The Government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for Nov 1-4, 2011 (note that some will also be given separate headlines):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the September 2011 Trade Support Network (TSN) Committee Report. The report provides details on the following TSN component activities (partial list):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS #11-000278 which states that they are still working to resolve a QX/WX Air In-Bond application issue uncovered in the production system. That application was deployed on August 8 but then was disabled when the problems was discovered. Development of the fix to resolve the issue is now complete and is being tested internally. CBP says it currently does not have a tentative timeline for deployment due to the on-going ACE M1 testing, but as soon as a reliable date is determined, the agency will send out a new CSMS announcing the date.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released a document on the eligibility criteria for the initial test of the Document Image System (DIS) in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). CBP states that to promote the filing of transactions and expedite the transition to ACE, CBP has determined that access to the capabilities within the DIS will be available to ACE entry summary filers and for ACE entry summaries only. This includes ACE entry summaries certified for release.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS #11-000276 stating that this month, the following ISF reports: (1) Filer, (2) Filer by Importer, and (3) the surety reports, will not be available either by email or through the ACE Portal until after November 9. CBP apologizes for any inconvenience.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an updated version of a June 23, 2011 memorandum on 520(d) post importation preference claims to newly state that a 520(d) claim does not require a Post Entry Amendment (PEA), a Post Summary Correction (PSC) or a 19 USC 1514 Protest. The new memo also states that 520(d) claims can be for either classification or value changes that bear directly on the preference claim.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that on Friday, November 4, 2011 at approximately 7:00 a.m., the Automated Commercial System (ACS) will be updated to allow the trade to obtain duty-free entry for a GSP (SPI A) claim. According to CBP sources, this is one day earlier than the statutory date of November 5 (which falls on a Saturday), and would apply to ACE entry summaries too.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the following documents for the Customs Automated Manifest Interface Requirements (CAMIR) for Ocean ACE M1:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it will be ready to accept the new 0.3464% Merchandise Processing Fee for formal entries (class code 499) on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at approximately 7:30 a.m.

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