Below is information regarding upcoming events for which Certified Customs Specialists can earn continuing education credits.
Shippers' NewsWire reports that the third erroneous shipment of beef mistakenly sent to South Korea was intended for U.S. use and was sent by a South Korean company in California that exported the products to Korea. Korea's government stopped all U.S. beef imports for four days while it investigated the first two erroneous shipments, which sent 66.4 tons of U.S. beef to Korea in violation of the country's import rules. (SNW, dated 06/21/07, www.americanshipper.com)
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discussed the deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue Release A2, which is currently scheduled for Fall 2008, but may be delayed.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site the April 2007 Customs broker exam and answer key.
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials discussed the deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue Release A1, which is currently scheduled for August 11, 2007.
At the Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference held June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials gave a PowerPoint presentation on the upcoming deployment of ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to the "ACE News" section of the Automated Commercial Environment Portal an announcement stating that the new ACE reports tool has been reactivated.
During the May 15, 2007 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), CBP officials discussed, among other things, CBP's plans to issue a proposed rule containing its proposed Security Filing (10+2) requirements for 10 additional data elements from importers 24 hours prior to foreign lading, and for 2 additional data sets from ocean carriers, for imported maritime cargo.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site presentations for the 11 sessions that will be held during the upcoming Automated Commercial Environment Exchange V conference scheduled for June 4-6, 2007 in Buffalo, NY.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has published an updated list of ports that accept the electronic CBP Form 214 (e214, Foreign Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation) in lieu of a paper copy.