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CBP Considering Ways to Bring Paper-Based USVI Ports into ACE
February 2, 2016 |Customs

CBP is assessing its options for incorporating the "U.S. Virgin Islands into the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to expedite the importation process," the agency said in a press release (here). Stephen Hilsen, lead executive for the Single Window initiative at CBP, recently visited USVI "to gather information about the current cargo clearance process," in which all custom entries are made by Customs Business Service companies and/or importers in person, the agency said. "The current process lacks electronic communication from the filers to CBP, hence, a heavy paper environment is created in all USVI ports of entry," said CBP. Federal statutes require CBP to collect customs duties on behalf of the USVI, which operates under the Danish Public Law 64, a law that has been in effect since Denmark sold the islands to the U.S. in 1917, said CBP.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Working Toward ACE Data Download to Replace ITRAC; Planning Audit Survey Expansion
January 25, 2016 |Top News

While the Automated Commercial Environment will at some point become the source of importer transaction information, importers should continue to rely on Importer Trade Activity (ITRAC) data for the time being, said Thomas Jesukiewicz, acting executive director of CBP's Regulatory Audit group during an event hosted by the American Conference Institute on Jan. 22. Eventually, through ACE "you'll be able to download your own data to be able to see" importer transaction history, he said.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
APHIS Allows Full Lacey Act Filing in ACE
January 22, 2016 |USDA

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will allow full filing of Lacey Act declarations through the Automated Commercial Environment “effective immediately,” it said on Jan. 22 (here). “APHIS and CBP are confident that the system is now ready for full Lacey Act integration based on the sustained success of LAP’s pilot project, which has experienced no data or system errors,” said APHIS. “APHIS has determined that its information technology (IT) infrastructure is sufficiently robust to handle the expected user activity, and the Agency will continue to expand its IT capabilities through an upgrade this summer.” Filers may continue to use the Automated Commercial System to submit Lacey Act declarations until Feb. 28, said APHIS. “We encourage all filers to use this time to test their filing systems in ACE for Lacey Act declarations.”

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Lacey Act, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
AESDirect and AESPcLink Targeted for Summer 2016 Transition
January 21, 2016 |Exports

The Commerce Department and CBP aim to complete its transition of the Census Bureau’s AESDirect and AESPcLink into the Automated Commercial Environment by the end of the summer, Gerard Horner, director of the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office of Technology Evaluation, said on Jan. 20 during the first of two days of meetings of Commerce's Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness in Washington. Data will no longer be collected via separate systems. “Everything will go through the government's single window system ACE,” Horner said. “Census is currently transitioning the 50,000-plus companies who currently use AESDirect and AESPcLink to ACE."

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)