U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar met with members of the trade community on April 9 and 10, 2012, telling them CBP is seeking joint solutions to improve the agency’s operations and maintain the country’s economic competitiveness, said a CBP website. Aguilar met with the American Association of Exporters and Importers, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and National Association of Manufacturers, said CBP.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
A recently released U.S. Customs and Border Protection February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers provides extensive technical details on the messaging processes. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a reminder of the Sept. 29, 2012, effective date for required use of ACE e-Manifest for advance Rail and Sea cargo information and automated broker interface in-bond transactions. As of April 6, 1,872 importers, brokers or software providers have finished certification testing, 705 are currently testing, and 322 have moved to ACE production, according to the reminder. Importers, brokers and software providers that aren't among those groups and file advance rail and sea cargo information or ABI in-bond transactions should contact their client representative, the reminder said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources said the first phase of Document Image System (DIS) testing for importers and brokers using ACE began on April 6. CBP also released a February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to begin a test of the Document Image System (DIS), said a April 6 Federal Register Notice that provided details of the test's first phase. The test will allow importers and brokers that use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to file certain government forms through the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test allowing Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) participants to submit official documents via the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Importers and Brokers will be allowed to submit CBP and specified Participating Government Agency (PGA) forms to CBP in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format, in lieu of conventional paper methods. The test will be known as the Document Image System (DIS) Test. Only importers or brokers using ACE for entry summary files will be eligible to participate. DIS document submission rules are on page five, and a list of documents supported within the first phase of the test are on page six. The document doesn't mention the DIS "Export Manifest" pilot.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection released its Trade Newsletter for the 2012 second quarter. The newsletter provides and update on Re-engineering Dumping efforts, CBP's Text/Apparel Policy division meetings around the U.S. and expectations for information on the final tuna quota limit. The newsletter also said the COAC will meet in Savannah, Georgia in May.
The Census Bureau has posted to its website the March 2012 issue of Automated Export System (AES) Newsletter. The newsletter contains articles providing guidance on, among other things: (1) how to correct Electronic Export Information (EEI) for a shipment that was exported and, while the cargo was in transit to its original destination, a portion was sold to another consignee in a different location; (2) identification of the U.S. Principal Party of Interest (USPPI) when goods are withdrawn from a Foreign Trade Zone for export to a foreign country; and (3) reporting the correct HTS/schedule B number for boats.