Business Resumption Messaging (UBRM) Web page a message announcing that the Brunswick, GA Port of Entry has reopened for departing/arriving commercial vessels. According to CBP, the incident (see below) has been resolved an the main channel is open.
The following were posted to CBP's Web site:
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection guidance document and CBP sources, an Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest update that will give truck carriers and customs brokers the capability to arrive and export in-bonds1 by equipment (trailer/container, etc.) has been delayed to March 20082.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its agenda for the 2008 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Supply Chain Security Training Seminar for C-TPAT members that will be held February 26th through February 29th in New Orleans, Louisiana.
On February 11, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection launched a new means of delivering information on its Automated Commercial Trade Interface Systems, called the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS), which functions as both a database and as an email list serve.
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has issued a report on the major management challenges facing DHS. The OIG states that while DHS has made progress creating the third largest Cabinet agency with multiple missions, it still has much to do to establish a cohesive, efficient, and effective organization.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently issued several documents announcing that it is scheduled to launch a new means of delivering information on its Automated Commercial Trade Interface Systems, called the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS), on February 11, 2008.
In December 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in Alaska beginning February 11, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of February 4, 2008. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, tobacco, certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying apparel and/or other textile articles, the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc. (CBP's weekly TRQ/TPL commodity report, dated 02/04/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/)