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CBP Reports Slight Decrease in Duty Collections, Rise in Cargo Containers
February 14, 2018 |Customs

CBP collected about $34.8 billion in customs duties during fiscal year 2017, the agency said in its trade and travel report for FY 2017. That's a decrease from the $35.2 billion the agency collected in duties during FY 2016. Still, CBP collections in total duties, taxes and other fees during the year were pretty much flat -- about $40.1 billion -- when compared with the previous year. The agency also saw about a five percent increase in cargo containers from FY16, it said. "CBP processed $2.39 trillion in imports in FY2017, equating to 33.2 million entries and more than 28.5 million imported cargo containers at U.S. ports of entry," the agency said.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback, Forced Labor
CBP Looks Set to Allow Multiple Options, Including ABI and Manifest, for Section 321 Filers
February 13, 2018 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP looks set to take a wide open approach to electronic filing of Section 321 entries, with a “range of options” that allow filers to “do whatever works best for their business model,” said Michael Mullen, executive director of the Express Association of America, in an interview. Clearance off manifest would likely continue, using an item descriptor to identify cargo, with electronic filing expanded to other modes. CBP will also likely allow Section 321 entries in the Automated Broker Interface using the 10-digit Harmonized Tariff Schedule number, Mullen said.

Topics:Customs duty
CBP to Deploy New eBond, Cuba Functionalities in ACE on Feb. 24
February 8, 2018 |Customs

CBP will deploy new eBond functionalities and the ability to accept entries from Cuba in ACE on Feb. 24, it said. On that date, ACE will start decrementing drawback eBonds when accelerated payment is requested, and an eBond bond status will be sent to sureties. Automated Surety Interfaces for entry summary nightly, entry summary quarterly and continuous bond (AS, AQ and BO) will also be generated from ACE, with all other Automated Surety Interfaces remaining in the legacy Automated Commercial System (ACS), CBP said. For Cuba, ACE will be updated to allow electronic entry and entry summary filing via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI), the agency said. “Filers should ensure their software vendors have updated their programs to allow Cuba to be reported as a valid country of origin,” CBP said. “Vendors should reference the latest ACE CATAIR [CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements] documentation for coding revisions.” Feb. 24 is also the ACE deadline for drawback, reconciliation and liquidation (see 1707270038).

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback
NMFS to End Informed Compliance Period for High-Risk Seafood ACE Filing Requirements
February 8, 2018 |Top News

The National Marine Fisheries Service has announced that it will end its “informed compliance” period and require full filing of Seafood Import Monitoring Program data in ACE beginning April 7, CBP said in a CSMS message. “Beginning April 7, filings for products flagged for NMFS SIM (NM8) data, with no SIMP data, that are incomplete, or that contain erroneous SIM PGA data, must be corrected before they will be accepted,” CBP said.