Update on the Deployment of ESAR A1 (New KI, TI Processing Problems)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that it has received multiple reports from the trade regarding problems with the processing of ABI application identifiers KI (bond query) and TI (CBP Form 5106 add/update) transactions.
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(KI and TI were rerouted to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) System for processing with the deployment of Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1 for ACE accounts.)
Intermittent Slow Response Times for TI, KI Transactions
According to CBP, there have been intermittent slow response times for TI and KI transactions. CBP notes that a technical team is working to identify the cause of this problem.
TI Transactions Not Being Accepted When "A" Record is for Service Bureau
Additionally, CBP states that TI transactions are not being accepted when the "A" record is for a service bureau. CBP states that anyone transmitting such a transaction through a service bureau may be receiving the error message "2EE-DATABASE NOT UPDATED TEST MODE." CBP adds that the fix has been identified and it expects to have the fix in production on September 11, 2007.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 09/11/07 news, 07091105, for BP summary announcing that ESAR A1 was deployed on September 9, 2007 and that all parts of the deployment were working, but the ACE Reports tool did not completely transfer successfully. See ITT's Online Archives or 07/26/07 news, 07072605, for BP summary of CBP notice on testing of KI and TI for ACE ESAR A1.)
CBP ABI message (Adm: 07-0198, dated 09/11/07) available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2007/2007-0198.ADM