Officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection discussed the agency’s plans for upcoming Automated Commercial Environment releases and other ACE-related issues at the April 2010 National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America annual conference.
On April 8, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a webinar that provided an update on Automated Commercial Environment and the International Trade Data System “Concept of Operations”.
1. Updated e-Manifest: Truck Web-based Training
1. CBP Updates its ACE Programming Issues Report
To assist private aircraft pilots who wish to transmit notice of arrival and/or departure and traveler manifest information electronically to CBP through an approved service provider, CBP has posted a list which contains all companies that have successfully completed testing with CBP and requested to have their name included. The list will be updated as additional providers are added. (List, posted 04/01/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/travel/pleasure_boats/private_flyers/prvt_air.ctt/prvt_air.pdf)
On April 8, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a webinar that provided an update on Automated Commercial Environment and the International Trade Data System Concept of Operations.
CBP has posted an updated version (version 2.1) of its ACE Entry Summary Instructions document, which provides guidance to ACE users on what entry summary information to provide in ACE. (Instructions, posted 04/05/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/entry_summary/ace/ace_es_instructions.ctt/ace_es_instructions.doc)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that it is aware that certain forms created by CBP in the Automated Commercial Environment for Automated Commercial System entry summaries are not being posted to the "Task List" in the importer's ACE account portal.
CBP has posted a slideshow presentation providing an overview of ACE reports to its website. (Presentation, dated 03/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/toolkit/report_overview.ctt/report_overview.pdf.)
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that it has fixed the previously reported problem with the ABI application that is used to file the stand-alone FDA Prior Notice information (the WP application). Application WP is no longer rejecting for a missing ETP code that was actually transmitted. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/25/10 news, 10032540 1, for BP summary announcing the problem.) (CSMS 10-000087, dated 03/31/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17868&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby)