CBP Corrects Its FAQ on What Can/Cannot be Done with CBP Form 5106 via the ACE Portal
U.S. Customs and Border Protection previously issued two ABI administrative messages1 providing answers to frequently asked questions regarding what brokers can and cannot do via the Automated Commercial Environment portal with the CBP Form 5106 (importer ID input record add/update) for either U.S. or non-resident importers.
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CBP has recently issued a third ABI message providing correct answers to two questions on non-resident importers included in the FAQ.
The FAQ states the following (reflects corrections):
U.S. Importers
Brokers can currently use the ACE portal to create a new 5106; however, brokers cannot currently use the portal to re-activate a 5106.
Brokers can only edit/change/update a 5106 via the portal if the broker has access to the importer's account.
Brokers can use the Automated Broker Interface to edit/change/update a 5106.
Non-Resident Importers
Brokers cannot currently use the ACE portal to request and receive a CBP assigned number; also, brokers cannot use the portal to re-activate a CBP assigned number.
Brokers cannot use the portal to edit/change/update a CBP assigned number.
Brokers cannot use ABI to re-activate or edit/change/update a CBP assigned number.
1The second ABI administrative message was a correction to the first ABI message. The third message retracts the corrections made in the second ABI message.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/16/07 news, 07101625, for original BP summary.
See ITT's Online Archives or 10/26/07 news, 07102610, for the final part of BP's summary on CBP's Federal Register notice on its NCAP/ACE test for ESAR.
See ITT's Online Archives or 10/01/07 news, 07100107, for BP summary announcing changes for 5106 address validations in ACE (affects everyone).
See ITT's Online Archives or 09/20/07 news, 07092005, for most recent BP update on the deployment of Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1, which rerouted the ABI application identifier TI (CBP Form 5106 add/update) to the ACE System for processing.)
CBP FAQ correction ABI message (Adm: 07-0228, dated 10/25/07) available at http://www.brokerpower.com/admmsgs/2007/07-0238.html