CBP has issued the June 2010 ACE Trade Account Owner (TAO) Update. The update covers the creation of declaration records, CBP Form 28, 29, 4647 status report, bond update, recent ACE updates, frequently asked questions, etc.

CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that it has posted the Periodic Monthly Statement User Guide under “ACE Training and Reference Guides.” The guide provides an overview of benefits and information on obtaining, viewing and processing periodic monthly statements through the ACE portal.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its overview of benefits and information on obtaining, viewing and processing periodic monthly statements through the ACE portal.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a TSN Leadership network matrix which lists all of the TSN Committees and subcommittees with the Trade and CBP/Gov Co-Chairs and the ACE Support Team (AST) Business Leads. The matrix also includes a list of the current TSN Trade Ambassadors.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a document (Version 2.2) which outlines entry summary processing in the Automated Commercial Environment. Processing entry summaries in ACE will change the system of record for these import related transactions from a paper-based system to a true electronic system of record keeping. A change of this significance requires revised operational policies and procedures and this document will address those changes. This document will be a living document as the different entry summary types and associated downstream processing migrate from the Automated Commercial System (ACS) to ACE.

CBP has posted an updated list of companies/persons who have developed software applications for ACE electronic truck manifest. All companies/persons who are listed have been through the CBP testing process.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin spoke to attendees at the opening of CBP’s fourth national Trade Conference in Arlington, VA on June 22, 2010.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the April and May 2010 Trade Support Network monthly activity reports, which summarize the activity of all of the TSN Committees and Subcommittees for those months.

On June 10, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a webinar on outbound issues as part of its series of trade outreach events. Highlights of information presented at CBP’s webinar include:

CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that on June 13, 2010 PTR 37217 was to be deployed into the ACE Truck Application to resolve a QP in-bond problem that was preventing the release of a shipment on an e-manifest. This PTR was to also change the way ACE processes a PAPS shipment type when both a QP in-bond and an entry are on file for the same shipment control number (SCN).