The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration should put in place a “soft compliance” policy for its Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) filing requirements when they take effect on Jan. 1, 2018, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in a letter to the agency citing concerns over trade community readiness. Despite “extensive outreach” by NOAA, customs brokers and their importer clients are having trouble getting the required data from other actors in the supply chain, and there has been insufficient time for testing in ACE, the NCBFAA said in the Dec. 1 letter.
CBP will split the ACE deployment planned for Dec. 9 into two separate deployments, said Monica Crockett, CBP director-entry summary, accounts and revenue during a Dec. 4 conference call. The agency will push its deployment of statements to Jan. 6, while still deploying e214 foreign-trade zones admissions in ACE and manufacturer ID creation on Dec. 9, she said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A revision to the timeline for implementing new in-bond regulations that was announced by CBP's Miami Assistant Port Director Kemisha Sherrell in a Nov. 30 information bulletin includes several big changes. Among the changes is a mention that Harmonized Tariff Schedule "requirements will be enforced on a date to be determined." The previous version of the schedule (see 1711290036) did not mention the HTS element, though the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America recently said it expects the requirement that HTS numbers be supplied on in-bond transmissions will be delayed by CBP (see 1711210022). The regulations took effect Nov. 27 (see 1709270027).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP provided an update related to coming changes to drawback filing that were part of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (see 1603010043). In CBP's November drawback simplification newsletter, the agency mentioned the recent release of new drawback procedures now available in the ACE certification environment for testing and the updated draft Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) (see 1711150046). "After each Sprint review, [the CBP Trade Transformation Office] will conduct Sprint overviews with the [Drawback Working Group] to address technical developments in ACE Drawback programming," CBP said.
CBP will no longer accept paper copies of in-bond applications (CBP Form 7512) "to perform arrival and export functionality" starting Jan. 2, 2018, Miami Assistant Port Director Kemisha Sherrell said in an information bulletin that includes a timeline for implementing new in-bond regulations that took effect Nov. 27 (see 1709270027). "Electronic reporting of arrival and export will be mandatory" as of Jan. 2, it said. Starting Feb. 5, "electronic reporting of diversion to a port other than reported on the in-bond will be required" and "ACE edits will reject the arrival if not performed," it said. Beginning March 5, "electronic reporting of bond locations (FIRMS code) will be required" and "ACE edits will reject arrival if not provided." As of Nov. 27, 2017, "CBP will no longer accept paper copies of the CBP Form 7512 for input by CBP (expect for pipeline movements)" and "informed compliance for elements will begin," Sherrell said. CBP recently said it didn't plan to immediately begin enforcement of the new regulations (see 1711220043).
CBP updated its ACE Entry Summary Business Process document, the agency said in a Nov. 27 CSMS message. The newest version includes information on foreign-trade zone entry summary processing and ACE reports, CBP said.
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