CBP's ACE team is continuing to work with the International Trade Data System (ITDS) and Office of Field Operations (OFO) to determine which forms will be added for use within the Document Image System (DIS), which is now in the first phase of a pilot. CBP released a series of questions and answers on the program. Phase 1 of DIS include documents for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and National Marine Fisheries Service/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NMFS/NOAA). CBP hasn't said when the next phase will start.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.

CBP's Office of Information and Technology posted a list of companies/persons who have developed software applications for ACE electronic truck manifest and have been through CBP's testing process. Inclusion on the list doesn't constitute an endorsement by CBP about the nature, extent or quality of the services, which may be provided, it cautioned. CBP noted there are many additional authorized ACE electronic truck manifest filing services that aren't listed. The list is limited to the primary developers of software that assembles and formats data for transmission to CBP. It does not include authorized data processing services that incorporate, use or market the software products of the listed companies/persons to provide ACE electronic truck manifest filing services.

CBP released more details on the trade fair in Seattle scheduled for July 19. CBP has invited government agencies that regulate trade to participate, it said. There's no registration necessary, though IDs will be required.

CBP said most ABI transactions submitted to the ACE Certification environment since the June 29 ACE Certification deployment are not processing. The exception is ABI in-bond transactions (Application identifiers QP and WP) which have been processing as expected, said CBP. The issue has not impacted ACE Production CBP is currently working on a fix but it will not be ready to deploy until early next week, it said in a July 6 CSMS message. As soon as the deployment date and time for the fix is established, a CSMS message will be issued, said CBP.

CBP ACEopedia for July 2012 provides an update to progress in ACE to date. The update on progress was the biggest changes between the new ACEopedia and previous versions.

CBP said the deployment to ACE Production on July 7 is rescheduled for July 14, due to power outages in the Washington-area.

CBP posted documents on changes to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR), CBP said in CSMS message.

CBP issued a reminder that the three-month transition has begun for ACE e-Manifest: Rail and Sea. Effective Sept. 29, ACE will be the only approved EDI for transmitting required advance rail and sea cargo information and ABI in-bond transactions to CBP, it said. As of June 29, 91% of ocean carriers and 70% of ABI software developers impacted by the transition to M1 have either completed or are in the on boarding process. Those that aren't in the process need to contact a client representative, said CBP. All rail carriers are either in production or currently testing.

CBP released its Trade Newsletter for the 2012 third quarter. The newsletter provides an update on its recent ruling on the treatment of post-import adjustments, the Simplified Entry pilot, progress on ACE, the Centers for Excellence and Expertise, collaboration between CBP and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the update to 19 CFR Part 111 broker regulations.