CBP Says Steel, Aluminum Import License Information Causing Problems With Entries From FTZs
The inclusion of steel and aluminum import license information is causing ACE to reject Type 06 entries used for goods coming out of foreign trade zones and into U.S. commerce, CBP said in a July 29 CSMS message. At the…
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direction of the Commerce Department, “CBP has removed the requirement for a license number on a Type 06 entry from an FTZ into the U.S. Customs territory,” it said. “Effective July 27, 2021, this change will no longer allow a [License/Permit Code (LPC)]=01 Steel license or a LPC=28 Aluminum license on electronic filings “when an entry summary is type 06,” the agency said. “Previous to this change, a steel/aluminum license would not have been strictly required, if present, however, it would have been tolerated. Because of this change, there may be some existing 06 entry summaries with steel/aluminum licenses that if changed by the Trade (via [post summary correction]), ACE will no longer allow the license. However, if any of these 06 entry summaries are subject to a change made by CBP, then any existing steel/aluminum license will need to be removed.”