U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there was an incident in ACE M1 Production on April 10 between the hours of 1 a.m. and 4:15 a.m. EST that resulted in some Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages failing for 096 RUN HAS BEEN TERMINATED errors. CBP said the issue has been resolved and to re-submit any input jobs that resulted in that message.

Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for April 2-6, 2012 in case they were missed last week.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources said the first phase of Document Image System (DIS) testing for importers and brokers using ACE began on April 6. CBP also released a February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an April 2012 presentation on its progress with various ACE capabilities and other projects, such as the Document Image System, PGA Message Set, e-Manifest: rail and Sea (M1), ACE Truck, Automated Export Processing etc. With this update, CBP provides an outline of its goals for 2012 and beyond.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to begin a test of the Document Image System (DIS), said a April 6 Federal Register Notice that provided details of the test's first phase. The test will allow importers and brokers that use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to file certain government forms through the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test allowing Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) participants to submit official documents via the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). Importers and Brokers will be allowed to submit CBP and specified Participating Government Agency (PGA) forms to CBP in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format, in lieu of conventional paper methods. The test will be known as the Document Image System (DIS) Test. Only importers or brokers using ACE for entry summary files will be eligible to participate. DIS document submission rules are on page five, and a list of documents supported within the first phase of the test are on page six. The document doesn't mention the DIS "Export Manifest" pilot.

The following ACE Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) Chapters and related documents have undergone minor revisions and are posted to the CBP website.

Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for March 26 - March 30, 2012 in case they were missed last week.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the regular ACE Maintenance Window (Saturday 2300 EDT - Sunday 0500 EDT) was to be extended on Sunday, April 1, 2012. The extended window was scheduled from 0500 EDT - 0930 EDT. CBP also said the March 31, 2012 maintenance window scheduled for 23:00 EDT (11pm) began earlier at 22:15 EDT (10:15pm).