CBP Deploys New Fixes to Resolve Certain ACE Problems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that on Saturday night, July 26, 2008, the Automated Commercial Environment would be deploying into production new fixes to resolve the following problem tracking reports (PTRs):
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(CBP notes that over time, filers may have developed "work-a-round" procedures to accommodate these problems. CBP urges the trade to take advantage of the new fixes instead.)
Problems Deleting Shipments from e-Manifests (PTR 13821)
CBP states that filers may have experienced a problem deleting shipments from e-Manifests in the past. A fix has been delivered to ACE e-Manifest trucks addressing scenarios surrounding error message "Error: Row being deleted from 'ZTZTR_SHP' is check table for 'ZTZTR_SHP_ENV' field 'NTRNL_SHPMT_ID'.
The trade should now try deleting the shipment rather than whatever "work around" was used, like deleting the whole manifest and resubmitting it.
CBP states that one scenario that generated this problem was when the filer tried to delete a shipment that involved Food and Drug / Bio-Terrorism Act information. If the Prior Notice (PN) information was being supplied either (i) via a "QP" electronic in-bond declaration or (ii) directly to the Food and Drug Administration via its Prior Notice System Interface (PNSI), instead of through an ABI Customs Entry, the filer would not have been able to delete the shipment from a manifest and instead would have received the above error message.
Special Characters in a Driver's Name, Etc. (PTR 21507)
If in the past a filer had sent a special character in a driver's name such as Jose Pea or French Canadian city like Qubec, ACE would accept the manifest but certain notifications that were supposed to be sent back to the carrier would fail.
These types of special characters will no longer cause such failures.
One Shipment on Two Trailers of the Same Trip (PTR 20450)
Filers can now put one shipment on two trailers of the same trip and it will not cause an error.
Transmission Reference No.'s Sent to ACE in EDIFACT CUSREP Message (PTR 19745)
When a Transmission Reference Numbers (TRN) is sent to ACE in an EDIFACT CUSREP message, ACE will now return the number in the EDIFACT CUSRES accept/reject message. This was not happening when carriers were reporting the arrival or export of in-bond shipments. This number is returned in the FTX segment.
Using the Manual Process of Linking a QP In-Bond to an e-Manifest (PTR 21439)
When using the manual process of linking a QP in-bond shipment to an e-Manifest and the QP filer reports NC in the equipment record, ACE will now accept the QP.
This action failed in the past.
Carriers Updating the In-Bond Destination Port, Etc. (PTR 15158)
When carriers updated the "In-bond Destination Port" or the "Bonded Carrier IRS Number" in a ACE Portal e-Manifest and saved the record but did not send it to CBP the changed data would not be saved and would revert to the originally entered information.
This situation has been corrected to enable ACE to accept and retain the updated information.
CSMS Message (08-000129, dated 07/25/08) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17142&page=&srch_argv=08-000129&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby=.