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ACE FTZ Rollout Won't Include Streamlined Air Split Shipment Ability, CBP Official Says
October 23, 2017 by Brian Bradley|Top News

SAN DIEGO -- The rollout of ACE electronic foreign-trade zone capabilities set for Dec. 9 won’t include a comprehensive air split shipment filing mechanism as previously planned, CBP Cargo Security and Controls Director Jim Swanson said during the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones conference Oct. 23. “It’s going to work exactly the way it is right now,” he said. “Nobody was really ready for it, and it didn’t do quite what we wanted it to do. There were some issues with how it communicated with manifest systems.”

Topics:Drawback
APHIS Ending Lacey Act Blanket Declaration Pilot
October 19, 2017 |USDA

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will end its pilot program on blanket Lacey Act declarations in April 2018, it said. APHIS is ending the pilot, which began in 2009, “due to the development of the ACE system, and a diminishing number of participants,” with only eight companies still participating out of a total of 119 that have registered over the life of the program. “CBP’s [Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity (BRASS)] program will continue to operate as it did prior to the creation of the pilot program, and participants in the blanket declaration pilot program will not lose their line release status in the expedited border release programs,” APHIS said. “When the program ends, importers whose products are subject to the Lacey Act declaration requirement and clear under the BRASS program are advised to file the required declaration information along with their CBP entry summary documentation,” it said.

Topics:Lacey Act, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
Loss of Historical Data From Merging ACE Accounts Poses Issues, Customs Lawyer Says
October 16, 2017 |Customs

Combining ACE accounts following a merger or acquisition may result in lost historical data, said Ted Murphy, a customs lawyer at Baker & McKenzie, in a blog post. While CBP's describes merging ACE accounts, it "is really more like the 'deleting' of an old account and the creation of a new sub-account that is unrelated to the old account (the old data is no longer accessible)," Murphy said. CBP told Murphy that this is meant to avoid unauthorized access. "While there certainly is an interest in maintaining the security of data in ACE accounts, it is difficult to discern the rationale for deleting historical import data for which the acquiring entity will, in most circumstances, bear liability on a going forward basis," Murphy said. It may make more sense for an acquirer to maintain the ACE account of the acquired company and instead cancel user accounts as needed, he said. "This advice may become especially important if CBP eventually eliminates the ability of companies to request historical [Importer Trade Activity (ITRAC)] data, as has been rumored with the ACE transition." CBP didn't comment.

ACE Drawback Development 'on Schedule,' CBP to Issue Contingency Plans This Fall, McAleenan Says
October 16, 2017 by Brian Feito|Top News

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. -- CBP is “currently on schedule” with its development of ACE drawback capabilities set for deployment in February, Acting CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said Oct. 13 at the Western Cargo Conference (WESCCON). The agency is “planning success but will have a back-up plan” for any hiccups associated with the drawback deployment, and will share any contingency plans with the trade community this fall, he said.

Topics:Drawback