CBP will on Nov. 4 deploy an enhancement to entry summary queries in ACE, incorporating “data elements from ACE Collections into the Entry Summary query” and moving the query “from the legacy electronic data interchange (EDI) platform to the current ACE EDI platform,” the agency said in a trade information notice released Sept. 19. Beginning Nov. 4, Automated Broker Interface filers, including importer self-filers and sureties, “will begin querying Entry Summary in ACE and will see updated input and output records,” CBP said.

CBP should create a new alert in ACE when importers of merchandise potentially subject to antidumping and countervailing duties may be required to submit a certification that their goods are not subject merchandise, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee said in a recommendation adopted at its quarterly public meeting on Sept. 20.

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

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CBP posted the following documents ahead of the Sept. 20 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

ACE 2.0 has the potential to develop into "a true international single window for companies that are transnational," with global interoperability setting a "level playing field" for all countries because no one country will control anything, Vincent Annunziato, director of the CBP Business Transformation and Innovation Division, said Sept. 14.

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

CBP recently completed its first interoperability test, which focused on the pipeline oil and steel supply chains, the agency announced in a Sept. 12 news release. Vincent Annunziato, director of CBP’s Business Transformation and Innovation Division, said 23 companies participated in the test as part of a broader effort to promote global interoperability in how software systems work with each other.

CBP posted a new “Version 2.0” of its Customs Broker Guidance for the Trade Community on Sept. 8, adding new information on qualifying licensed individual brokers, recordkeeping requirements for broker separation from a client, filer code suspensions and CBP standards for responsible supervision and control, among other things.