CBP will expand its Document Image System (DIS) pilot in the Automated Commercial Environment to add additional partner government agency forms and reduce metadata submission requirements, said CBP in a notice. A Federal Register notice on the expansion will be published shortly, said CBP. DIS allows for electronic submission of documents during the import process required by multiple agencies. CBP began testing the program last year (see 12040548).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP posted an updated table listing the key process improvements envisioned for the end-state ACE Cargo Release Inventory. The list includes single window for imports, continued flow of trade during emergencies, automated updates to previously filed import data, enhanced tracking of non-compliant cargo to government custody, expedited entry process for trusted traders, enhanced entry processing for CBP officers, and automated filing and sufficiency checks for customs bonds.
CBP said it's working on revising its regulations to centralize and automate its single transaction bond process, said Paula Connelly, a trade lawyer based in Burlington, Mass. Connelly attended a June 27 meeting on the single transaction bond process at the Port of Boston, which officials said is one of a series of CBP port visits to gather feedback from the trade on its plan to centralize the STB process. Bruce Ingalls, director of CBP’s Revenue Division, hopes to see implementation of the centralized system by the summer of 2014, Connelly said.
CBP headquarters will take a close look at each Importer Security Filing (ISF) liquidated damage claim submitted by the ports to decide whether to move forward on the enforcement action, said Craig Clark, who oversees the ISF program at CBP as vessel program manager. Beginning July 9 and for at least the next year, there will be a “pre-initiation review” at headquarters of all liquidated damages to make sure they “actually rise to the level of violation,” he said. Clark spoke during a National Industrial Transportation League Webinar on ISF filing June 25.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP plans to hold a webinar at 2 p.m. June 20 to update the trade on the benefits of the Centers of Excellence and Expertise and trade transformation, the agency said in a CSMS message. The webinar will feature Maria Luisa Boyce, senior advisor for private sector engagement from CBP’s Office of Trade Relations and Allen Gina, the assistant commissioner of CBP’s Office of International Trade, it said. The webinar also will share information on key programs related to security and trade facilitation including the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Customs—Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), and Importer Self-Assessment (ISA). Agency officials will also discuss the Base Metals Center of Excellence and Expertise and providing several key steps of the transition to the CEE.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP's long-expected decision to ratchet up enforcement of Importer Security Filing (ISF), commonly known as 10+2, came following the successful transition to Automated Commercial Environment: e-Manifest (M1) for vessels as well as a recent decline in ISF compliance, said Craig Clark, who oversees the ISF program at CBP as vessel program manager. The agency recently announced plans to initiate full enforcement of the program, which requires advance cargo information submission to CBP within the 24 hours before the cargo is finished loading onto an ocean vessel going to the U.S., starting July 9 (see 13060712).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues: