In February 2006, two members of the trade community prepared a pamphlet entitled "Trade User's Guide for ACE-ESAR Release A2," in order to help current ABI/ACS customs brokers, self-filers, and their automation vendors focus on significant changes they might experience as ACE ESAR (Entry Summary, Accounts, Revenue, also referred to as ACE Release 5) is rolled out.
House Commerce Committee Chmn. Barton (R-Tex.) assured members that 2 bills considered to have overwhelming support -- the Prevention of Fraudulent Access to Phone Records Act (HR-4943) and Data Accountability Trust Act (HR-4127) -- would get moving again. In an Oversight Subcommittee hearing on Internet data brokers and pretexting, he said he had a meeting later in the day with House Majority Leader Boehner (R-O.) where “we're working to free up some of those bills.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Classification of Knit to Shape Garments under HTSUS Heading 6110.
In February 2006, two members of the trade community prepared a pamphlet entitled "Trade User's Guide for ACE-ESAR Release A2," in order to help current ABI/ACS customs brokers, self-filers, and their automation vendors focus on significant changes they might experience as ACE ESAR (Entry Summary, Accounts, Revenue, also referred to as ACE Release 5) is rolled out.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site its quarterly report on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled Report to Congress on the Automated Commercial Environment. This report covers the October 1, 2005 - December 31, 2005 period.
Piecemeal federal privacy safeguards don’t work and major legal loopholes keep them from helping citizens, businesses and govt., House Commerce Consumer Protection Subcommittee leaders said Tues. Little has changed since the panel’s 2001 privacy hearing, its first, Chmn. Stearns (R- Fla.) said. The U.S. still handles privacy via a “sector-specific, disjointed approach” as officials juggle ever more local, state and federal rules on notice, consent and security, he said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a June 2006 update on ACE e-Manifest: Truck which states that it will soon be mandatory for all carriers to file their manifest electronically to comply with the Trade Act of 2002's mandatory advance cargo (manifest) information requirements.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice to its Web site announcing that the fourth tranche of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for specialty sugar over-subscribed at opening moment on June 7, 2006. The pro rata percentage is .5683 or 56.83%.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site Amendment 7, dated June 2006, to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements document (CATAIR).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a new informed compliance publication (ICP) entitled, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Base Metal Mountings and Fittings.