CBP Document Outlines Entry Filing Methods Available as of Nov. 1

CBP provided a list of entry and entry summary filing methods to be available as of Nov. 1, after which electronic filing will be required in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The list (here) includes a comparison of the filing methods available now and the methods that will disappear on Nov. 1. CBP reported that some filers are confused as to whether they can file in ACE. "Filers have advised CBP that they understand their entries are filed in ACE, when in fact they are transmitting ACE Entry Summary data and certifying corresponding cargo release data in the Automated Commercial System (ACS)," said the agency. "These transmissions do not constitute an ACE entry filing, which is required for the November 1, 2015 mandatory date." Currently, only four percent of all entries are filed within ACE, it said.