CBP posted its draft agenda and other documents (here) for the upcoming Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) meeting on Feb. 11, which include extensive recommendations on antidumping and countervailing duty outreach and the automation of export licensing. The draft agenda is (here). A list of draft recommendations is (here).

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

CBP announced it is testing a new “combined filing” feature in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Cargo Release pilot, in a notice (here). The new feature will allow eligible importers and brokers to file both entry and Importer Security Filing (ISF) data in a combined transmission to CBP, it said. Testing of combined filing is set to begin Feb. 10, and will run until Nov. 1, 2015, when the ACE Cargo Release pilot is scheduled to end.

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

CBP will expand its test of the Participating Government Agency (PGA) Message Set in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to include some additional electronic filings required by the Environmental Protection Agency, said CBP in a notice (here). CBP said the test will allow for electronic filings of EPA Notices of Arrival (NOA) of Pesticides and Devices. The new capability will satisfy the EPA requirements for formal and informal consumption entries, the agency said. The updated pilot will begin no earlier than April 15, it said.

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CBP will allow non-automated facilities to release cargo based on-screen printouts from filers, said CBP on Jan. 26 (here). The change, made "on an interim basis," is meant to help with the transition to a paperless environment through the Automated Commercial Environment Cargo Release program, said CBP. CBP also released a list of cargo release capabilities by mode (here).

CBP will add some new supported forms within the third phase of its Document Image System (DIS) pilot in the Automated Commercial Environment, said CBP in a notice (here). DIS allows for electronic submission of documents during the import process required by multiple agencies. The agency began the third phase last year (see 14062419).

The Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking importers, exporters and customs brokers for participation in a pilot program to test the filing of FWS-required documents through the Automated Commercial Environment. Like other agencies, FWS is required under the Obama administration’s single window initiative to transition its cargo release functions to ACE’s PGA message set by Nov. 1. At that time, ACE filers will be required to file FWS data electronically through ACE using the Automated Broker Interface, rather than using eDecs or paper, said the agency in a public bulletin issued Jan. 26 (here).