Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for October 24-28, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
On October 12, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a webinar on the ACE Courtesy Notice of Liquidation Report, AM-100. While much of this information has been provided in previous CBP notices, the webinar provided new details on the availability of the AM-100 for ACE and ACS-filed entry summaries. New details were also provided on the availability of the bill of lading number for the AM-100 and other account management reports.
At the October 4, 2011 COAC meeting, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials provided an update on the Automated Commercial Environment and the International Trade Data System since the previous COAC meeting in August 2011. According to CBP, ACE continues to be among the agency’s top business priorities. CBP officials also provided an update on its activities on M1, ITDS, Cargo Release, the September 2011 Trade Support Network Plenary, and ACE for Export Processing.
Senator Baucus, the year is coming to a close and by all appearances Alan Bersin is doing what you asked of him almost one and one-half years ago during the May 2010 hearing on his nomination as CBP Commissioner -- to renew and strengthen his focus on the agency’s historical mission to facilitate international trade. You had put him on notice that both the Senate and Finance Committee would be reviewing his record and deciding whether he would be allowed to continue his service as CBP Commissioner beyond December 31, 2011.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS Message #11-000272 stating that a one day "snow day" for October 27, 2011 is requested for a Los Angeles Broker due to computer server failure.
Enforcement of the provisions of the Basel Convention relating to “transboundary” movement of used electronics and e-waste faces several challenges, the Basel Convention said in a report. The Convention released a summary of the report on its E-Waste Africa Programme at a meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention in Cartagena, Columbia, that ended Friday. The full report will be released next month, it said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
Los Angeles Field Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued Public Bulletin No. LA11-017 to list the types of merchandise exams that CBP conducts at the ports, their basis and the factors affecting the time required to release a shipment. The Bulletin also provides instructions on how the trade can make written inquiry on the frequency of exams for both inbound (import) shipments and outbound (export) shipments, and the information CBP requires in such inquiries. The Bulletin notes that the information provided is specific to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport.
The Coalition of New England Companies for Trade (CONECT) will be hosting its 10th Annual Northeast Cargo Symposium on November 3, 2011 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. The Symposium will feature the following three panels of presentations: