ACE AESDirect will undergo an outage from 10 p.m. Aug. 6 to 4 a.m. Aug. 7, the Census Bureau said in an email. Filers may submit shipments under the AES Downtime Policy, which must be filed along with any new AES transactions in ACE AESDirect after the system comes back online. Census advised AES Downtime export users to contact the port of export before filing, and in lieu of an AES Proof of Filing citation, to use the AES Downtime citation, consisting of the phrase “AESDOWN,” individual company Filer ID and date.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
ACE filers continue to face downtime and slowdown issues worse than those encountered in the legacy Automated Commercial System, and several functionalities essential to the trade community are still unavailable, including some that were available in the legacy system before it was mostly shut down July 23, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in a position paper (here). “Much remains to be done” before the implementation of ACE can be declared a success, with performance of some aspects of the new electronic filing regime still lagging behind that of the ACS, it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The coming ACE protest module mentioned in a recent Federal Register notice (see 1607270015) will only be available through the ACE portal, CBP said in a CSMS message (here). Another Federal Register notice is coming that will detail how to create an ACE portal protest account, CBP said.
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The National Marine Fisheries Service issued a final rule (here) that will consolidate existing import, export and re-export permits for filing in CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment. Under the new regulations, currently separate permits and documentation for the Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) and the Highly Migratory Species International Trade Permit (HMS ITP) programs must be filed in ACE under a single International Fisheries Trade Permit (IFTP), via both data elements and scanned images. Non-resident importers will have to go through a registered agent residing in the U.S. to obtain an IFTP. NMFS is also finalizing new permit requirements for seafood products regulated under the Tuna Tracking and Verification Program (TTVP), also under the consolidated IFTP procedures. The final rule takes effect Sept. 20.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is “headed in the right direction” as it works to resolve ACE system performance issues causing some concern in the trade community, the agency’s chief information officer, Phil Landfried, said at the July 27 meeting of the Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC). The agency is “not at 100 percent,” and “probably never will be,” but it’s “trying to get as close” as possible, he said. CBP will be deploying a performance dashboard “over the next couple of days” on its website, giving filers a way to see whether any issues they’re experiencing are systemwide, Landfried said. “If you’re seeing a slow response and we’re reporting green” on a red-yellow-green scale “then obviously there’s a disconnect there, and we should be able to address those right away.”