The ITDS Board has submitted its annual report on the International Trade Data System to Congress, as required by the 2006 SAFE Port Act.1 The report includes updates on the status of ITDS implementation and the status of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, among other issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that the ACE contact list has been edited to reflect the new email address for the CBP Technology Service Desk. The new email address is CBP.TECHNOLOGY.SERVICE.DESK@CBP.DHS.GOV.(CSMS 09-000345, dated 11/05/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17738&page=&srch_argv=09-000345&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
At the November 4, 2009 COAC meeting, a Treasury official announced that the International Trade Data System annual report to Congress has been issued. According to Treasury, the report contains recommendations that could help mitigate the effect of ACE delays on ITDS program. For example, the report recommends that CBP could begin to collect ITDS information for other agencies through the Automated Broker Interface, and then make the data available through the ACE data warehouse. See future issues of ITT for additional details of COAC meeting and ITDS report. (Report, dated September 2009, available at http://www.itds.gov/xp/itds/whats_new/)
CBP has posted a Trade Support Network committee structure matrix that lists all of the TSN committees and subcommittees, with the trade and CBP/government co-chairs and the ACE Support Team business leads. The matrix contains contact information for the business leads. (Matrix, posted 11/03/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/trade_support_network/tsn_commitee_matrix.ctt/tsn_commitee_matrix.doc)
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that the CBP Technology Service Desk email address has been changed to CBP.TECHNOLOGY.SERVICE.DESK@CBP.DHS.GOV. Effective November 2, 2009, all of ACE-related inquiries should be sent to the new email address for support. (CSMS 09-000339, dated 10/30/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17732&page=&srch_argv=09-000339&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the trade can begin testing antidumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) entry summary 03 and related processing (ESAR A2.3.1a) in ACE on November 9, 2009.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the Automated Commercial System programming changes required for implementing changes brought by the Food and Drug Administration's final rule on prior notice (PN) of food (including animal feed), which is imported or offered for import into the U.S., are scheduled to be moved to production on January 13, 2010.
CBP has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor TRQs and TPLs that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low) rate. The list is divided into two sections - those that are at least 85% filled and those that are closed. (List, updated 10/29/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing a significant change with regards to the Revenue Division's notification process for approved continuous bond submissions.
The Amistad Dam port of entry in Del Rio, Texas will be closed to all vehicular and pedestrian traffic October 26 through October 30, 2009. The port will re-open at 10 a.m. on October 31, 2009. (Alert, dated 10/23/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/advisories/amistad.xml)