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CBP Considering Increase on Planned Limits for Manual Drawback Claims
January 5, 2017 by Tim Warren|Top News

CBP is looking at whether to relax a limit on the number of import entries allowed on manual drawback entries after Jan. 14, said Randy Mitchell, director, Commercial Operations, Revenue and Entry Division, at CBP. Mitchell, who spoke on a drawback webinar Jan. 4, said the agency right now still plans to limit manual claims filed at drawback centers to 25 import data "elements" starting Jan. 15, as described in the ACE Entry Summary Business Rules (here). But, "we're discussing right now if we need to broaden that," he said. "We're really working with our operational office also because it really impacts them if we loosen that policy decision up and include all of the import entries," he said. CBP is "weighing all those concerns" and will update its business rules if it decides a change is necessary, he said. Several webinar participants inquired about the limit.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback
State Dept. Final Rule for Electronic Arms Export/Import Filing to Take Effect Dec. 31
December 30, 2016 |Top News

The State Department through a final rule is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to allow CBP to implement the International Trade Data System (ITDS)/ACE for arms imports and exports, utilizing the State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) partner government agency message set, State said (here). The rule will become effective on Dec. 31. Starting that day, traders declaring permanent or temporary exports and temporary imports "will input data relevant to DDTC in CBP’s electronic system(s)," DDTC said. "CBP will transmit the relevant shipment details to DDTC via an electronic data exchange, eliminating the need for traders to notify DDTC separately."

CDC Transitions Paper Forms to DIS for ACE Entries
December 29, 2016 |Other U.S.

The Centers for Disease Control will on Dec. 30 require submission of several forms via the Document Imaging System for entries filed electronically in ACE, it said (here). Under a new agency policy, filers of electronic entries will have to file the following forms via DIS: APHIS/CDC Form 2 (Request to Transfer Select Agents and Toxins); CDC Form 0.0728 (Permit to Import or Transfer Etiologic Agents or Vectors of Human Disease); rabies vaccination certificates for dogs; CDC approval of confinement agreement issuance letters and CDC permission letters for importation of African rodents, civets or turtles; CDC non-human primate notification messages; and certifications of materials not known to contain or suspected of containing an infectious biological agent, or has been rendered noninfectious.

DEA Issues Final Rule Requiring Electronic Filing of Permits, Declarations, Ending ACE Pilot
December 29, 2016 |Top News

The Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing a final rule (here) amending its regulations to require 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. The agency is eliminating paper filing of most DEA-required submissions entirely, instead requiring importers and exporters to file via the DEA Office of Diversion Control secure network application, it said.