CBP Posts ACE Implementation Guide for Upcoming Seafood Filing Requirements
CBP on July 13 posted its partner government agency (PGA) message set implementation guide (here) for the National Marine Fisheries Service's Seafood Import Monitoring Program, it said in a CSMS message (here). The final rule, which goes into effect on…
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Jan. 1, 2018, requires the filing of additional data elements, and also sets record-keeping and permit requirements, for certain species of seafood (see 1612080014). CBP says it will implement the new PGA message set requirements in the ACE certification environment for testing "no later than the first week of October 2017." The agency will deploy the PGA message set in the ACE production environment in November 2017 "for restricted filer/piloting/testing," followed by full deployment when filing is required in January 2018, it said.