CBP to Deploy ACE ESAR Enhancements on Oct 3, PSC Not Included
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that effective October 3, 2010, it will deploy enhanced ACE capabilities related to Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) that will provide new portal capabilities related to CBP forms and reports.
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The functionality for Post Summary Corrections (PSC) will not be implemented in this release.
Ability to Respond to CBP Forms 28, 29, 4647 Created in ACS and ACE
ACE portal account holders who have the ability to select “portal” as their mode of communication will be able to view and respond to CBP Form 28 (Request for Information), CBP Form 29 (Notice of Action), and CBP Form 4647 (Notice to Mark/Notice to Re-Deliver) via the ACE Portal for all entry summaries (ACS and ACE entry summaries) for such forms created in ACS or ACE.
(According to CBP sources, portal account holder can currently only respond to the forms if they were created in ACE.)
CBP notes that the agency can only post forms to one Portal account.
Redesigned “Entry Summary Universe” to Improve ACE Reports
The Entry Summary Universe will be redesigned to make it easier to use and to provide additional flexibility when creating and modifying ACE Entry Summary reports. The redesign will resolve numerous incompatibility issues previously experienced when running Entry Summary reports. In addition, data objects in the Entry Summary Universe will appear in alphabetical order within each report class and sub-class.
PSC Data Objects Will be Seen, But No Data in Reports
Although users will see the new PSC data objects listed in the Entry Summary Universe, no data will be returned if selected. Trade users will be notified via a CSMS message and the ACE Portal News tab when PSC data elements are available for inclusion in ACE Entry Summary reports.
PSC Functionality May Come in Spring 2011, Delayed Due to Trade Concerns
The functionality for PSCs will not be implemented in this release. After reviewing the proposed PSC design, trade representatives informed CBP that the design was not compatible with their existing business processes.
As a result of this information, CBP initiated several change requests to revise the baseline design. Those change requests have not yet been incorporated into the ACE Entry Summary and will not be available until late Spring 2011.
(CSMS #10-000221, announcing the ESAR enhancements, dated 09/16/10)
(CSMS #10-000223, announcing PSC deployment decision, dated 09/17/10)