U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message which announces that two rules in the Batch & Block Control Chapter of the ACE ABI CATAIR1 must soon be adhered to for all messages for six ABI application identifiers, or fatal errors will result.
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 has issued its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS regarding the new Participating Government Agencies Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) chapter that it recently posted to its Web site.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE Workplan Schedule," which lists the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment (and other systems it interfaces with) scheduled for deployment from February 28 through April 11, 2009.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a notice stating that it will begin implementing Automated Commercial Environment initial entry summary capabilities (ESAR A2.2) in Spring 2009 for the filing and processing of formal (type 01) and informal (type 11) entry summaries.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted revised versions of previously issued ACE ABI CATAIR1 documents. CBP has also posted a new ACE ABI CATAIR appendix and a 2009 version of its Change Record.
CBP has posted Amendment 33 to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document. According to CBP, the CATAIR has been amended as follows:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted to its Web site a frequently asked question (FAQ) document regarding its interim final rule that amended 19 CFR effective January 26, 2009, to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
A number of documents have been posted to the International Trade Data System1 Web site, most of which are related to the ITDS Product Information Committee2.
CBP has posted its report to Congress on the Automated Commercial Environment for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 (April 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008). The report provides an update on ACE accomplishments, challenges, fiscal status, and upcoming program milestones. Appendix G of the report was posted separately. (See future issues of ITT for details.)(Report, Appendix G, posted 01/13/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/quarterly_reports/ace_status_report_to_congress_june_2008/fy08_3rd_quarter.ctt/fy08_3rd_quarter.pdf and http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/quarterly_reports/ace_status_report_to_congress_june_2008/app_integration.ctt/app_integration.pdf)