U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an updated notice entitled, "ACE on the Road" which lists various April-September 2006 meetings, seminars, conferences, and workshops concerning a range of Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) topics.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its web site inviting importers, brokers and truck carriers to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exchange Conference on August 15-17, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced an open meeting of the Information Systems Technical Advisory Committee (ISTAC) on April 26-27, 2006 in Washington, DC. ISTAC advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on technical questions that affect the level of export controls applicable to computer systems and technology. (BIS notice, FR Pub 04/13/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-3555.pdf)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a memorandum on applying its earlier instructions on the filing and acceptance of claims for preferential tariff treatment of goods made under the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) to Honduras and Nicaragua.
According to sources at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), CBP hopes to complete its programming of the Automated Commercial System (ACS) to accept CAFTA-DR claims via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) by May 1, 2006.
According to the Washington File, the USTR has released its 2006 report of unfair trade barriers in foreign countries, called the National Trade Estimate on Foreign Trade Barriers (NTE), where China is listed as having the most barriers, followed by the European Union, Japan, and South Korea. The article notes that most of the problems listed in the 2006 report are the same ones that have appeared in earlier reports. (Washington File (dated 03/31/06), available at http://usinfo.state.gov/eap/Archive/2006/Apr/02-251571.html )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a short administrative message stating that it is reminding all brokers that establishing and maintaining brokerage operations outside of the Customs Territory of the U.S. is inconsistent with the broker's obligation to exercise responsible supervision and control while conducting customs business.