CBP will prioritize Section 321 filing via the Automated Broker Interface, an update to CBP Form 5106 importer information, and modernizing foreign-trade zone “e214” admissions, among other new and revised functionalities, with the additional $30 million in ACE funding it received in fiscal year 2018 appropriations legislation, CBP said in an announcement on its website May 22.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP provided further details on how importers of goods excluded from Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum can file entries and receive refunds, in a May 21 CSMS message. "Importers and filers importing products granted an exclusion should submit the product exclusion number based on the last six digits of the product exclusion docket number," CBP said. Filers should not "submit the corresponding Chapter 99 HTS number for the Section 232 duties when the product exclusion number is submitted," the agency said.
With CBP expected to allow for multiple options for filing Section 321 entries, some significant uncertainty remains for how the partner government agencies will treat goods imported at values under the $800 de minimis threshold, said Lenny Feldman, a lawyer with Sandler Travis. Still, there have been some indications for what to expect from the PGAs on the issue, he said. "Goods that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulate would seem to be excluded from section 321 processing because the customs regulations already mention alcohol and tobacco as exceptions to de minimis processing," Feldman said in a May 20 email. Pharmaceuticals and medical devices regulated by the Food and Drug Administration also seem unlikely to receive Section 321 filing exemptions, he said.
CBP will make changes to ACE Entry Summary "that will allow CBP to validate tariff rate adjustments and exclusions in support of Section 232 measures," the agency said in a CSMS message. The update will come on June 1, the date most of the country-wide exemptions to the tariffs on steel and aluminum are scheduled to end (see 1805040046).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP released a new version of its ACE Entry Summary business rules and processes document with changes to most sections. Version 9.0 includes major revisions to the entire document, including completely rewritten sections on entry summary transmission, record creation, cancellation, manual entry summaries and notifications, according to the change log. Other sections with significant changes include revisions to sections on liquidation, reconciliation and drawback to reflect recently implemented changes to reflect new processes under ACE post-release deployments and the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015.
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters: