U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE on the Road" event schedule, which includes the following:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a press release announcing the creation of a new Import Surveillance Division at the CPSC as part of its new import strategy and to increase CPSC presence at the ports.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that it has approved the design for Automated Commercial Environment air electronic manifest (ACE e-Manifest: Air) for advance cargo information purposes, making way for development to begin.

The World Shipping Council (WSC) has submitted 26 pages of comments to U.S. Customs and Border Protection on its proposed rule to amend 19 CFR to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) message announcing the creation of a new document named "ACE ABI CATAIR," which will include all of the Automated Broker Interface transactions required for filing entry summaries in the Automated Commercial Environment.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice announcing that CBP is preparing a comprehensive system testing plan designed to provide insights into the operational performance of the new Automated Commercial Environment sea and rail manifest (ACE e-Manifest: Sea and Rail¹) processing for advance cargo information purposes before it is deployed to U.S. ports of entry in fall 2008.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the following documents related to the November 16, 2007 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC):

The following are documents which CBP updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a Cargo Systems Message Service (CSMS) ABI message regarding the development and end-dating of certain Affirmation of Compliance (AofC) codes for imported biologic products. The following are highlights of CBP's CSMS message:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an ocean and rail manifest Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) message inviting Master Vessel Operating Common Carriers (MVOCCs) and rail carriers to take a survey on future Automated Commercial Environment M1 (e-Manifest: Rail and Sea) capabilities.