U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC)1 will be held on August 16, 2007 in Washington, DC.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site presentations for sessions that will be held during the upcoming Automated Commercial Environment Exchange VI conference scheduled for July 30 - August 1, 2007 in Brooklyn, NY.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing, and CBP sources have confirmed, that testing by the trade of the ABI application identifiers KI (bond query) and TI (CBP Form 5106 add/update) was available beginning July 25, 2007.
In May 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted to its Web site a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in Michigan and New York beginning May 24, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice announcing that the sixth group of land border ports to become mandatory for the Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes will be those in Maine and Minnesota effective October 16, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that on June 2, 2007, programming was moved into production that fixed a problem that prevented electronic truck manifest participants from doing in-bond arrivals via electronic data interchange (EDI).
In February 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted to its Web site a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in California, New Mexico, and Texas beginning April 19, 2007.
On June 15, 2007, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2638, the fiscal year (FY) 2008 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, etc.
Below is updated information regarding upcoming events for which Certified Customs Specialists can earn continuing education credits. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/29/07 news, 07062920 for earlier BP summary.)
In April 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted to its Web site a notice announcing the phased enforcement of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest: Truck for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in New Hampshire and Vermont as well as the remaining land border ports in North Dakota - St. John, Fortuna, Ambrose, Carbury, Noonan, Dunseith, Sherwood, Antler, Northgate, Westhope, and Portal, beginning July 12, 2007.