CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that as of 8:27 p.m. EDT on August 22, 2008, the problem with ACE users being unable to access ACE and users not being able to submit e-Manifests via ACE was corrected. CBP notes that during that time e-Manifests could be submitted via EDI. (CSMS message on service being restored, 08-000172, dated 08/22/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17191&page=&srch_argv=08-000172&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby; CSMS message announcing the problem and ACE service delays, 08-000168 and 08-000165, dated 08/22/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17187&page=&srch_argv=08-000168&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby and http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17184&page=&srch_argv=08-000165&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a revised version of its informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Vehicles, Parts and Accessories Under the HTSUS.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a new informed compliance publication entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Classification and Marking of Pipe Fittings under Heading 7307.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message providing the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system requirements for the first sale indicator, as required by the 2008 Farm Bill1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it has completed the necessary Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system changes for the trade to submit the additional data elements (export price, export charges, and importer declaration indicator) for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber products as required by the 2008 Farm Bill1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued two notices regarding the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008 (SLA 2008), which establishes an import data/declaration program under which importers will be required to submit two additional data elements (export price and export charges), and an importer declaration, for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber product imports, effective August 18, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is scheduled to deploy Phase 2 of "ad hoc" capabilities as an enhancement to the ACE reports on September 6, 2008, according to CBP's updated "ACE Workplan Schedule."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has previously announced that the next customs broker license examination will be held on Monday, October 6, 2008.
The 2008 Farm Bill (Public Law 110-246) contains the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008 (Act) which establishes an import data/declaration program under which importers will be required to submit two additional data elements (export price and export charges), and an importer declaration, for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber product imports. The Act also provides for Commerce Department export charge determinations, reconciliations/verifications of import data/declarations, penalties, reports to Congress, etc.
During the August 7, 2008 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), CBP officials discussed issues related to the 2008 Farm Bill's "first sale"data collection provisions, which require: