U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing its deployment of Phase 2 of "ad hoc" capabilities as an enhancement to the Automated Commercial Environment reports.
The Port of Long Beach will host a workshop on the Clean Trucks Program for beneficial cargo owners (BCOs), ocean carriers, customs brokers and freight forwarders and other logistics industry professionals at 1 p.m. September 11, 2008 at the Port Administration Building, 925 Harbor Plaza. The workshop will be webcast live. (POLB press release available at http://www.polb.com/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=436&targetid=1.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its comprehensive document on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled "ACE Frequently Asked Questions."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has previously announced that the next customs broker license examination will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an Excel spreadsheet listing the reject reasons for July 2008 for CBP Form 5106 Importer ID input records, CBP Form 301 Customs bonds, bond riders, bond terminations, etc.
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: Soldering and Welding Machines and Apparatus.
CBP has posted an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following events:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice announcing its plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) voluntary test concerning new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) capabilities, including functionality specific to entry summary filing and processing of formal consumption entries and informal entries.
The International Longshore & Warehouse Union caucus delegates voted unanimously on August 21, 2008 to send the proposed contract to the membership for their review and vote. (ILWU notice available at http://contract2008.org/.)
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: Classification of Molds and Their Parts Under the HTSUS.