U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site its June 2007 Report to the Trade on the Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System Standard Data Set (SDS). CBP has also posted the ITDS Megamatrix.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice announcing that effective September 20, 2007, its Post-Entry Amendment (PEA) Processing test will be modified, and CBP will discontinue accepting Supplementary Information Letters (SILs).
According to Trade Support Network (TSN) sources,1,2 Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A23 will be phased-in for ACE accounts on a filer-by-filer basis instead of deploying overnight, or phasing the system in on a port-by-port basis.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site an updated version of its lengthy document on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted "fact sheets" to its Web site containing information about the following new or enhanced Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) account types that will be available under Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has previously announced that the next customs broker license examination will be held on Monday, October 1, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Port of Chicago has issued a Pipeline announcing that it will reject customs bonds (CBP Form 301) with pre-printed or handstamped facsimile signatures of the attorney-in-fact under certain conditions.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published a notice containing its final determination (HQ H009107, issued August 2, 2007) that the U.S. is not the country of origin for certain printer cartridges under any of threeprocessing scenarios. Therefore, the goods will not be considered to be products of the U.S. for purposes of government procurement.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its Instructions for the Customs Broker License Examination, which provides information for the October 2007 exam. It covers much of the same information as CBP's previously released Notice of Examination, but has some additional details (e.g., silent calculators are allowed, examinees may keep the exam booklet, etc.). (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/01/07 news, 07080110, for BP summary of CBP's Notice of Examination: October 2007 Customs Broker Examination, which announced that applications for the October exam are due August 31, 2007.) (CBP exam instructions, posted 08/08/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/broker_management/broker_exam/exam_instructions.ctt/exam_instructions.doc)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum security criteria for Mexican long haul highway carriers (Mexican carriers).