ACE Required for Electronic Filing by Alcohol and Tobacco Importers, TTB Says

Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) ended it pilot testing electronic data filing for importers of alcohol and tobacco products, it said in a notice (here). The pilot allowed for electronic filing by importers of distilled spirits, wine, beer and malt beverages, tobacco products, processed tobacco, and cigarette papers and tubes, and U.S. government and industrial alcohol users. Effective Dec. 31, the pilot, which began in 2015, ended and all importers of TTB-regulated goods "must follow TTB's amended regulations to submit required information on paper or electronically," it said. TTB finalized regulations related to ACE and the International Trade Data System last month (see 1612210013).