CBP Provides Details on ACE Public Folder Reports in Sept. TAO Update

CBP provided descriptions of the various reports included in each of the ACE public folders. The descriptions were included in CBP's September ACE Trade Account Owner update. CBP said entry summary filing in ACE has grown from 1% to nearly 11% during fiscal year 2012.

CBP notes what the users see is based on their view as a broker or a carrier. The public folders include information on:

• Help -- This folder contains the Running ACE Reports User Guide associated with the importer, broker, carrier or surety view and the reports Data Dictionary which includes information on selected Account Management and Transactions reports.
• Account Management -- This folder includes account profile reports, aggregate and detail cargo entry and entry summary reports for ACS and ACE filed summaries, compliance reports, bond reports, broker permit and employee reports, a declaration report and quick view reports. What the users see is based on their view as an importer, broker or surety.
• Account Revenue --This folder includes reports for entry summaries flagged for inclusion on a periodic daily or monthly statement. What the users see is based on their view as an importer or broker.
• Authorized Data Extract -- This folder includes extract reports that can be scheduled to run with up to 2 million rows of data provided. What the users see is based on their view as an importer or broker.
• Entry Summary -- This folder includes reports for ACE filed entry summaries only with one exception. The ESM 7025 CBP Form 28, 29, 4647 Status report which includes all entry summaries for which a form has been issued in ACE.
• Multi-Modal Manifest -- This folder includes bill of lading reports, in-bond reports, manifest and equipment reports. What the users see is based on their view as an importer, broker or carrier.
• Reference --This folder includes two reference reports for trade, the Public FIRMS code report and the UN Location Code report.
• Shared Reports -- This folder contains reports created by the account and saved to this folder where they are accessible by other authorized users of the account.
• Transactions -- This folder includes truck manifest reports including BRASS reports, carrier activity, in-bond and compliance reports as well as transactions details reports.

CBP also said some data objects within the ACE reports aren't compatible with others, meaning the user won't be able to combine data by dragging and dropping items into the report. Incompatible objects will be grayed out, said CBP. CBP also said while there's no report for post summary correction, the PSC data elements can be added, for example, to either the ESM 7008 or 7068 report. The data elements are located in the Summary Header and Line/PSC class/sub-class, said CBP.

CBP Urges DIS for Ocean Carriers

CBP said it is strongly encouraging all ocean carriers to begin using the Document Image System (DIS) to file their manifests electronically and reduce the number of paper filings. CBP said this will result in a significant cost savings for ocean carriers as well as expedite the review and processing of ocean manifests.

(See ITT's Online Archives 12073129 for summary of the DIS pilot expansion.)

Simplified Entry

CBP said it received 13 applications to participate in the recently expanded Simplified Entry pilot, and is currently conducting an internal review of these applications. CBP plans to announce the new participants in early October 2012, it said.

(See ITT's Online Archives 12081617 for summary of the pilot's expansion.)