CBP has posted the statement of Salvador Nieto, CBP Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Office of Intelligence and Operations Coordination, before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism. Nieto testified on the progress and future state of CBP. (Statement, dated 03/12/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/congressional_test/nieto_state_cbp.xml)

CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that it has resolved the problem where trade users were experiencing slow response and errors when creating and submitting e-Manifests. This issue only impacted the ACE Portal. E-manifest could still be submitted via EDI. (CSMS messages, dated 03/12/09, hyperlinked, 09-000124 and 09-000122)

CBP has posted the testimony of Acting Commission Ahern on the Secure Border Initiative before the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Homeland Security. (Testimony, given 03/10/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/congressional_test/ahern_sbi.xml)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a presentation providing an update on ACE ESAR A2.2 (the Initial Entry Summary Types release) and A2.3.1a (the Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) release) that was given at the March 3-4, 2009 Trade Support Network meeting.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted to its Web site a frequently asked question (FAQ) document regarding its interim final rule that amended 19 CFR effective January 26, 2009, to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.

CBP has posted a presentation providing an update on ESAR A2.2 (the Initial Entry Summary Types release) and A2.3.1 (the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) release) that was given at the March 3-4, 2009 Trade Support Network meeting. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/04/09 news, 09030425 4, for BP summary of other documents from the March TSN meeting.) (See future issue of ITT for details.) (Presentation, posted 03/06/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/trade_support_network/session_highlights/march_2009_tsn/esar_update.ctt/esar_update.pdf)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its report to Congress on the Automated Commercial Environment for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 (July 1 through September 30, 2008).

CBP posted revised versions of the following previously issued ACE ABI CATAIR chapters:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the following changes were implemented over the February 28 - March 1, 2009 weekend to improve user access to ACE reports for importers and brokers:

CBP has posted its report to Congress on ACE for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 (July 1, 2008 to September 30, 2008). The report provides an update on ACE accomplishments, challenges, fiscal status, and upcoming program milestones. (See future issue of ITT for details on the report) (Report, dated 02/27/09, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/quarterly_reports/ace_4thqtr_08.ctt/ace_4thqtr_08.pdf)