CBP has posted instructions on receiving and responding to CBP forms via ACE. CBP's instructions include details on granting users access to the CBP forms functionality. Currently, ACE allows authorized users to receive and respond to three commonly used CBP forms: CBP Form 28 (Request for Information), CBP Form 29 (Notice of Action), and CBP Form 4647 (Notice to Mark/Notice to Re-Deliver). (Instructions, posted 01/13/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace_welcome/ace_welcome_package/rr_cbpforms.ctt/rr_cbpforms.pdf)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it is delaying the deployment of ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) III capabilities (also referred to as ESAR A2.3.1a) that was scheduled for January 17, 2010.

CBP has updated its notice on the 2010 C-TPAT Supply Chain Security Seminar to state that registration for the event is now closed. The seminar will be held on March 17-19, 2010 in Anaheim, California. (Notice, dated 01/12/10, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/cargo_security/ctpat/ctpat_supply_chain.xml)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that Web-based training, "ACE Forms, Declarations, & AD/CVD Cases", is available to Automated Commercial Environment Portal users for the new Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue enhancements which are scheduled to be deployed on January 17, 2010 (ESAR A2.3.1a, also known as ESAR III).

CBP has issued a CSMS message stating effective with the January 17, 2010 deployment of ESAR A2.3.1a (ESAR III), importers with an ACE portal account will be able to view and respond to CBP Forms 28, 29 and 4647 via the ACE Portal for all entry summaries (that is, both ACS and ACE entry summaries).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule which amends 19 CFR Parts 111, 113, 141, 142, and 143, effective January 29, 2010, in order to make Remote Location Filing (RLF) permanent, instead of a prototype test¹ as it is currently.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a final rule which amends 19 CFR Parts 111, 113, 141, 142, and 143, effective January 29, 2010, in order to make Remote Location Filing a permanent regulatory program, instead of a prototype test as it is currently.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a general notice announcing its plans to conduct a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning new Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR III) capabilities.

CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that it has updated the HTS on the ACE "References" tab to direct the user to the U.S. International Trade Commission website. Users can simply select the "Launch USITC Site" to navigate directly to the HTS. CBP notes that the "Tariff History" hyperlink is no longer operational in the ACE Portal; users should use the "HTS Archive" on the ITC website. (CSMS 09-000374, dated 12/22/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17770&page=&srch_argv=09-000374&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice to its website stating that personal imports of Christmas trees from British Columbia into Washington State require certification from the grower that their holiday tree was grown in an area of Canada where gypsy moth and pine shoot beetle are not known to occur. Blaine port sources state that this certification can take the form of a purchase receipt, or for those that cut their own, completing a local Blaine/BC form. See APHIS PPQ Canadian Border Agricultural Clearance Manual, Chapter 3, "Cut Flowers and Greenery" for information on commercial imports of Christmas trees from Canada. (Notice, dated 12/11/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/12112009_6.xml )