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CBP Pushes Back Mandatory Use Dates for ACE
September 1, 2015 |Top News

CBP made some major changes in its timeline for requiring use of the Automated Commercial Environment, allowing for Automated Commercial System filing several months beyond the original mandatory use date, the agency said Aug. 31 (here). The original Nov. 1 deadline will now begin a "transition period" where use of ACE is "encouraged," with more ACE requirements phased in through July. The changes came in response to a number of industry concerns recently lodged with CBP (see 1507290066 and 1507150063), as well as shifts in resources related to the move to ACE for Air Manifest (see 1506110007). CBP said it still plans to finish the ACE transition by Oct. 1, 2016 (here), ahead of the completion of the International Trade Data System by the end of 2016, as required by a 2014 White House executive order (see 14021928).

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Lacey Act, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
FDA Says Pilot Began On Schedule, 'Active' for Drugs in Philadelphia
August 28, 2015 |FDA

The Food and Drug Administration’s pilot test of its partner government agency (PGA) message set in the Automated Commercial Environment began as scheduled on Aug. 19, said an agency spokesman. The pilot, which is currently open to entries of “medical products” at the ports of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Otay Mesa, has already been “active” in Philadelphia, “where a number of pharmaceutical imports have been admitted into U.S. commerce through the new system,” he said. FDA has said it plans to start its pilot with pharmaceutical products before expanding to entries of medical devices and eventually all other FDA regulated products (see 1504220072). The agency issued a notice soliciting participants for the pilot on Aug. 27 (see 1508260014).

Second Phase of PGA Pilots to Begin Sept. 2, Says CBP
August 26, 2015 |Customs

CBP plans to begin the second phase of Partner Government Agency pilot programs to test filing in the Automated Commercial Environment on Sept. 2, CBP said in a CSMS message (here). The second phase will include an expansion of the ports involved, the agency said. During the first phase last week, Food and Drug Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration entry data transactions were "successfully transmitted, accepted and processed" in ACE, said CBP.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Announces ACE PGA Message Set Pilots for FDA Imports
August 26, 2015 |Top News

CBP is seeking pilot participants to test Food and Drug Administration data filing and release through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), said CBP in a notice (here). The FDA partner government agency (PGA) message set pilot will test the submission of electronic "data elements required by the FDA’s cargo admissibility process under the auspices of ACE for those commodities regulated by the FDA that are being imported or offered for import" into the U.S., said CBP.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Working Toward Automated Liquidation Notices
August 25, 2015 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP plans to eventually post liquidation notices on the agency's website, said a CBP spokeswoman by email. "As part of the [Automated Commercial Environment] Single Window initiative, efforts are underway to automate liquidation notices and have them posted on cbp.gov at some point in the future," she said. Currently, liquidation notice bulletins are posted at individual ports of entry on a weekly basis, as required by regulation. It's unclear whether CBP plans to do away with the paper bulletin, which would require a change to CBP regulations. The idea for electronic posting has been discussed for several years and was even included in a White House budget proposal in 2013 (see 13050924).