U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the maintenance activity scheduled in the ACE extended maintenance window (starting Sunday April 15, 2012 at 0500 EDT) has been completed.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported two incidents that occurred in ACE Production on the morning of April 13, 2012
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
A recently released U.S. Customs and Border Protection February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers provides extensive technical details on the messaging processes. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a reminder of the Sept. 29, 2012, effective date for required use of ACE e-Manifest for advance Rail and Sea cargo information and automated broker interface in-bond transactions. As of April 6, 1,872 importers, brokers or software providers have finished certification testing, 705 are currently testing, and 322 have moved to ACE production, according to the reminder. Importers, brokers and software providers that aren't among those groups and file advance rail and sea cargo information or ABI in-bond transactions should contact their client representative, the reminder said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there was an incident in ACE M1 Production on April 10 between the hours of 1 a.m. and 4:15 a.m. EST that resulted in some Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) messages failing for 096 RUN HAS BEEN TERMINATED errors. CBP said the issue has been resolved and to re-submit any input jobs that resulted in that message.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources said the first phase of Document Image System (DIS) testing for importers and brokers using ACE began on April 6. CBP also released a February 23 Implementation Guide for Messaging Interface between International Trade Data System Trade Partners and the CBP Document Image System (DIS) for importers and brokers. The document, numbered ITDS-DIS-IG-1.2.6, says For Official Use Only. CBP recently began the first phase of DIS testing for Importers and Brokers using ACE.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an April 2012 presentation 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. With this update, CBP provides an outline of its goals for 2012 and beyond.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to begin a test of the Document Image System (DIS), said a April 6 Federal Register Notice that provided details of the test's first phase. The test will allow importers and brokers that use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) to file certain government forms through the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).