The Automated Commercial Environment is mistakenly showing the total manifest quantity for Foreign Trade Zone admissions, said CBP in a CSMS message. The problem is a display issue only and concurrences are being processed for the actual amount, said CBP. CBP said it is looking into the problem.

CBP will deploy a number of new features Nov. 2 for the Automated Commercial Environment, the agency said in a CSMS message. The features were originally planned to be put in place Oct. 5 but were postponed as a result of the government shutdown (see 13100712). New capabilities in the ACE update were to include ACE Reports Software Upgrade, ACE Cargo Release Pilot Expansion, Partner Government Agency Message Set, and Entry Summary Validations (see 13092719). CBP also updated an information notice to reflect the deployment date (here).

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CBP said Oct. 4 it would delay its deployment for a number of new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) features planned on Oct. 5. "CBP is monitoring the situation for developments and will continue to do so until funding is put in place to re-open the government," it said in a CSMS message. "CBP is ready to deploy and will ensure the Trade Community receives advanced notification of any decision to deploy." The CBP announcement followed a National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America notice saying the deployment would be put off (see 13100417).

CBP is postponing the planned Oct. 5 deployment of several Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) pieces due to the government shutdown, the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America said in an alert. While CBP is ready to deploy on schedule, "due to limited personnel resources within CBP--notably the absence of Client Representatives--and complications being experienced with normal release and post-release processing often related to [Partner Government Agency] systems and their resource limitations during the hiatus, CBP did not want to put further stress on the trade at this time," NCBFAA said.

Those involved in international trade were reporting relatively few impacts of the government shutdown, in its second day, but expressing concerns about the longer term. Most industry officials told us traffic continues moving through ports and airports.

CBP made available a full report on the Aug. 7 meeting of the CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC). Among the subcommittee recommendations at the meeting were:

"CBP revenue collections" will be among the Department of Homeland Security operations that will be exempt from an all-out agency stoppage in the event of a government shutdown Oct. 1, said a Sept. 27 detailed contingency plan issued by DHS.

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

CBP released a detailed timeline on planned changes for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) that will come as part of its first deployment of its "agile" strategy. The agency will implement the first of seven ACE deployments on Oct. 5, it said. New capabilities will include an ACE Reports Software Upgrade, ACE Cargo Release Pilot Expansion, Partner Government Agency Message Set, Entry Summary Validations.