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ACE Post Release Deployment Date Undecided; CBP to Send Out Weekly FAQs
February 1, 2017 |Customs

CBP is still considering new deployment dates after the Jan. 14 ACE deployment was postponed (see 1701110039), it said in a CSMS message (here). "While a new deployment date has not been determined, CBP continues to work with all stakeholders to identify a new deployment date," it said. CBP also said it will compile and send out frequently asked questions related to ACE on a weekly basis. The FAQs are part of "an effort to keep the trade community aware of important information addressed on the Weekly ACE Status Update Call," it said. CBP answered questions on the duty deferral transmission process and Document Image System submissions with multiple documents.

DEA Delays Effective Date of Electronic Import and Export Filing Requirements, End of ACE Pilot
January 27, 2017 |Other U.S.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is delaying until March 21 the effective date of its recent final rule on electronic filing of permit applications, import and export declarations, and other required filings and reports for the importation and exportation of controlled substances, listed chemicals, and tableting and encapsulating machines, it said (here). The effective date of the final rule, which was originally set to take effect Jan. 30 (see 1612290015), is being delayed to comply with a recent presidential memorandum (see 1701230031). DEA’s ACE pilot will end on the effective date of the final rule on electronic filing, so the delay means the end of the pilot is also postponed.

Tariff Changes Not Yet Reflected in ACE Shouldn't Prevent Type 03 Filings, CBP Tells IWPA
January 27, 2017 |Customs

The updates to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule that took effect Jan. 1 (see 1701050035) and changed the HTS codes for multilayered wood flooring don't affect the applicability of antidumping orders on such products from China, the International Wood Products Association said in a Jan. 26 email. Antidumping orders are based on the written language of the scope and any HTS codes provided "aren't directly associated," the IWPA said. Even so, "a number of brokers are apparently running into problems because the ACE system hasn’t been updated to recognize the new entry codes," the trade group said. Asked about the issue, CBP told the IWPA "ACE will accept entry lines filed with HTS numbers that are not yet in the AD/CVD case reference file HTS tab," according to the IWPA. "Filing the entries as such WILL NOT create a reject. An informational message is all that will be sent back to the broker. It will allow entry as a type 03 with the case number added. If no case number is added then it will not allow a type 03 entry."

CPSC, Trade Community Contemplate Next Steps for ACE Filing as Alpha Pilot Concludes
January 27, 2017 by Brian Feito|Top News

The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s recently ended e-filing alpha pilot went relatively smoothly, but expansion of e-filing to more entries could drastically increase costs, pilot participants said during a meeting with Consumer Product Safety Commission officials on Jan. 26 (here). Required data was mostly easy to obtain, but the manual process most used during the ACE pilot for entering data in CPSC’s data registry and tying it to entries will become burdensome as filing expands. Customs brokers at the meeting said the pilot went well. However, the complex disclaimer process CPSC anticipates using means the commission will need to be careful about the scope of its PGA message set, participants said.