U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
CBP has posted a revised version of its Running ACE Reports "Topic" document, which provides instructions for all existing ACE portal account types, with the exception of truck carriers. (Instructions on running ACE reports for truck carriers are featured as a separate document.) The revised version now includes information on the recently deployed Post Summary Correction functionality. A new Appendix C, PSCs Impact on ACE Reports, has been added to the document. (CBP deployed PSC functionality in ACE on June 4, 2011. See ITT's Online Archives or 06/07/11 news, 11060719, for BP summary.)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has issued a report developed by U.S. and Mexican business communities, making recommendations to improve border relations between the U.S. and Mexico regarding security, trade facilitation, infrastructure, etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program1 pilot test for the in-bond highway transit of commercial goods through the U.S. from one point in Canada to another point in Canada. The test will be for nine carriers only and will commence no earlier than July 13, 2011. Comments may be submitted at any time during the test period.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that an updated version of the Post Summary Corrections Web-based Training (WBT) is now available for all brokers and importers.
According U.S. Customs and Border Protection sources, the Participating Government Agency Message Set, a harmonized set of information needed by federal agencies1 to approve imports of cargo, will be available for both ACE and ACS transactions once it is implemented.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice announcing that it plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test relating to highway movements of commercial goods that are transported in-bond through the U.S. from one point in Canada to another point in Canada. The test designates a new filing code in CBP’s ACE Truck Manifest System to identify the shipment as being part of a joint CBP and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) In-Transit Project.
CBP has posted a revised version of its ACE 101 "Topic" document, which provides an introduction to ACE and the features currently available in the program. The revised version now includes information on the recently deployed Post Summary Correction functionality. (CBP deployed PSC functionality in ACE on June 4, 2011. See ITT's Online Archives or 06/07/11 news, 11060719, for BP summary.)
CBP has posted a Post Summary Correction User Guide, which provides information on filing PSCs and the impact on ACE reports. The guide includes an introduction to PSCs, information on who can correct an ACE entry summary, information on PSC correction criteria and restrictions, EDI changes for PSCs, additional resources, etc. (CBP deployed PSC functionality in ACE on June 4, 2011. See ITT's Online Archives or 06/07/11 news, 11060719, for BP summary.)
A U.S.-Canada bi-national coalition of manufacturing associations and companies, the Businesses for a Better Border (B3), has sent a letter to both the governments of Canada and the U.S. to provide input into the February 2011 declaration by President Obama and Prime Minister Harper on “Beyond the Border: Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness.”