CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP should require live entry for imports requiring antidumping and countervailing duty payments for importers that have unresolved non-payments of duties at the time of entry summary, or that haven’t paid an increased duty bill within 60 days of issuance, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee said in a recommendation approved at its Nov. 14 meeting in Washington. But the live entry for non-payment of duty increases should exempt importers with protest issues that can be filed within 180 days of duty of the rate advance, the COAC said. CBP should also establish and publish its policy for removing an importer from live entries after they rectify any payment problems, or demonstrate the importer wasn’t at fault for any late filing or payment in instances like technical or processing errors, it said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP will provide an extra day for payments attempted during the ACE outage that occurred on Nov. 14, it said in a CSMS message. “CBP will work with members of the trade community that were impacted by this outage. If needed, CBP will provide support on an individual basis and address any payment issues during this outage,” it said. Problems with a database caused ACE to go down around 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14, and the agency invoked downtime procedures until the system was restored later that night (see 1711150027).
New drawback procedures under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 are now available in the ACE certification environment for testing, CBP said in a CSMS message. The agency has also updated its draft Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) for TFTEA drawback, it said. “Please be advised that this technical document is considered a DRAFT and is subject to revision before a final version is provided. Any actions a reader takes based on this draft document are taken voluntarily and with the understanding that the draft may be revised,” CBP said in the message.
CBP should develop “written pilot policies and procedures” for its ACE export manifest pilots and distribute them to those interested in pilot participation, said the The Customs Commercial Operations Advisory Committee's export subcommittee in recommendations adopted at the group's Nov. 14 meeting in Washington. CBP’s current ACE pilot processes lack “process, policy and technical documentation," especially for timelines, "response expectations and protocols" and how pre-departure targeting and hold resolution policies and procedures will impose minimal negative impact on time-sensitive carrier operations,” the subcommittee said.
CBP will use the widespread ACE outage that occurred on the evening of Nov. 14 to inform national downtime procedures and best practices currently under development, agency officials said on a Nov. 15 call with ACE filers and developers. CBP headquarters is communicating with the ports to determine what worked well during the downtime and identify any issues and deficiencies, CBP Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Cynthia Whittenburg said. The outreach is part of an effort to “ensure that our downtime procedures are efficient as possible” and incorporate any best practices identified, she said.
CBP issued the following release on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP New York/Newark released statistics in a pipeline notice showing the "cycle time measurement" of Centralized Examination Stations from July through September. The cycle times refer to the time from ocean container arrival, as transmitted via the ACE, through final examination completion release date.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: