CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that the use of unknown Manufacturer Identification Numbers (MIDs) as data to report the manufacturer (or supplier) is no longer permitted effective September 15, 2010.

CBP has posted an updated version of its fact sheet providing an ACE overview for Foreign Trade Zone operators. An FTZ operator with an ACE portal account can view account information at both the General Purpose site and subzone site level.

At the Bureau of Industry and Security’s recent Annual Export Controls Update Conference, a Census official discussed a variety of Census export compliance issues as part of the Export Compliance Interagency Forum. Highlight of the Census remarks include:

CBP has posted an updated version of its ACE application form.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that the exact deployment date for the October 2010 Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) release will be announced in the very near future. CBP is also announcing that the following two ACE ABI CATAIR chapters for this next release have been posted to the CBP website:

During the August 4, 2010 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) in Detroit, MI, a CBP official provided an update on various Automated Commercial Environment and the International Trade Data System issues.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted revised versions of previously issued ACE ABI CATAIR documents for the next ESAR release for the (1) Entry Summary Query (document available here) and the (2) Entry Summary Status Notification (document available here).

CBP has posted the draft minutes from the August 4, 2010 COAC meeting that was held in Detroit. Topics discussed at the meeting include trade facilitation, 10+2, global supply chain security, bonds, intellectual property rights, ACE, etc. (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/06/10 news, 10080621, for BP summary providing an overview of topics discussed at the meeting.)

CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that ACE e-Manifest:Truck has been experiencing issues with Shipment Control Numbers (SCN) being reused after 3 years. The reused SCNs are being incorrectly linked to the older SCN (shipment), which causes CBP to take additional time to examine the scenario and process the trip, and also delays the carrier at the border for an extended period of time while waiting for the trip to be released.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the ACE ABI CATAIR chapters containing revisions to party definitions were deployed to ACE Production on August 28, 2010. These changes are scheduled for deployment to the ACE CERT environment on September 11, 2010.