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CBP To Pilot Export Filing for Fish Products in ACE
June 2, 2016 |Customs

CBP will begin a pilot to test filing in ACE of data required for exports of fish products regulated by the National Marine Fisheries Service, it said (here). The pilot, which will begin “after June 1,” will include fish products subject to NMFS’ Highly Migratory Species Program (tuna and swordfish) and its Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program (fresh and frozen toothfish). Filers will submit required data, such as that required under the current paper Bluefin Tuna Catch Document, Swordfish Statistical Document, Bigeye Statistical Document, and Dissostichus Catch Document, through the Automated Export System, AESDirect and the document imaging system. For approved participants, the test may include all modes of transport at the selected ports, and all commodities regulated under the two NMFS export monitoring programs when exported at one of the selected ports, CBP said. Exporters seeking to participate should contact their client representative or send an email to Steven Zaccaro at steven.j.zaccaro@cbp.dhs.gov with the subject heading “NMFS Export FRN-Request to Participate,” CBP said.

CBP Posts Fact Sheet on De Minimis Changes
June 1, 2016 |Customs

CBP released a fact sheet on the recently increased de minimis value threshold (here). Effective since March 10 (see 1603100010), CBP increased the de minimis limit from $200 to $800. "All existing processes and restrictions for merchandise shipments remain the same" as before the value increased, CBP said. "Even in the case of low value shipment, CBP has the right to require a formal entry on any shipment where additional information, bonding, or protection is required," it said. There's been some concern as to how the de minimis increase will affect work for brokers and importers (see 1605160030).

No Serious Issues for FDA's May 31 ACE Changes Despite Initial Concerns, Say Brokers, Developers
June 1, 2016 by Brian Feito|Top News

A recent deployment of changes to ACE filing requirements for the Food and Drug Administration on May 31 went smoothly, despite some concerns leading up to the deployment among the trade community, said customs brokers and software developers. Following the relatively uneventful passage of CBP’s May 28 deadline for certain cargo release entry types, import filers and developers on May 31 again reported only minor issues, with an outage that evening unrelated to the deployment and its timing coincidental, said FDA.

ACS Unavailable as Backup System to ACE as of July 23, Says Augustin
May 27, 2016 by Tim Warren|Top News

PHOENIX – Following the July 23 mandatory use date for most remaining entry types, the Automated Commercial System will no longer be available for entry and entry summary filings even in cases of ACE outages, said Deborah Augustin, executive director of the ACE Business Office at CBP. After all the agencies that use ACS complete the transition to ACE on July 23, CBP will begin to dismantle ACS, she said while speaking at the West Coast Trade Symposium on May 26. "So, ACS then is no longer available as a back up for processing," she said. Field operations and downtime procedures may instead come into effect if there are issues with ACE, she said.

Automation Funding Maintained in Senate DHS Spending Bill Sent to Floor
May 26, 2016 |Congress

Most CBP inspection activities as well as ACE and the International Trade Data System (ITDS) remain largely shielded from cuts in the Senate Appropriations Committee’s fiscal year 2017 Department of Homeland Security spending legislation, despite the bill's proposal to fund CBP at $11.2 billion, $500 million less than the White House's request. Approved and sent by the full committee to the Senate floor on May 26, the bill pitches $813.2 million in for CBP automation modernization, $27.7 million below the Obama Administration’s request, but the ACE/ITDS budget line comes up only about $100,000 shorter, and automated targeting systems absorb a mere $30,000 cut from the $122.64 million programmed. CBP’s $407.2 million information technology request took the biggest hit of all programs in the automation modernization account, as senators plan to fund that program at $27.3 million less than the White House proposal.