NCBFAA President Encourages Industry to Use ACE

Speaking on behalf of the NCBFAA ACE Strategy Task Group, NCBFAA President Jeffrey Coppersmith stated his strong belief that it is no longer a question of whether to migrate to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), but when, and that when is now. Regardless of emotions concerning the pace of development, it isn’t feasible to wait for ACE to be finished before attempting to use it nor is it rational to continue to believe that it will be abandoned. While much work remains to be done, he stated that CBP has recently begun to show good progress and has adopted essentially all of the recommendations for functional development outlined in the NCBFAA White Papers. It is time for the brokerage industry to support that development.