CBP is pushing back by a week the target deployment date for the third release of the Section 321 enhancement in ACE, according to the agency's latest Notional Deployment and Development Schedule for ACE.
A CBP official confirmed that the deployment of its $800 Section 321 validation in ACE went smoothly over the weekend. The agency had delayed the deployment in ACE twice because of "performance issues" (see 2501170074).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will try again to deploy the second release of the Section 321 -- Does Not Exceed $800 in Aggregated Shipments enhancement in ACE on Jan. 18, according to a cargo systems message.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will be requiring producers of automotive parts and vehicles to supply more data elements to prove that these goods are eligible for preferential tariff treatment under the trade agreement between the U.S., Mexico and Canada, according to an interim final rule released Jan. 16.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is seeking comments on a DHS initiative that could eventually result in the integration of global interoperability standards data about Canadian crude and other pipeline commodities into ACE, according to a Federal Register notice.
CBP is expanding the number of supply chain entity party types that can input Global Business Identifiers in the ACE Cargo Release from the original six optional parties or filers to include two new parties: “Intermediary” and “Source,” according to a Federal Register notice seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget for CBP's planned changes in information collection.
CBP should put in place an "informed compliance" policy for holds on previously filed in-bond shipments that prohibit their subsequent export, given the lack of automated notifications of those holds to the filer, according to comments that the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America submitted to CBP last week.