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CBP to Transition ISF to ACE in September
August 16, 2017 |Customs

The transition of Importer Security Filing (ISF) from the legacy Automated Commercial Service to ACE will be included as part of CBP’s Sept. 16 ACE deployment (see 1707270035), the agency said in a CSMS message. “More details will be available the week of August 21. In the meantime, trade parties may continue to test ISF in CBP’s certification environment,” it said. ISF had been scheduled for deployment on Jan. 14, 2017, before it was postponed indefinitely (see 1701060052), along with other ACE post-release capabilities (see 1701110039).

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
BIEC Working on Process to Prioritize Subsequent ACE Updates
August 16, 2017 |Customs

CBP posted on the agency's website some documents for the upcoming Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting on Aug. 23 in San Diego. Only the government papers and the agenda for the meeting were posted. Among other things, CBP said in its Border Interagency Executive Council issue paper that the BIEC principals plan to meet on Aug. 28 to consider a working group report on partner government agency targeting and manifest access. "The BIEC is working on several major projects, along with developing a process to prioritize enhancements to Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) that are considered 'post-core,'" the agency said. The BIEC will also "be focusing on continued ACE enhancements and simplifying CBP processes, in line with CBP’s trade priorities and funding availability," it said.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Forced Labor
CEEs Now Include Entry Specialists, CBP Says
August 15, 2017 |Customs

The Centers of Excellence and Expertise now include "entry personnel that perform entry functions such as collections, statement processing, broker management, etc.," CBP said in a CSMS message. As of July 10, "entry personnel fall under the chain of command of the Center Director, who is operationally responsible for performing trade processing functions and making entry summary determinations within their industry sector," CBP said. "Entry personnel will continue to support local based processes, such as collections and broker management and the trade may contact personnel located at the port. The submission of entry documentation remains the same and the trade should continue to use" ACE, or use paper at the port, if necessary.

CBP Issues Notices on Sept. 16 ACE Deployments
August 15, 2017 |Customs

CBP will require use of ACE for processing electronic foreign trade zone admission applications and duty deferral entry and entry summary filings starting Sept. 16, it said in two notices. CBP previously announced the deployments as part of its plan to phase in the remaining ACE deployments (see 1707270038). The FTZ notice also "clarifies that the list of data elements required for the electronic FTZ admission application must include the 'Zone ID,'" CBP said.