CBP April 5 said it was working on a “resolution” to fix “navigation issues” to the Automated Export System Direct filing tool in the ACE Modernized Portal. The agency asked users to instead navigate to AESDirect by “logging in and launching the ‘Legacy ACE’ on the reference tab,” according to a CSMS message. “This will allow you to select ‘Exporter’ under the accounts tab and launch AESDirect from that point.” CBP said it plans to issue another message “once a fix has been implemented.”
CBP should consider developing a new process to connect the “lowest level house bill of lading information” to the exporting carrier’s manifest for certain multi-modal exports, a Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee working group said this week. COAC’s Export Modernization Working Group, which outlined the recommendation during a March 29 COAC meeting, said the process would apply to multi-modal shipments “exporting the U.S. via land borders, for subsequent departure from non- U.S. air/seaports to foreign destinations.”
The Bureau of Industry and Security’s export application submission system will be unavailable beginning March 31 at 9 p.m. EDT and lasting through April 3 at 6 a.m. EDT for “planned maintenance,” the agency said in an alert on its homepage this week. The BIS Simplified Network Application Process – Redesign system (SNAP-R) “will not be accessible” during this time.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing the Egyptian tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni; syn. Testudo werneri), a terrestrial tortoise from Libya, Egypt and Israel, as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The listing includes a 4(d) rule for this species that prohibits importation and exportation without a permit. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect May 1.
The Census Bureau is still deciding whether to introduce a country of origin reporting requirement in the Automated Export System despite receiving mostly opposing comments on the proposal, with trade groups saying the change could lead to costly compliance challenges (see 2203160026 and 2301230008). Gerry Horner, chief of the agency’s trade regulations branch, said the division should be meeting with upper management “very soon” to decide on the best path forward.
The Census Bureau emailed tips March 20 on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
Although more operators are participating in Electronic Export Manifest, CBP again extended a deadline to allow users more time to continue submitting certain documents through the Document Imaging System, the agency said in a March 10 CSMS message. DIS will now continue accepting submissions of “Form 1302A Cargo Declaration - Outward with Commercial Forms” through Oct. 1, CBP said. The deadline was previously extended six months to April 1 (see 2209200080), before the agency last week extended the date for another six months.
The Fish and Wildlife Service is issuing a final rule listing the longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda) and round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda), freshwater mussels found in rivers and lakes in the Eastern U.S., as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The listing includes a 4(d) rule for this species that prohibits importation and exportation without a permit. New import and export restrictions set by the agency’s final rule take effect April 10.
The State Department updated several forms in its Defense Export Control and Compliance System last week to add “new voluntary disclosure field questions,” the agency’s Directorate of Defense Trade Control said. The updates to forms DS-6004 (Block 10), DS-4294 (Block 11) and DSP-85 (Block 9) will allow industry to report a disclosure previously filed with DDTC’s compliance division when submitting one of the listed licenses.
The Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule March 3 setting new significant new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 29 chemical substances subject to Premanufacture Notices (PMNs). As a result of the SNURs, persons planning to manufacture, import or process any of the chemical substances for an activity designated as a significant new use by this rule are required to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance. Importers of chemicals subject to these SNURs will need to certify their compliance with the SNUR requirements, and exporters of these chemical substances will now become subject to export notification requirements. The final rule takes effect May 5. The SNURs cover the following: