May 2010 ACE TAO Update Discusses Reports Redesign for PCS, QP In-Bonds, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Trade Account Owner May 2010 update. Highlights of the May 2010 update include:
Redesign of ACE Portal Reports with Post Summary Corrections Deployment
CBP states that with the planned fall 2010 drop of new Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue (ESAR) functionality for Post Summary Corrections (PSCs), the Entry Summary Universe for ACE Portal Reports is being redesigned to make it easier to use and to provide additional flexibility when creating and modifying ESM reports. Data objects will now appear in alphabetical order within each report sub-class. See the May 2010 update for this new structure.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 04/23/10 news, 10042328, for BP summary discussing CBP’s plans for “going live” with PSC functionality in late summer/early fall 2010.)
QP In-Bond Shipments on a Manifest
According to CBP, when an in-bond shipment is created by a broker (referred to as a “QP in-bond’), an unassociated shipment for that in-bond will appear in the “Shipment” section of the carrier’s “Manifest” screen. As it may be cumbersome to “lookup” this unassociated shipment and add it to the manifest, the simplest way to include a QP in-bond shipment on a manifest is for the carrier to create a PAPS shipment, using the same shipment control number (SCN) as that used by the broker in the unassociated shipment. When creating the PAPS shipment, the carrier should ensure that the quantity and weight of the commodity match what is in the QP. The system will link the QP to the PAPS and the shipment will be received by CBP as an in-bond.
Adding the “Entry Type Code” to All ACE Reports
According to CBP, ACE reports capture all entry types including Reconciliation Entries (09), Warehouse Entries (21) and Drawback Entries (41-46). CBP recommends adding the Entry Type Code to all ACE reports in order to get a better understanding of what is being displayed in the reports to ensure that the results are not misleading.
Data from Cargo Exam Details Reports
According to CBP, AM 066(Cargo Exam Details Report) will only generate data if the examination resulted in a discrepancy. The AM-058 (Cargo Exam Details by Date Range Report) and AM-059 (Cargo Exam Details by Entry Number Report) capture all exams, whether or not they resulted in discrepant findings.
“Other Recon Ind” Code Definitions
CBP provides the following definitions of the “Other Recon Ind” codes:
001 -- Value reconciliation required
002 -- Classification reconciliation required
003 -- R98 reconciliation required
004 -- Value & classification reconciliation required
005 -- Value & R98 reconciliation required
006 -- Classification & R98 reconciliation required
007 -- Value, classification & R98 reconciliation required
021 -- Value reconciliation received
022 - Classification reconciliation received
023 -- R98 reconciliation received
024 -- Value & classification reconciliation received
025 - Value & R98 reconciliation received
026 -- Classification & R98 reconciliation received
027 -- Value, classification & R98 reconciliation received
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 06/01/10 news, 10060116, for BP summary announcing the availability of the May 2010 update.)
(CSMS #10-000135, dated 06/01/10)