U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a press release which highlights aspects of President Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2008 budget request for CBP. According to the press release, President Bush's FY 2008 budget request for CBP represents an increase of $2.43 billion, a 31.4 percent increase over FY 2007 (excluding funds provided in FY 2007 as emergency appropriations).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site another revised (February 2007) version of its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on e-Manifest" (electronic manifest).
On February 5, 2007, President Bush transmitted to Congress his fiscal year (FY) 2008 budget request. (FY 2008 is from October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated version of its lengthy document on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that it has extended the deadline for comments on its draft proposal1 for additional advance trade data elements for maritime cargo (also referred to as the 10+2 proposal) to February 14, 2007 (from February 5, 2007).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing that the next group, or cluster, of ports to be deployed for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)/National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning the transmission of automated truck manifest data for truck carrier accounts1 will be in the North Dakota ports of St. John; Dunseith; Carbury; Westhope; Antler; Sherwood; Northgate; Portal; Noonan; Ambrose; and Fortuna.
The following are documents which CBP updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.). Updates are listed under "What's New" on its Web site:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced the new membership of the Departmental Advisory Committee on the Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message which sources state reminds the trade that all softwood lumber products that originate from British Columbia that are classified in the tariff numbers subject to the SLA 2006 export permit number requirements, must be reported using ISO Codes 'XD' for BC coastal region or 'XE' for BC interior region, regardless of whether the goods fall within the written scope of SLA 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated "draft" deployment schedule for equipping land border ports with ACE e-Manifest: Truck capabilities.