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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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Express Companies Call for Separate 'Section 321 Module' in ACE
September 27, 2016 by Tim Warren|Top News

CBP should develop a separate "Section 321 module" for brokers to allow for easier manifest release requests on low-value imports regulated by other agencies, the Express Association of America said in comments to CBP (here). The comments were in response to CBP's regulatory changes to the de minimis value threshold (see 1608250029), a provision of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (TFTEA) of 2015. Among other questions, CBP sought information on how it should approach the "release from manifest" process, commonly known as a Section 321 procedure, for goods under the new $800 de minimis level when the manifest doesn't include information required by other agencies. Unlike express couriers, customs brokers currently cannot electronically designate Section 321 clearances via manifest (see 1605160030).

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CBP Expands AMS ACE Pilot
September 26, 2016 |Customs

CBP expanded the Agricultural Marketing Service's Partner Government Agency message set ACE pilot (see 1508050019), CBP said in a CSMS message (here). "All customs broker and self-filers who submit AMS-regulated products at the Ports of L.A./Long Beach, Miami, and Philadelphia are now eligible to join the AMS pilot and begin submitting the AMS PGA message set through ACE/ITDS," CBP said.

CBP Reports Growth in PGA Message Set Cargo Release Entries
September 26, 2016 |Customs

Partner Government Agency Message Set cargo release entries were up by 15 percent in August, up to nearly a million entries, CBP said in its monthly ACE adoption report (here). CBP also reported ACE availability during the month at 97.3% of the time, "excluding planned maintenance."

CBP Details Plan for ACE Statements
September 20, 2016 |Customs

CBP released a detailed plan for moving collections and statement capabilities to ACE from the Automated Commercial System (here). "While the movement of collections and statement capabilities from ACS to ACE requires fundamental changes in the way collections are processed, there will be little change in the way payments are received from Trade members," CBP said. "However, these changes will be reflected in the way that statements are processed and presented to members of the trade." CBP will deploy the collections and statement and collections capabilities on Oct. 29 (see 1609070049).

CBP to Allow Grace Period for New NMFS Export Data Elements in ACE, NCBFAA Says
September 19, 2016 |Exports

CBP will not immediately reject export filings without data required by the National Marine Fisheries Service once NMFS ACE export requirements take effect Sept. 20 (see 1608150011), according to an update from the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. Export filers that do not include the additional data elements will receive a “verify” or “warning” message at this time, although eventually the missing data will cause a fatal error, the update said. The Automated Export System is already programmed to accept the additional NMFS data elements, and by Oct. 1 will include Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule flags, it said. "If the exporter's commodities are subject to the NMFS regulation, they will have to provide you with the data elements and in turn, you will have to provide them with the ITN [(internal transaction number)] so that they can upload the necessary documents to NMFS,” the NCBFAA said. CBP did not immediately comment.