HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The rewrite of Part 111 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations will focus on improving the regulations for 2020, rather than the near future, said Brenda Smith, executive director of trade Policy and Programs at CBP, speaking at the National Customs Brokers and Forwards Association of America conference April 25, 2012. The development of the new regs has been helped along with a partnership with NCBFAA, she said. Smith said there has been a lot of feedback from importers seeking to participate as clients and as employers of people with brokers licenses, she said.
Customs and Border Protection's Office of Information and Technology said it assembled a list of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI). It said inclusion on the list doesn't constitute any form of an endorsement by CBP about the nature, extent or quality of the services that may be provided.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Industry can expect a revision to ocean transportation intermediaries (OTI) regulation and a request for comments on a Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) market rate index, said FMC General Counsel Rebecca Fenneman, speaking at the National Customs Brokers and Forwards Association of America convention April 24, 2012. Fenneman didn’t go into detail on the potential changes but noted they were items the FMC was considering.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky said the FMC will begin improving NVOCC regulations next month. Lidinsky spoke at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America conference April 24, 2012. Lidinsky mentioned a recent FMC notice of inquiry seeking comments on its rules that exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) that enter service arrangements from certain tariff filing requirements of the Shipping Act of 1984.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar met with members of the trade community on April 9 and 10, 2012, telling them CBP is seeking joint solutions to improve the agency’s operations and maintain the country’s economic competitiveness, said a CBP website. Aguilar met with the American Association of Exporters and Importers, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and National Association of Manufacturers, said CBP.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
A recently released U.S. Customs and Border Protection February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers provides extensive technical details on the messaging processes. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a reminder of the Sept. 29, 2012, effective date for required use of ACE e-Manifest for advance Rail and Sea cargo information and automated broker interface in-bond transactions. As of April 6, 1,872 importers, brokers or software providers have finished certification testing, 705 are currently testing, and 322 have moved to ACE production, according to the reminder. Importers, brokers and software providers that aren't among those groups and file advance rail and sea cargo information or ABI in-bond transactions should contact their client representative, the reminder said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources said the first phase of Document Image System (DIS) testing for importers and brokers using ACE began on April 6. CBP also released a February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.