U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a fact sheet on Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) features that will be coming over the next few years.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a press release announcing, among other things, that it will begin implementation of a mandatory Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic manifest (e-Manifest) policy on a port-by-port basis beginning in 2007 for advance cargo information purposes.
On September 30, 2006, the House and Senate passed (agreed to) the conference version of H.R. 4954, entitled the "Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006" (SAFE Port Act), which is a measure intended to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
The following are documents which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.). Updates are listed under "What's New" on its Web site:
The following are documents which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.). Updates are listed under "What's New" on its Web site:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message stating that ABI software vendors and self-programmers will be able to learn about the proposed CATAIR changes planned under ACE at the ACE Exchange II Conference to be held in Tucson, Arizona on October 30, 2006 - November 2, 2006. The breakout session on the CATAIR will be held on November 1, 2006 as part of the general sessions for importers and brokers. During the breakout session, ABI software vendors and self-programmers will be able to provide input on the proposed technical changes to the CATAIR. Information on attending this free conference is available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_ex_conf/(CBP Adm: 06-1123, dated 09/29/06, available at http://www.brokerpower.com/cgi-bin/adminsearch/admmsg.view.pl?article=2006/2006-1123.ADM )
On September 30, 2006, the House and Senate passed (agreed to) the conference version of H.R. 4954, entitled the "Security and Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006" (SAFE Port Act), which is a measure intended to improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses, and for other purposes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message that provides additional details on Amendment 11 (August 31, 2006) to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR).
House leaders decided not to take up a pretexting bill (HR-4943) Fri., despite calls by House Commerce Committee Chmn. Barton (R-Tex.) and other members in a high-profile, 2- day hearing into the Hewlett-Packard corporate spy scandal. “The bill won’t be on the floor,” a spokesman for House Majority Leader Boehner (R-O.) said Fri. Barton, pointing to a poster showing a picture from Gone with the Wind, told a House panel the bill wasn’t “gone.”
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a letter to the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) covering, among other things, the export compliance responsibilities of the forwarding community.