U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that CBP will implement a new administrative message process to communicate to trade users of all CBP commercial systems.
The following are documents which CBP updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.):
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site a notice providing details on the enhancements to the Automated Commercial Environment account type for brokers that were implemented with the deployment Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site an updated version of its document entitled "ACE Workplan Schedule" which provides a list of the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment that have been scheduled for deployment from November 1, 2007 through November 17, 2007. CBP has previously stated that this list contains only those changes and/or fixes that impact the trade community.
The Government Accountability Office has issued its report, as required by law, to Congressional committees on its review of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') fiscal year 2007 Automated Commercial Environment expenditure plan and its management of ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message regarding issues with addresses and postal codes with TI (CBP Form 5106 add/update) and KI (bond query) transactions.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC)1 will be held on November 16, 2007 in Washington, DC.
The Government Accountability Office has issued its report, as required by law, to Congressional committees on its review of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') fiscal year 2007 Automated Commercial Environment expenditure plan and its management of ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection previously issued two ABI administrative messages1 providing answers to frequently asked questions regarding what brokers can and cannot do via the Automated Commercial Environment portal with the CBP Form 5106 (importer ID input record add/update) for either U.S. or non-resident importers.
Yahoo! News reports that South Korea and the European Union recently resumed free trade talks amid hopes for striking a deal by the end of this year. The fourth round of talks began with negotiations focusing on a dispute over tariffs to be removed over cars and other goods and services. (Yahoo, dated 10/15/07, available at http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071015/ts_afp/skoreaeutradefta)