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Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)

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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Commerce Finds Solar Mounts Subject to Aluminum Extrusions Duties, Applying New 'Subassembly' Test
June 8, 2020 by Brian Feito|Top News

Solar roof mountings made from extruded aluminum parts and steel fasteners do not qualify for the “finished merchandise” exemption from antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967/C-570-968), the Commerce Department said in a recent scope ruling that marks the agency’s first application of a new definition for the exemption born from years of litigation on the subject.

Topics:Court of International Trade
CBP Says Bonded Carrier Must Take Physical Delivery to Obligate Bond for Non-Bonded Carrier
June 5, 2020 by Tim Warren|Top News

Bonded merchandise can only be carried by non-bonded parties if the bonded carrier first takes physical delivery of the merchandise and obligates its bond to a non-bonded carrier, CBP said in a May 5 ruling. Barnes Richardson lawyer Larry Friedman requested the ruling on behalf of Ford Motor Company. Friedman asked CBP for input on a logistics company proposal for consolidating immediate transportation and immediate exportation processes, it said.

Topics:Customs duty, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Announces Filing Procedures for Recently Granted Fourth Tranche Section 301 Exclusions
May 28, 2020 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP added on May 21 the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the fourth tranche of Section 301 tariffs, it said in a CSMS message. The official Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice for the exclusions was published on May 8 (see 2005110027). The exclusions are in subheading 9903.88.47. The exclusions are available for any product that meets the description in the Annex to USTR’s notice, regardless of whether the importer filed an exclusion request. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, and will remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020. The CSMS message also includes a summary of Section 301 duties that shows information on each tranche of tariffs and granted product exclusions.

Topics:Customs duty