On April 14, 2011 at the annual U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Trade Symposium, CBP officials provided an update on the status of ACE, including the scheduled beginning of the M1 (e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail) pilot in May and its nationwide rollout.
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has issued a report containing an independent audit conducted by KPMG LLP that addresses the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's fiscal year 2010 internal controls over financial reporting. Among other things, the audit continues to find a number of weaknesses in CBP’s bonded warehouse and foreign trade zone processes.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has issued a report containing an independent audit conducted by KPMG LLP that addresses the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's fiscal year 2010 internal controls over financial reporting. Among other things, the audit continues to find a number of weaknesses in CBP’s in-bond program.
CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that the availability of the ACE Certification Environment was delayed. The ACE Certification environment was expected to be available for testing again at approximately 6:00 PM EDT Wednesday, April 13, 2011. (CBP had previously announced that the ACE Certification environment was expected to be available for testing at approximately 2:00 PM EDT Wednesday, April 13, 2011.)
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has issued a report containing an independent audit conducted by KPMG LLP that addresses the strengths and weaknesses of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's fiscal year 2010 internal controls over financial reporting. Among other things, the audit continues to find a number of weaknesses in CBP’s drawback program.
On April 13, 2011 at the annual U.S. Customs and Border Protection Trade Symposium, three agencies, the Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency, described how they interact with CBP on import safety, with CBP expecting cooperation to be the wave of the future.
On April 12, 2011, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) met in Washington, DC to discuss a variety of trade issues, including defining the role of the broker, automation, management by account pilots and intellectual property rights protection.
CBP has posted the following presentations and speaker biographies for the 2011 Annual Trade Symposium that will be held April 13-14. (Note that BP will be attending and reporting on the symposium).
On April 4, 2011, a Consumer Product Safety Commission official provided an update on Consumer Product Safety Commission activities at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) Annual Conference. He discussed CPSC detention notices, the agency’s increased focus on imports, and the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008’s (CPSIA’s) expansion of penalties and prohibited acts for consumer products.