Associations' views diverged widely on the wisdom of codifying a modified Type 86 process and tweaking the clear-from-the-manifest process for de minimis entries. Groups also disagreed on CBP's proposals for what new data should be submitted. The agency received 95 comments on its proposal, though dozens were from individuals and didn't make substantive suggestions. Some associations and companies addressed both this proposed rule and the one that would carve out sections 301 and 232 goods from de minimis. The comment period for that rule closes March 24.
CBP has added a target deployment of September 2025 for when the agency expects to implement Stage 3 of an enhancement aimed at withholding in ACE the release of de minimis shipments that exceed the $800 per person/per day threshold.
CBP has postponed indefinitely an enhancement within ACE that would withhold the release of de minimis shipments that exceed the $800 per person/per day threshold, according to the February development and deployment schedule released last week.
Expect upheaval as companies that previously imported goods from China under the de minimis exemption face President Donald Trump's ban via executive order on using de minimis for those goods, members of the trade community told International Trade Today.
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).
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No goods subject to special trade remedies would be able to enter de minimis -- which primarily affects goods subject to Section 301 tariffs -- under a proposed rule released by CBP Jan. 17.
No goods subject to special trade remedies -- 99.9% of which are subject to Section 301 tariffs -- would be able to enter as de minimis shipments under a proposed rule released by CBP Jan. 17.
The Coalition for a Prosperous America, a Trump-aligned advocacy group on trade, slammed what it called an 11th-hour rule (see 2501130006) to create an enhanced entry process, which would replace the Type 86 test.