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 June 28, 2007 through December 15, 2007. CBP has previously stated that this list contains only those changes and/or fixes that impact the trade community.
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discussed the deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue Release A2, which is currently scheduled for Fall 2008, but may be delayed.
CBP recently issued an ABI administrative message stating that the Food and Drug Administration had increased its surveillance of toothpaste, and reminding filers of the correct FDA product codes for toothpaste, as queries of the import data transmitted by filers showed many product code errors.
In February 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted to its Web site a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in California, New Mexico, and Texas beginning April 19, 2007.
CBP has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that there is a further amendment to the draft Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) "TI" chapter (CBP Form 5106 add/update) posted to CBP's Web site.
According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection general notice and CBP sources, the next group, or cluster, of ports to be deployed for the Automated Commercial Environment/National Customs Automation Program test of the transmission of automated truck manifest data for truck carrier accounts1 will be all land border ports in the state of Minnesota that process cargo.
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discussed the deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue Release A1, which is currently scheduled for August 11, 2007.
CBP has posted a document to its Web site which provides information regarding the C-TPAT enrollment seminar it will be holding in Mexico City, Mexico on June 27-28, 20071. The document provides information on the event-location, registration, C-TPAT workshop, etc.
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials gave a PowerPoint presentation on the upcoming deployment of ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message notifying Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) portal users about upcoming changes that they must make to their Internet Explorer web browser settings in order to continue to access the ACE portal.