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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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Denials on 'Case-by-Case' Basis for Long Protest Document Upload Outage, CBP Officials Say
December 8, 2022 |Customs

CBP will take into account a long ACE outage that affected the uploading of documents in support of protests, and will consider whether protests should be denied for a lack of documents on a “case-by-case” basis, CBP officials said on the agency’s bi-weekly ACE call Dec. 8. CBP’s Office of Field Operations has sent out an internal message directing the Centers of Excellence and Expertise not to deny protests due to a lack of documents from Sept. 16, when the problem began, to Dec. 1, when the problem was fixed (see 2212020067) the official said. However, protests must be looked at individually because the agency can’t assume that “everybody’s denial” is based on the uploading issue, she said. CBP will not be sending out individual messages reminding protest filers to upload documents, another official said, and filers should get their documents uploaded now that the issue is resolved.

COAC Recommends CBP Develop Automated Detention and Seizure System, IPR Portal
December 8, 2022 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP should develop a single automated system for its detention and seizure process, as well as a portal for rightsholders and importers to allow for communication with CBP when infringement of intellectual property rights is suspected, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee said in recommendations adopted at its Dec. 7 meeting.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Forced Labor
Inform Consumers Out of NDAA, Attention Given to SIMP in Bill
December 7, 2022 by Mara Lee|Congress

The House-Senate compromise defense bill does not include the Inform Consumers Act, an amendment that was part of the Senate bill, which would have required that high-volume sellers online be identified and reachable. Trade groups that represent intellectual property rights holders had hoped that the bill would become law this year since it had been part of a different House package and was in the Senate bill (see 2210260087).

Topics:Forced Labor
Certifications for Southeast Asian Solar Cells Due Jan. 23 to Avoid AD/CVD
December 7, 2022 by Brian Feito|Top News

Certifications must be completed and signed by Jan. 23 for entries since April 1, 2022, to avoid antidumping and countervailing duties on solar cells and modules from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam recently announced by the Commerce Department in a preliminary anti-circumvention determination (see 2212020064), according to a notice set for publication in the Dec. 8 Federal Register.

Topics:Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD)