CBP Posts December 2011 Update on ACE

December 19, 2011 by Elizabeth Parker|Customs and Ports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its monthly Automated Commercial Environment Updates for December 2011. With this update, CBP lists new statistics on the growing number of ACE Secure Data Portal trade user accounts and the growing size of revenue collected via Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS). The number of approved entities authorized to file ACE entry summaries using the Automated Broker Interface (ABI) has also grown to 54 entities, with more than 710,959 ACE entry summaries having been filed since functionality was introduced in April 2009.

The ACE Update covers deployed ACE capabilities, such as the ACE Secure Data Portal, PMS, PGA access to ACE, electronic filing of e-Manifest: Truck, entry summaries, the Importer Security Filing (ISF), and e-Manifest: Truck. It also provides updated information on the status of various ACE projects, including (i) the Document Image System (DIS); (ii) PGA Interoperability; (iii) PGA Message Set Support; (iv) e-Manifest: Rail and Sea (M1); (v) ACE Truck; (vi) Cargo Release; and (vii) Automated Export Processing.