CBP Clarifies End of ABI Summary Courtesy Liq Mailings, New ACE Liq Reports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS #11-000225, which it states clarifies its recently published Federal Register Notice announcing the discontinuation of mailed paper courtesy notices of liquidation for entry summaries filed via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI). CBP states it issued this clarification in response to questions received from the trade community.
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CBP’s clarification is transcribed below. Note that the September print and liquidation dates below largely mirror1 the information in an earlier ITT summary; however, CBP's clarification also contains new information on the ACE and ACS entry summary types covered by the ACE Portal Courtesy Liq Report.
The clarification states:
“CBP discontinued printing paper courtesy notices effective September 17, 2011. The September 17th paper courtesy notice includes liquidations through September 30th. As such, there will be no printed paper courtesy notices for entry summaries filed via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) with a liquidation date of September 30 or later.
- For entry summaries filed electronically via ABI, CBP will send electronic courtesy notices via ABI to the entry summary filers.
- For entry summaries NOT filed through ABI, CBP will continue to mail paper courtesy notices of liquidation to the importers of record.
CBP deployed the new Courtesy Notice of Liquidation Report via the ACE Portal on September 24, 2011. With this report, importers of record with an ACE Portal Account have timely access to their transactional data and are able to monitor the liquidation of their entries. Importers of record who do not currently have an ACE Portal Account may obtain an account, at no charge, by filling out the on line application on CBP.gov:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace_app_info/
The Courtesy Notice of Liquidation Report includes liquidation information for ACE entry summary types 01 (Consumption) and 03 (AD/CVD). The report also includes liquidation information for all ACS entry types with the exception of entry types 11 (Informal) and 12 (Informal Quota). Printed paper notices will continue to be issued for non-ABI (that is, paper) entry summaries and extensions/suspensions. Please be advised that this courtesy notice of liquidation report is not the official notice of liquidation, has no legal effect, and does not trigger the protest filing period. Protests must be filed within the time period specified in 19 USC. 1514.”
Note that, pursuant to CSMS# 11-000221 issued September 26, 2011, CBP is asking users to refrain from running the ACE Courtesy Notice of Liquidation Report (AM 100) until CBP issues further notification that the data load is complete. (See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/27/11 news, 1109719, for BP summary.)”
1ITT’s recent summary states that the last print date was September 18 for entry summaries filed via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) with a liquidation date of September 30 or later. The clarification states the last print date is September 17. (See ITT’s Online Archives or 09/15/11 news, 11091508 for summary, with links to additional information.)