CBP Won't Bring Back Consignee ID Query in ACE, Software Developer Says
CBP does not intend “at this time” to bring back its "KN" ultimate consignee query function in ACE, after the capability was shut off in September as part of the switch from the legacy Automated Commercial System, the agency said,…
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according to a blog post by software developer CustomsNow. The query function, which allowed a filer to obtain the ultimate consignee’s name and address and identification number, was particularly valuable because it allowed brokers to find out if CBP had assigned an ID number to a non-resident importer of record, the blog post said. But in a “response from the ACE Support Hotline,” CBP said it “is aware of the trade communities concerns related to the discontinuation of the KN application” but “has decided not to develop or transition” KN in ACE, according to the blog post. “This is one update to ACE that seems to run contrary” to the principle “of making information more accessible and transparent,” CustomsNow said. “Brokers and local CBP port staff will have to take additional, and sometimes manual steps to determine this information.” CBP did not comment.