U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a fact sheet on Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) features that will be coming over the next few years.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted its October 2006 Modernization Monthly newsletter to its Web site. The following are "highlights" of some of the topics addressed in the newsletter:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message outlining the changes to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document covered by Amendment 12 (October 2006), including changes made to entry summary, periodic daily statement, and Appendix P. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/18/06 news, 06101815, for earlier BP summary of CATAIR Amendment 12.) (CBP Adm: 06-1156, dated 10/18/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-1156.ADM)
On October 13, 2006, President Bush signed into law the conference version of H.R. 4954, entitled the "Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006" (SAFE Port Act), a measure intended to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing, among other things, that it will begin implementation of a mandatory Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic manifest (e-Manifest) policy on a port-by-port basis beginning in 2007 for advance cargo information purposes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing that it has completed installations of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic manifest (e-Manifest) in all land border ports in New York. With New York implemented, ACE e-Manifest filing is now available at 49 of the 99 U.S. land border ports. (CBP press release, dated 10/10/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/10102006.xml)
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the global tariff rate quota (TRQ) on refined sugar (including specialty sugar) that opened on October 2, 2006 oversubscribed at opening moment. The pro rata percentage is 50.47% or .5047.
On September 30, 2006, the House and Senate passed (agreed to) the conference version of H.R. 4954, entitled the "Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006" (SAFE Port Act), which is a measure intended to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
The following are documents which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.). Updates are listed under "What's New" on its Web site:
The following are documents which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.). Updates are listed under "What's New" on its Web site: