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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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Reinstated Section 301 Exclusions Not Available in ACE Until April 12
April 5, 2022 |Customs

The reinstated Section 301 tariff exclusions won't be available in ACE until April 12, CBP said in a CSMS message. Exclusions in "classification 9903.88.67 will be available in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) as of 7 a.m. eastern standard time, April 12, 2022," it said. The agency message is an update to a previous message that said the reinstated exclusions would be available in ACE April 7 (see 2204010079).

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Says OIG Report on Centers of Excellence Oversight Problems Is 'Misleading'
April 5, 2022 by Tim Warren|Top News

CBP disagreed with several assertions made by the DHS Office of Inspector General in a new report that questions CBP's oversight of the Centers of Excellence and Expertise. "When combined with inadequate procedural guidance for the Centers, there is heightened risk of importers illicitly attempting to avoid paying duties and fees and circumventing trade practices, defrauding the Federal Government, and undermining lawful business," the OIG said. "Further, unreliable data from information systems hinders CBP’s ability to inform legislation, policies, and programs to improve them and make them more efficient."

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Newly Reinstated Section 301 Exclusions Available in ACE April 7, CBP Says
April 1, 2022 |Customs

Section 301 product exclusions have been reinstated. “The functionality for the acceptance of the reinstated product exclusions will be available in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) as of 7:00 am eastern standard time, April 7, 2022,” CBP said in guidance released March 31. “To request a refund of Section 301 duties paid on previous imports of products granted duty exclusions by the USTR, importers may file a Post Summary Correction (PSC) if within the PSC filing timeframe,” the agency said. “If the entry is beyond the PSC filing timeframe, importers may protest the liquidation if within the protest filing timeframe.”

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP to Begin Development of 'ACE 2.0' in 2025, Agency Official Says
April 1, 2022 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP aims to start development of “ACE 2.0” in 2025, building off the work going into CBP’s 21st Century Customs Framework (21CCF) and the legislative framework that emerges from that effort, said Gail Kan, CBP acting executive director for trade policy and programs, during a meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee March 31.

Topics:21st Century Customs Framework, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Blockchain