U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice to its Web site and issued a press release announcing that the Automated Commercial Environment application can now be completed, signed digitally, and emailed directly to CBP.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice announcing CBP's plan to conduct a new National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) capabilities, the first aspect of which is ESAR A1.
According to information posted on the World Customs Organization Web site, the WCO is offering e-learning modules for online customs training.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued two ABI administrative messages1 providing answers to frequently asked questions regarding what brokers can and cannot do via the Automated Commercial Environment portal with the CBP Form 5106 (importer ID input record add/update) for either U.S. or non-resident importers.
During a speech at the recent Western Cargo Conference (WESCCON), the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner stated that new Security Filing (SF, 10+2) advance data requirements for imported maritime cargo are expected begin in early 2008 using a phased approach for implementation.
CBP has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that the global tariff rate quota (TRQ) on refined sugar (including specialty sugar) that opened on October 1, 2007 oversubscribed at opening moment. The pro rata percentage is 53.61696% or .5361696.
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."
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site, registration for its 8th annual Trade Symposium, which is to be held November 14-15th, is now full and a waiting list is available. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/24/07 news, 07092405, for BP summary announcing the symposium.) (Trade Symposium information, dated 10/03/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/trade_symp_info.xml)
The Trade Support Network Transition Committee has issued a "white paper" which responds to a proposal by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to have a minimal number of edits and validations in the Automated Commercial Environment system.
During the September 23-25, 2007 National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America's Government Affairs Conference, Federal Maritime Commissioner Rebecca Dye spoke about a variety of maritime issues, including non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) Service Arrangements (NSAs), NVOCC tariff publication requirements, and certain foreign maritime developments.