CBP plans to eventually post liquidation notices on the agency's website, said a CBP spokeswoman by email. "As part of the [Automated Commercial Environment] Single Window initiative, efforts are underway to automate liquidation notices and have them posted on cbp.gov at some point in the future," she said. Currently, liquidation notice bulletins are posted at individual ports of entry on a weekly basis, as required by regulation. It's unclear whether CBP plans to do away with the paper bulletin, which would require a change to CBP regulations. The idea for electronic posting has been discussed for several years and was even included in a White House budget proposal in 2013 (see 13050924).
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Aug. 17-21 in case they were missed.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will on Aug. 21 publish the Federal Register notice requesting participants in its pilot on electronic filing of product data through its Partner Government Agency (PGA) Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) (here). Recruitment for the pilot will run until Oct. 5 or until a maximum of nine participants are accepted, said the notice.
CBP will begin a test of ocean cargo manifest filing for exports within the Automated Commercial Environment, the agency said in a notice (here). The voluntary test will require participants to submit export data electronically at least 24 hours before loading, the agency said. Currently, the complete manifest is required on paper CBP Form 1302-A after departure, said CBP. The pilot will begin on Sept. 21 and is scheduled to last for two years, said CBP.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for Aug. 10-14 in case they were missed.
CBP continues to talk with the relevant stakeholders about the timeline for the Automated Commercial Environment, a CBP spokeswoman said in response to a question about possible high-level consideration for revising the mandatory use dates (see 1508140025). "Deputy Secretaries meet periodically to discuss a number of topics that the Department of Homeland Security has purview over, including ACE," she said. "Should the meeting result in any new information regarding ACE, CBP will issue information as soon as we receive it through press releases and a press roundtable." CBP has been working closely with partner government agencies (PGAs), the White House, and industry to meet the major milestones included in the 2014 executive order on the International Trade Data System (see 14021928), said the spokeswoman.
The Department of Homeland Security plans to consolidate two import-related systems of records, DHS said in a notice on the proposal (here). The two systems, now known as the Automated Commercial Environment/International Trade Data System System of Records and the Automated Commercial System System of Records, would also be renamed as Import Information System (IIS) System of Records, it said. The consolidation is hoped to simplify public understanding of CBP handling of import information after ACE is implemented, said DHS.
Deputy secretaries from several federal agencies will soon consider revising the required use dates for some Automated Commercial Environment capabilities, said Geoff Powell, president of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America in an Aug. 14 email. "In speaking with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last week, we were advised that Deputy Secretaries from several Departments will soon be discussing the ACE path forward, and understand that the White House will be making a decision in the coming weeks on whether to modify CBP's current transition plan," he said. CBP said on July 30 it had not formally recommended a delay to the ACE timelines (see 1507300004).