CBP is no longer requiring payment of the dairy fee or merchandise processing fee (MPF) on entries of infant formula subject to duty-free treatment under the Formula Act (see 2207250027), it said in a CSMS message. The agency deployed a change in ACE on Oct. 27 to no longer require the fees through the end of this year, as provided for under the law, which was enacted in July (see 2207220069). Importers and brokers who have submitted entries eligible for the Formula Act may request a refund, by way of a post-summary correction for refunds of MPF and by a letter to USDA for refunds of the dairy fee, CBP said.
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CBP's plans for a new data element in ACE cargo release for the Chinese postal code are “on hold,” the agency said in a CSMS message Nov. 1. “The deployment for Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Region Alert is postponed until further notice,” CBP said. “The Office of Trade is actively working with impacted users to address concerns. A follow up CSMS message will be issued once a new deployment date is determined.”
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP officials raised the prospect of an indefinite delay to their plans to add a new data element for the Chinese postal code to cargo release filings, after customs brokers and software developers raised concerns about the new requirement during a regular bi-weekly call to discuss ACE on Oct. 27.
CBP plans to add a new mandatory data element for entries of goods that originate in China as part of its efforts to enforce the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act. The agency will on Dec. 15 deploy a new “UFLPA Region Alert” capability in ACE, a CBP spokesperson said Oct. 26, making “postal code” a “required field” when “Country of Origin is China for Entry and for Manufacturer Identification Code (MID) creation,” according to a recent update to the agency’s ACE development schedule.
CBP will delay until Dec. 15 its deployment of a new mandatory data element in ACE for goods with a country of origin of China, said a CBP spokesperson Oct. 26. The new UFLPA Region Alert capability in ACE will use a new mandatory data element for the Chinese manufacturer’s postal code to generate a warning message when a Uyghur region postal code has been provided, according to an earlier update to the agency’s ACE development schedule that had listed a scheduled deployment in November.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: