A new working group within the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) is reviewing the risks and benefits around remote and autonomous cargo processing, according to a CBP issue paper released ahead of the Dec. 4 COAC meeting. “Drones, driverless vehicles, captainless ships -- autonomous delivery is already operating within borders to deliver goods to customers,” it said in the paper. The government should examine the risks and opportunities created by the technologies, CBP said. “As CBP embarks on autonomous processes and conditions, it needs to realize impacts and benefits to industry.”
Aurelia Skipwith, the deputy assistant secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks at the Department of the Interior and the nominee for director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, was confirmed as the vice-chair of the Border Interagency Executive Council, CBP said in a Nov. 22 news release. The confirmation occurred at the most recent BIEC quarterly meeting on Nov. 18, CBP said. The BIEC is meant to help with “federal coordination across multiple missions within the customs arena, such as transport security, consumer health and safety.” Efforts within the BIEC include the “Global Business Identifier Initiative, which aims to develop a systematic, accurate and efficient method to identify legal entities, supply chain roles, and foreign addresses for the purpose of enabling One U.S. Government (1USG) to use a 'common language' employed by the trade community to better position the 1USG to focus on high-risk shipments,” CBP said. It is also working on preparedness for the Entry Type 86 for low-value shipments.
The Food and Drug Administration should harness blockchain, artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies to address food safety issues in quickly evolving supply chains, and customs brokers will play a central role in facilitating adoption and the correct use of these new technologies by smaller and medium-sized operations, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in comments recently submitted to FDA.
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- CBP is seeing exponential growth in filing under its entry Type 86 pilot for de minimis shipments, spurred by the benefit of electronic release for the traditional air mode, said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and security controls. And while the bulk of filing has been in the air environment, Swanson expects to see participation in the ocean and truck modes to rise as well once filers see they are able to clear cargo more quickly, he said at the Western Cargo Conference on Oct. 11.
CBP's requirement that consignees appoint customs brokers to be importers-of-record on Type 86 entries creates "a significant business risk and is likely to deter customs brokers from filing type 86 entries," the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in comments on the agency's test of the entry type (see 1908120019). The new entry type is being tested as a way to file informal entries in ACE for low value shipments. CBP is accepting comments through the duration of the test.
CBP posted a list of frequently asked questions about the entry type 86 test within a new agency page dedicated to the test. The new entry type is meant to allow importers of goods valued under the $800 de minimis level to file a less complex informal entry, including for goods subject to partner government agency (PGA) requirements (see 1908120019). Among other answers to questions, CBP explains that entries subject to the Sections 301, 201 and 232 trade remedies are eligible for type 86, though "merchandise subject to a quota does not qualify for the de minimis exemption, nor is it eligible for informal entry procedures." Also, while type 86 entries can be corrected or canceled, a Post Summary Correction can't be filed.
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CBP will not be enforcing its power of attorney (POA) requirements and one-person, one-shipment limits on an entry-by-entry basis as it conducts its Type 86 pilot of filing de minimis shipments via the ACE Automated Broker Interface, said Jim Swanson, CBP director-cargo and security controls, during a trade call held Sept. 26. The agency will still apply existing regulations on those areas in the pilot, but that will come in the “post-audit environment,” not at the time of entry, Swanson said.