U.S. Customs and Border Protection is scheduled to deploy Phase 2 of "ad hoc" capabilities as an enhancement to the ACE reports on September 6, 2008, according to CBP's updated "ACE Workplan Schedule."
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 posted an updated version of its "ACE Workplan Schedule," which provides a list of the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment and other systems it interfaces with that were/are scheduled for deployment from July 26 through September 6, 2008.
The following are documents which CBP updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.):
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its TRQ/TPL "threshold to fill" list, a quick reference to monitor tariff rate quotas (TRQs) and tariff preference levels (TPLs) that are approaching the restraint limit or have filled the in-quota (low duty) rate. The list is divided into two sections - quotas that are at least 85% filled and quotas that are closed. (List, posted 08/07/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/commodity/trq_thresh_fill.ctt/trq_thresh_fill.pdf)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it will implement the new rules for the format of ACE Secure Data Portal passwords beginning August 10, 2008.
CBP has issued a notice stating that as the country of Ukraine became a World Trade Organization (WTO) member on May 16, 2008, wool apparel imports are no longer subject to quota monitoring. In addition, the filing of a quota-type entry for consumption or warehouse withdrawal is no longer required. (See ITT's Online Archives or 01/04/07 news, 07010425, for BP summary of CBP message requiring monitoring and the filing of a quota entry for certain wool apparel from Ukraine.) (QBT-08-102, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/qbts/qbt2008/qbt_08_102.ctt/qbt_08_102.pdf.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing the issuance of the Automated Commercial Environment Trade Account Owner July 2008 update. Topics addressed in this update include: ACE Reports Dictionary Hint, SCAC Not Loaded in ACE, ACE Reports Instructions Posted to CBP.gov, Federal Register Notice: Change to the Terms and Conditions for Account Access of the ACE Secure Data Portal, and ACE Information Sessions Scheduled for August. (CSMS 08-000133, dated 07/28/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17146&page=&srch_argv=08-000133&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby=.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the deployment of ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) release M1 (e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail for advance cargo information purposes) capabilities is no longer targeted for fall 2008, but a date that is approximately six to eight months later, due to problems discovered during the testing of the new software.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that on Saturday night, July 26, 2008, the Automated Commercial Environment would be deploying into production new fixes to resolve the following problem tracking reports (PTRs):
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the June 2008 Automated Commercial Environment Trade Account Owner (TAO) monthly update as an attachment to an ACE Portal Accounts CSMS message.