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CBP Seeks Participants in DDTC Importer Working Group for ACE Development
April 1, 2015 |Customs

CBP is seeking participants in a new Directorate of Defense Trade Controls working group to inform its development of the Automated Commercial Environment. The DDTC working group, comprising DDTC-regulated importers and software developers, will hold weekly conference calls to review DDTC’s partner government agency (PGA) message set in ACE, as well as the impacts of the International Trade Data System on DDTC-regulated importation processes in general, said CBP in a CSMS message (here). Importers and software developers interested in participating should email the relevant CBP and trade community working group leads by April 3, said CBP (here).

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Extends Comment Period on ACE Cargo Release, Entry/Immediate Delivery Applications
March 27, 2015 |Customs

CBP is extending the comment period to April 29 for an existing information collection on Entry and Immediate Delivery applications and Automated Commercial Environment Cargo Release. CBP proposes (here) to extend the expiration date of this information collection with a change in the burden hours resulting from the transition from Form 3461 to ACE Cargo Release.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
CBP Opens ACE Cargo Release Test to Type 03 Entries, Split Shipments
March 26, 2015 |Top News

CBP is now allowing testing simplified entry of cargo that's subject to antidumping/countervailing duty proceedings, it said in a notice (here). The Automated Commercial Environment cargo release pilot, previously known as simplified entry, will also now allow for filing for release of split shipments, partial shipments, and cargo that's been moved in-bond, said CBP. This test expansion follows another change made last month to allow for combined entry and importer security filing data (see 1502090010).

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Commerce Bans Exports From California Electronics Company
March 25, 2015 |Commerce Dept.

The Commerce Department denied export privileges for Flider Electronics for 180 days after the Office of Export Enforcement revealed the company has repeatedly shipped electronic products without required licenses (here). Flider also does business as Trident International Corporation and Trident International. The San Francisco-based company falsified the contents of shipments in Automated Commercial Environment filings, and the U.S. government also suspects Flider of falsifying end-users and making transshipments to Russia via Finland and Estonia. These dealings violate the Export Administration Regulations, Commerce said.

FDA Pilot on ACE Coming in July
March 25, 2015 by Brian Feito|Top News

The Food and Drug Administration will begin a pilot on July 1 to test filing in the Automated Commercial Environment, said Domenic Veneziano, FDA director of import operations, during a March 24 webinar (here). The pilot will identify any issues with the use of ACE to file and release FDA-regulated entries in advance of the Nov. 1 deadline for mandatory filing and cargo release, said Veneziano. CBP expects to issue a Federal Register notice in April or May to provide details on the pilot, such as eligible commodities and ports, and request participation from industry, said Veneziano and CBP’s Elizabeth McQueen, who leads CBP’s International Trade Data System branch.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
AMS Amends Regs on Electronic Filing of Marketing Order Exemption Forms
March 24, 2015 |USDA

The Agricultural Marketing Service is amending its regulations to reflect electronic filing procedures currently in use for certifications that fruits, vegetables and specialty crops are exempt from marketing order grade, size, quality and maturity requirements, in an interim final rule that takes effect March 30 (here). The agency is also removing outdated language on grade exemption certifications for dates and raisins. AMS says the regulatory changes will support implementation of the International Trade Data System by allowing for filing of exemption certificates through the Automated Commercial Environment. Comments on the interim final rule are due May 26.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Hilsen to Handle Single Window Effort at CBP
March 24, 2015 |Customs

Steve Hilsen was named CBP's lead executive for the Single Window initiative, said CBP Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske, who spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce March 24. Hilsen is in CBP's Automated Commercial Environment business office.