A difficult budget environment for U.S. Customs and Border Protection was the early theme for CBP's Industry Day May 22, despite expectations for increased travel and trade. The days of the Department of Homeland Security budget growing 7.5 percent per year are over, said keynoter Rafael Borras, under secretary for management at DHS.
Tim Warren
Timothy Warren is Executive Managing Editor of Communications Daily. He previously led the International Trade Today editorial team from the time it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 through the launch of Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is extending the comment period to June 20, 2012 for an existing information collection concerning the Application to use the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). CBP proposes to extend the expiration date of this information collection with no change to the burden hours or to the information collected.
The Website for the International Trade Data System has posted (1) an updated ACE Portal Access Application (this form may be used for PGAs applying for access to ACE as well as to make any changes or updates to an existing PGA user account in ACE) and (2) an updated PGA Roster.
The following are the trade-related hearings scheduled from May 21-25, 2012:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is considering ways to leverage Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) and offer a simplified entry process to ACAS participants by integrating with the Simplified Entry initiative, said CBP Acting Commissioner David Aguilar during testimony before a House May 17 hearing on Customs issues .
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the following documents ahead of the May 22, 2012 Commercial Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting scheduled for Savannah, Georgia:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said May 17, 2012, since the implementation of ACE as the system of record for the Foreign Trade Zone program, the edit described in the FT 40 record in FTZ Chapter of the CATAIR is being enforced. The FT40 record states house bills are to be sent for air shipments only. If the MOT is other than 40 or 41, space fill.
CBP continues to consider combining Importer Self-Assessment (ISA) with C-TPAT, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar said during a House May 17 hearing on Customs issues . He also said critical fixes to already deployed ACE capabilities are among the major goals for CBP in the coming year. E-Manifest: Rail and Sea (M1), simplified entry, and the integration of export capability are also top priorities, he said in response to questions following his written testimony.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will host an Industry Day May 22 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. The one day event, “Evolving Border Security and Trade Missions: Insights and Discussions with Industry,” will provide industry an opportunity to gain a better understanding of CBP’s operating environment and how it shapes the agency’s near and long-term strategies," said CBP in a press release.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued its May 16, 2012 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 21), which contains 15 notices of ruling actions. A May 16, 2012 ITT article incorrectly said there were no ruling actions in the bulletin. The ruling actions are as follows: