The Food and Drug Administration released a guide (here) on "rejects from FDA that are passed to the filer in the ACE Cargo Release Status Notification (SO) or the Status Notification for Stand-alone PE Data Submission (PO) transactions," CBP said in a CSMS message (here). "This document details the reject messages FDA sends if the Agency receives an entry with: missing data, data in an incorrect format, or certain data that is incorrect and prevents further processing," the FDA said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Several trade groups offered support and small tweaks in comments on a proposed rulemaking from the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) meant to support the International Trade Data System (ITDS) (see 1606200029). Commenters on the proposed changes, which would revise electronic Certificates of Label Approval (COLA) filing and other regulations, didn't lodge any major concerns within the submissions (here). "With a few 'builds,' we believe that the components set forth in this proposal will streamline the import process and facilitate electronic filings," the Distilled Spirits Council (DSC) said in its comments (here).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will allow for another 30 days for comments on the agency's proposal to collect information related to ACE protest filer accounts (see 1606130012), CBP said in a notice (here). CBP will require data on the organization, the ACE account owner and points of contact for protest filer accounts, it said.
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CBP posted a new guide for creating protest filer accounts in ACE and submitting protests (here). Protests filed electronically must be filed through ACE starting Aug. 27 (see 1608080015).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will begin enforcing on Nov. 28 the mandatory filing of type 06 foreign-trade zone entries and entry summaries with Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service Lacey Act data in ACE via the partner government agency (PGA) message set, though such data has technically been required since May 28, CBP said in an update to its list of ACE pilot statuses (here). A previous status update had said the mandatory date itself was Nov. 28, which appeared to conflict with CBP’s ACE schedule (see 1608120029).
Changes coming to the reconciliation program after CBP moves processing to ACE on Oct. 1 will “streamline” reconciliation filing, CBP National Reconciliation Program Manager Ace Kennedy said during a webinar held Aug. 19. Not only will filers be able to submit the entire reconciliation package electronically (see 1608120034), the system will also automatically populate fields for the underlying entry’s original value, duties, taxes and fees, meaning the filer no longer has to transmit that data, said Angelina Leyte of CBP's ACE Business Office. With the application process eliminated, the CBP system will now automatically verify the presence of the reconciliation bond rider required for reconciliation filing, so filers will no longer have to deposit a copy with CBP, Kennedy said. Filing will be opened up to all ports from the original 13, and will be processed by personnel from the Centers of Excellence and Expertise, she said.