CBP provided descriptions of the various reports included in each of the ACE public folders. The descriptions were included in CBP's September ACE Trade Account Owner update. CBP said entry summary filing in ACE has grown from 1% to nearly 11% during fiscal year 2012.
CBP issued a reminder advising that any carriers who have their type 2 carrier bond obligated for ACE Truck generated in-bonds, to not use the new ACE “In-bond Authorization” function at this time.
CBP released its Trade Newsletter for the 2012 fourth quarter. The newsletter provides an update on several of the agency's efforts, including AD/CVD enforcement, new tools for finding counterfeit merchandise and recent work with the Border Interagency Executive Council
CBP's ACEopedia for September provides an update to progress in ACE to date. The latest version added five new agencies planned for ACE interoperability, aimed at allowing a "single window" process that would ease cargo importation and release.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) user guide on e-Manifest: Trucks. It provides an introduction to this capability in ACE and information on how to store account information in the ACE, how to add drivers to an account, submitting an e-Manifest, in-bond shipment information, etc.
CBP issued a CSMS message to remind those filing ACE ABI In-Bond transactions that they must nominate themselves as a secondary notify party in the transaction. If the carrier has not nominated the filer, a failure to nominate oneself will mean the filer will not receive any of the subsequent status notifications related to the in-bond filing, said CBP.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:
CBP won't be giving any extensions to the Sept. 29 deadline for the required transition to ACE M1 for transmitting advance rail and sea cargo information, it said in a message reminding the trade of the coming change. As of Oct. 1, ACS/AMS EDI Ocean Manifest functionality will be transitioned to ACE as part of the ACE M1 Ocean and Rail Deployment. When this transition takes place, Ocean Manifest users will no longer be able to transmit or receive data via ACS/AMS. Programming changes to comply with the modified record formats must be made in order to continue filing manifests electronically. Any transactions not conforming to the ACE message formats will be rejected.
Movement on legislation reauthorizing CBP before the Presidential election remains largely uncertain, as the window for introduction gets smaller and smaller, said the lobbyist representing the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA). With most legislation likely drafted, there's still a possibility of a bill's introduction this week, said Jon Kent, of Kent and O'Connor, who represents the NCBFAA on the Hill. The House is in session through Sept. 21, after which it's on recess through Nov. 13.
CBP fixed a problem with the ACE portal that was affecting user sign-on and the portal is now available, it said by CSMS message.