U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an administrative message which sources state reminds the trade that all softwood lumber products that originate from British Columbia that are classified in the tariff numbers subject to the SLA 2006 export permit number requirements, must be reported using ISO Codes 'XD' for BC coastal region or 'XE' for BC interior region, regardless of whether the goods fall within the written scope of SLA 2006.
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the CBP's electronic system through which the international trade community reports imports and exports to and from the U.S. and the government determines admissibility.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had posted an administrative message on January 26, 2007 stating that on the evening of January 25, 2007 CBP experienced some network problems that impacted its ability to exchange messages with the trade. According to CBP, it appeared that most of the e-Manifests were received but the return messages were not sent for unknown reasons.
In early January 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted to its Web site a notice requesting comments by February 5, 2007 on its draft proposal1 for additional advance trade data elements for maritime cargo (also referred to as the 10+2 proposal).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a report for the trade regarding the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)/International Trade Data System (ITDS) Standard Data Set (SDS) as of December 2006.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing a "weekly" special import quota of 21,253,330 kg for upland cotton purchased not later than May 1, 2007 and entered under HTS 9903.52.31. The quota period is February 1, 2007 through July 30, 2007; the opening date is February 1, 2007.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message announcing that the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) release currently scheduled for October 2008 will include new and/or enhanced functionality for ABI filers.
CBP has already announced the implementation of mandatory Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) electronic manifest: Truck (e-Manifest: Truck1) for advance cargo information purposes for the following ports:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a revised (December 2006) version of its Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) "Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on e-Manifest" (electronic manifest).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 which contains certain performance data concerning CBP's progress in achieving, among other things, the six strategic goals that are set forth in CBP's Strategic Plan for FY 2005-2010.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing a "weekly" special import quota of 21,253,330 kg for upland cotton purchased not later than April 24, 2007 and entered under HTS 9903.52.30. The quota period is January 25, 2007 through July 23, 2007; the opening date is January 25, 2007.