CBP Updates its FAQ on ACE (Now Includes ESAR A1 Info)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site an updated version of its lengthy document on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."
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CBP notes that very few problems that users encounter are entirely new. This FAQ collects often-asked questions and answers about the ACE system and its application into a single document.
ESAR A1 Section Added
CBP's updated ACE FAQ now includes a section on Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1, which was deployed on September 9, 2007.
Questions are Divided into Eleven Categories
CBP states that the questions are divided into eleven categories for ease of reference:
Systems Background
Automated Broker Interface (ABI)
General
Application
Portal Usage - Significant Activities Log (SAL)
Portal Usage - Bond
Carriers - General Information
e-Manifest Information
ESAR A1
Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS)
Reports
Typos in Table of Contents Refer Readers to Page 3 for All Questions/Answers
Note that there are typos in the FAQ's table of contents that refer readers to page 3 for all questions and answers.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/27/06 news, 06122705, for BP summary of CBP's original FAQ. See ITT's Online Archives or 08/17/07 news, 07081705, for BP summary of the previous updated version of CBP's ACE FAQ.
See ITT's Online Archives or 09/20/07 news, 07092005, for most recent BP update on the deployment of ESAR A1.)
CBP updated ACE FAQ (dated October 2007, 112 pages) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace/ace_faq.ctt/ace_faq.doc