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CBP CSMS Messages and Web Postings

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Truck Manifest CSMS message announcing that it has fixed the problem with the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is experiencing some synchronization issues with the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) database that was causing Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL) to appear to be expired. According to CBP, Truck manifest filers should not be receiving rejected manifests based on expired CDLs.

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1. ACE Synchronization Problem with FAST Database Has Been Fixed

(CBP has announced this problem in an earlier Truck Manifest CSMS message issued on May 14, 2008.)

(CSMS message that problem is fixed, 08-000082, dated 05/15/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17090&page=&srch_argv=08-000082&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby; CSMS message announcing original problem, CSMS 08-000081, dated 05/14/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17089&page=&srch_argv=08-000081&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)

2. CBP Posts GIFs, Supporting Documentation

CBP has posted the following Great Idea Forms and GIF supporting documentation to its Web site:

ACT-GIF-552: Portal User Report (withdrawn)

Supporting Documentation for ACT-GIF-657: Broker Employee Data Access Restriction

ACT-GIF-657: Broker Employee Data Access Restriction

CSPO-GIF-664:Excel Upload of Employee Data

CSPO-GIF-665: Manage Access Reporting Requirements

CSPO-GIF-702 (ACT-020) Multiple HTS Report

CSPO-GIF-703 ACE Reject Report

CSPO-GIF-707: Enhancement to the Authorized Data Extract

(GIFs are used to propose new ACE requirements that could previously be proposed only via the formal Change Request (CR).)

(GIFs, posted 05/12/08, accessible by clicking on the hyperlinks above.)

3. Global Entry Documents Posted

CBP has posted the following Global Entry pilot program documents:

Global Entry Enrollment Centers

Global Entry Program Description

Global Entry Fact Sheet

Global Entry Eligibility and Fee

(CBP's Global Entry pilot program was designed to expedite the screening and processing of low-risk, frequent international travelers entering the U.S. See ITT's Online Archives or 05/14/08 news, 08051435 2, for most recent previous BP summary on the pilot.)

(Documents, posted 05/12/08, accessible by clicking on the hyperlinks above.)

4. Miscellaneous CBP Messages on AD and CV Duty Actions

The antidumping and countervailing messages U.S. Customs Border and Protection issues on behalf of the International Trade Administration are now only available on CBP's Web site at http://addcvd.cbp.gov. AD and CV ABI administrative messages are no longer issued.

An overview of a number of recent AD/CV messages posted to CBP's Web site, along with the case number(s), period covered, and CBP message number, are provided below. (Note that the complete message is only available at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.)