At the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America's annual conference, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials provided an update on 10+2. Among other things, officials discussed the possible extension of the delayed compliance period, penalties, Importer Security Filing (ISF) report cards, and filing statistics.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice seeking volunteers for the Broker Self-Assessment Outreach Pilot (BSA pilot program, also referred to as the Broker Compliance Management program).
CBP has posted April 22, 2009 versions of the following previously posted ACE Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR-Air) documents: Appendix A - Codes and the Air AMS Message Types Chapter. These documents are posted for informational purposes and final versions of all ACE CAMIR-Air documents are expected soon. (Notice, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace_edi_messages/camir_air/)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Vehicles, Parts and Accessories Under the HTSUS.
CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that on April 28, 2009, CBP will be hosting an ACE Seminar in El Paso, TX. Topics include: Current Status of ACE, Future Releases including Sea, Rail, Air Manifest and Entry Summary and Accounts Revenue and an ACE reports demonstration. CBP issued a subsequent message correcting the seminar date in its earlier message to April 28, 2009 (from May 28, 2009). (CSMS 09-000193, dated 04/20/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17582&page=&srch_argv=09-000193&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby; CSMS 09-000195, dated 04/21/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17584&http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17584&page=&srch_argv=09-000195&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby=)
The Federal Maritime Commission has posted comments by Commissioner Rebecca Dye on the implementation of the Ports of Los Angles and Long Beach Clean Truck Program (CTP), among other things, during the April 21, 2009 National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America Annual (NCBFAA) Conference.
On April 22, 2009, at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America annual conference, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced that it will soon publish a Federal Register notice seeking participants for the Broker Self-Assessment pilot program (also referred to as the Broker Compliance Management program).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted nine frequently asked questions and answers on the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) validation process.
The European Commission recently adopted a regulation which sets a transitional period from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2010 during which traders will have the option of submitting electronic entry or exit summary declarations on goods before they enter or leave the European Union. Unanticipated delays have occurred in the implementation process of electronic entry or exit summary declarations so that not all actors will be in a position to submit those declarations by July 1, 2009. During the transitional period, goods not declared in advance will be submitted to risk analysis after arrival or before departure of those goods. The regulation can be found here and here. (Press release, dated 04/02/09, available at http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEX/09/0402&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message reminding the trade of the projected date of April 12, 2009 for the implementation for two rules in the Batch & Block Control Chapter of the ACE ABI CATAIR1 that will need to be adhered to for all messages for six ABI application identifiers, or fatal errors will result.