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

CBP posted an document on AD/CV duty enforcement, giving a broad look at CBP's ongoing efforts to improve enforcement and steps the trade can use to limit exposure. CBP provides some information on the Re-Engineering Dumping (RED) Team, which is reviewing the entire AD/CVD import process.

CBP New York will hold the quarterly brokers meeting on Sept. 12 at 10 a.m. in Room 401, 1100 Raymond Blvd., Newark, N.J., it said in an informational pipeline. Items listed on the agenda for discussion are: ACE, Importer Security Filing, Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection Cold Treatment, Update on Centers for Excellence and Expertise, Simplified Entry, and Quota Processing Reminder. Contact: Linda Birck at Linda.Birck@dhs.gov. Email documents@brokerpower.com for a copy of the notice.

CBP provided detailed guidance on the filing procedures and timelines involved with the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (CEEs) in a new document on CEE Test Guidelines and the "Responsibilities and Procedures for Participating Accounts."

CBP posted a user guide on how to Create and Maintain Ocean Conveyances, which contains step by step instructions for creating, viewing and maintaining ocean conveyance records in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Effective Sept. 29, ACE will be the only CBP approved Electronic Data Interchange for transmitting required advance ocean and rail manifest information to CBP. After Sept. 29, ocean carriers should be using the ACE Portal functionality to add all new conveyance records and to edit any existing conveyance records that are under their ACE account, CBP said. Those that have not established an ACE Portal Account should apply for an ACE account now, it said. The ACE Portal Application is available on CBP.gov and may be submitted electronically.

CBP announced modifications to the National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test regarding the simplified entry functionality in the Automated Commercial Environment. It modified the test's participant selection criteria to reflect that the C-TPAT status of an importer for whom a customs broker files a Simplified Entry is no longer an eligibility criterion. The test is no longer limited to nine participants and CBP is accepting applications from interested parties wishing to participate in the test. Prior unsuccessful applicants must reapply to be considered, it said.

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

CBP will test giving new authority to directors of the established Centers for Excellence and Expertise (CEEs), it said in a Federal Register notice Aug. 28. The pilot program will allow the CEE directors to have similar authority as port directors as a step towards achieve uniformity in the treatment at ports of entry for certain industries.

CBP's ACEopedia for August 2012 describes a "New ACE Development Strategy." The new "Agile-like" strategy allows for the additions of smaller functionalities to ACE and has been used in deploying Simplified Entry (SE), the Document Image System (DIS) and Participating Government Agency (PGA) Interoperability, said CBP. The new strategy was the biggest change between the new ACEopedia and previous versions. The new ACEopedia doesn't mention the departure of Cindy Allen, the current head of the ACE Business Office.

CBP posted a record of changes since Aug. 8 to the ACE ABI CATAIR (Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements). The only changes were to the In-Bond chapter. The change log is (here). The full CATAIR is (here). The In-Bond chapter is (here).