CBP Posts Revised Draft M1 Implementation Guidelines
CBP has posted certain revised draft Implementation Guidelines (IGs) for the ACE deployment of e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail (M1).
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The revised IGs that have been posted are as follows (see website for full list of updated chapters and appendices):
- ACE Ocean Manifest Chapter on Permit to Transfer (available here)
- ACE Ocean Manifest Chapter on Status Notification (available here)
- ACE Ocean Appendix D -- Disposition Codes (available here)
At this time, CBP states that it is not anticipated that additional changes will be made to the Implementation Guidelines prior to trade testing.
(CBP has previously announced that it plans to pilot M1 in February 2011 and deploy it in Spring 2011. However, CBP has recently stated that the M1 pilot is on hold due to contractor issues. See ITT's Online Archives or 10/20/10 news, 10102007, for BP summary of CBP seeking pilot participants and list of M1 benefits. See future issue of ITT for details of M1 being on hold.)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 02/10/11 news, 11021060, for BP summary of CBP announcing minor changes to functionality for M1 ABI piloters.)
(CSMS #11-000049, dated 02/10/11)