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Senate Committee's FY18 DHS Spending Bill Directs Money for ACE Core and Enhancements
November 24, 2017 by Brian Bradley|Top News

Fiscal year 2018 Homeland Security spending legislation released by the Senate Appropriations Committee Nov. 21, directs $38 million to support ACE core functionality and $5 million for ACE enhancements, language that wasn’t included in similar legislation that passed the House in September (see 1709150052). “It is clear that additional system development is needed to continue to facilitate interactions with vendors and importers,” the committee said in an explanatory statement of the bill. Fully automating CBP Form 214 (Application for Foreign-Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation) would be an example of such an enhancement, the summary says. CBP plans to roll out FTZ admission capabilities in ACE by Dec. 9 (see 1709110034).

Topics:Entry Type 86 , Customs duty, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback, Section 232 Tariffs, CBP CROSS Rulings, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Forced Labor , Section 201 Safeguards
Senate Appropriations Committee Releases FY18 Spending Bill
November 22, 2017 |Congress

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Nov. 21 released its fiscal year 2018 Homeland Security spending legislation that would fund CBP at $13.5 billion total, $364 million below the agency’s budget request, the committee announced. The bill also recommends $38 million to support ACE core functionality and another $5 million for ACE program enhancements, according to an explanatory statement of the bill. “Full automation of CBP Form 214 [Application for Foreign-Trade Zone Admission and/or Status Designation] … is an example of an enhancement that would benefit both the Federal and industry interests,” the explanatory statement says. The House passed its version of FY18 appropriations legislation in September (see 1709150052).

Topics:Entry Type 86 , Customs duty, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback, Section 232 Tariffs, CBP CROSS Rulings, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Forced Labor , Section 201 Safeguards
CBP Reminds Trade of Increase to MPF Fees on Jan. 1
November 22, 2017 |Customs

CBP reminded the trade community of upcoming increases to certain fees that take effect at the beginning of the new year, in a CSMS message sent Nov. 22. The changes are already in the ACE certification environment for trade testing, and the corresponding CATAIR programming requirements will be posted by Nov. 24, CBP said. "These changes will be in the ACE Production environment by November 30, 2017, and will be effective for entries with an entry date on or after January 1, 2018," it said. Effective that date, the minimum merchandise processing fee for formal entries will rise from $25, to $25.67, and the maximum MPF will increase from $485 to $497.99. The MPF ad valorem rate of 0.3464% will not change, CBP said. Other increased fees include the informal MPF to $2.05, the dutiable mail fee to $5.65, and the surcharge for manual entry or release to $3.08. CBP announced the fee increases on Nov. 1 (see 1710310044).

CBP Won't Bring Back Consignee ID Query in ACE, Software Developer Says
November 22, 2017 |Customs

CBP does not intend “at this time” to bring back its "KN" ultimate consignee query function in ACE, after the capability was shut off in September as part of the switch from the legacy Automated Commercial System, the agency said, according to a blog post by software developer CustomsNow. The query function, which allowed a filer to obtain the ultimate consignee’s name and address and identification number, was particularly valuable because it allowed brokers to find out if CBP had assigned an ID number to a non-resident importer of record, the blog post said. But in a “response from the ACE Support Hotline,” CBP said it “is aware of the trade communities concerns related to the discontinuation of the KN application” but “has decided not to develop or transition” KN in ACE, according to the blog post. “This is one update to ACE that seems to run contrary” to the principle “of making information more accessible and transparent,” CustomsNow said. “Brokers and local CBP port staff will have to take additional, and sometimes manual steps to determine this information.” CBP did not comment.