CBP said since 8 a.m. on June 25 responses to user input (i.e., 355, MR, AR) in ACE PROD have not been generated by CBP. A work ticket has been open CBP will provide an update when the issue has been resolved, CBP said in a CSMS message.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold webinars on the CBP Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Document Imaging System (DIS) Testing, said CBP in a CSMS message. EPA is seeking participants for this first phase of DIS, which begins in July.

CBP said the joint pilot conducted with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to test the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) e-Manifest: Rail and Sea (M1) functionality was a success. The Coast Guard became the first Participating Government Agency (PGA) to successfully navigate ACE M1 in production during a series of operational trials in May piloted in Charleston, SC, said CBP. The trials will result in better targeting capability of high risk cargo, improved communication to the trade community, and greater border security.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following releases on commercial trade and related issues:

CBP said the ACE Certification environment may be unavailable from 6 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. June 20. EDI transactions submitted during this time will be queued and processed when the system comes back up.

CBP hopes to begin inviting trade members to participate in the first pilot of the Participating Government Agency (PGA) this fall with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), said Susan Dyszel, International Trade Data System (ITDS) Team Lead at CBP. Dyszel was speaking at the Import Compliance and Enforcement conference in Washington June 20.

CBP posted a June update on its progress with various ACE capabilities and other projects, such as the Document Image System, PGA Message Set, e-Manifest: rail and Sea (M1), ACE Truck, Automated Export Processing etc.

CBP is encouraging all carriers, including all Non-Vessel Operating Common Carriers, to establish a free Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Secure Data Portal account. An ACE portal account will provide ocean and rail carriers with enhanced functionality via ACE.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released a spreadsheet showing active AD/CVD cases and the associated case numbers, ISO country codes, tariff numbers, and short descriptions of each case as of May 15 . This information alone should not be relied upon in determining whether an AD/CVD case is currently active, or whether merchandise falls under the scope of AD/CVD order, said CBP. For current AD/CVD information, consult ACE, Department of Commerce Federal Register Notices, and ADDCVD Search on CBP.gov, said CBP.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.