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CBP Announces Filing Procedures for Recently Granted 4th Tranche Section 301 Exclusions
August 3, 2020 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP will add the ability in ACE for importers to file entries with recently excluded goods in the fourth tranche of Section 301 tariffs on Aug. 6, it said in a CSMS message. The official Office of the U.S. Trade Representative notice for the exclusions was published July 23 (see 2007210026). The exclusions are in subheading 9903.88.53. The exclusions are available for any product that meets the description in the Annex to USTR’s notice, regardless of whether the importer filed an exclusion request. The product exclusions apply retroactively to Sept. 1, 2019, the date the tariffs on the fourth list took effect, and remain in effect until Sept. 1, 2020. The CSMS message also includes a summary of Section 301 duties that shows information on each tranche of tariffs and granted product exclusions.

Topics:Customs duty
FDA Proposes to Require PGA Message Set Filing in ACE for Veterinary Devices
July 31, 2020 |FDA

FDA is proposing changes to its regulations that would require electronic filing in ACE of partner government agency (PGA) data for veterinary devices. The agency’s proposed rule would require filers of entries of veterinary devices to transmit the (1) FDA Country of Production; (2) complete FDA Product Code; (3) full intended use code; (4) and telephone number and email address of the importer of record. “These data elements are currently required to be submitted for the electronic filing of entries containing food contact substances, drugs, biological products, [human cells, tissues or cellular- or tissue-based products (HCT/Ps)], medical devices for human use, radiation-emitting electronic products, cosmetics, and tobacco products,” FDA said. Comments are due Oct. 18.

CBP Awarded $15 Million to Update Revenue Collections in ACE
July 31, 2020 by Mara Lee|Customs

The General Services Administration has granted $15 million to CBP from the Technology Modernization Fund to pay for the work to move revenue collection at the agency from a mainframe computer to a more modern approach. Currently, CBP used ACE to collect more than $80 billion in the last fiscal year, and the Automated Commercial System, which is the last mainframe segment of ACE, is used to collect tariffs, taxes and fees, CBP said in a July 31 news release. The ACS runs 3.9 million lines of COBOL, a 30-year-old programming language. By moving the revenue system to a cloud-based system, CBP will no longer use mainframe computers for any of its functions. It will “achieve operational efficiencies that will decrease its current software expenses and reduce other existing development and maintenance expenditures. CBP anticipates it will have a greater ability to serve its mission by modernizing the basic functionality of its collections system,” CBP said. The award was announced July 27.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Hong Kong Tariff Treatment Still Unsettled Until CBP Guidance, Trade Experts Say
July 29, 2020 by Brian Feito|Top News

As importers await CBP guidance on imports from Hong Kong, some think there still may be more to come from a recent executive order suspending Hong Kong’s special status under certain trade laws. While the order only mentioned country of origin marking on the import side, “I also suspect that the details will continue to emerge and that other restrictions may be applied,” Lawrence Friedman of Barnes Richardson said by email.