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The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the CBP's electronic system through which the international trade community reports imports and exports and the government determines admissibility.

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CBP's Revised Form 5106 Nears OMB Approval; Section 321 ABI Pilot Coming in 2019, Leonard Says
October 22, 2018 |Top News

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- CBP’s revised Form 5106 importer ID requirements are currently getting “final approvals” from the Office of Management and Budget and should be coming “sooner rather than later,” said John Leonard, executive director for CBP Trade Policy and Programs, on Oct. 19. The majority of brokers don’t have to be too worried about the changes, seeing that most compliant brokers are already meeting the revised requirements anyway, Leonard said, speaking at the Western Cargo Conference.

Topics:321 de minimis, Entry Type 86
CBP Implements MTB Provisions, Says Section 301 Tariffs Still Apply
October 15, 2018 |Customs

The Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Act took effect on Oct. 13 (see 1809140004) and CBP programmed all Harmonized Tariff Schedule numbers in ACE in preparation, the agency said in an Oct. 12 CSMS message. The MTB provisions are in subchapter II to Chapter 99, the agency said. The MTB reduces tariffs on nearly 1,700 items. "Since approximately half of the 1,660 MTB-eligible items are produced in China, there is overlap with Section 301 tariffs," CBP said. "Products of China subject to Section 301 tariffs can benefit from MTB’s suspensions and reductions for the general (column 1) rate of duty, but remain subject to the 25 percent ad valorem rate of duty imposed by headings 9903.88.01 and 9903.88.02 or 10 percent ad valorem rate of duty imposed by headings 9903.88.03 and 9903.88.04."

Topics:Customs duty
CBP Pulls Back on Extensive ABI Client Rep Reshuffle, to Reassign Some Filers on Case-by-Case Basis
October 5, 2018 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP will not move forward with plans for a wide-ranging reorganization of its ACE customer support office after receiving negative feedback from the trade community, said Steve Zaccaro, chief of the agency’s Client Representative Branch, on a conference call held Oct. 4. The agency will reassign some software vendors, importers and brokers currently assigned to overburdened client representatives, but the “vast majority” will not be affected by the changes, he said.