CBP updated its ACE Entry Summary business rules and processes document to reflect the changes to drawback related to the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (see 1802260057). The drawback section of the document was "completely revised with draft material to ensure that filers are aware of the implemented" TFTEA changes, CBP said.
Drawback
A duty drawback is a refund by CBP of the duties, taxes, or fees paid on imported goods, which were imposed upon importation as prescribed in 19 U.S.C. 1313(d). More broadly, a drawback also includes the refund or remission of other excise taxes pursuant to other provisions of law.
CBP will now allow 30 days for drawback filers to submit supporting documentation for “mixed use” claims for Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act drawback on entries previously claimed for “core” drawback, it said in a CSMS message. “Revised language updates the interim policy document” issued by CBP in early February on TFTEA drawback (see 1802120020) “to allow filers to submit [Document Image System (DIS)] uploads for mixed-use claims within 30-days from the time the filer receives the mixed-use informational message in ACE,” CBP said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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CBP’s weekend deployment of drawback, reconciliation and liquidation in ACE was “successful,” though some hurdles remain before systems are running as intended, CBP officials said on a pair of phone calls with trade stakeholders held Feb. 26. The deployment marked a “significant milestone,” being the last of the major scheduled “core” ACE deployments, said Deborah Augustin, executive director of CBP’s Trade Transformation Office. “At this time, all import manifest, cargo release, post-release and export functionality we had scheduled for delivery in 'core' ACE is now available in ACE,” she said.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
Drawback filers will likely face a period of at least four to six months under interim procedures once drawback transitions to ACE over the Feb. 24 weekend, Michael Cerny of Sandler Travis said during a Feb. 23 webinar. Though CBP finished talks with the trade community nearly a year ago, proposed regulations drafted by CBP on drawback processes under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 continue to languish in the interagency review process, so filers will begin life in the new framework under a “draft guidance” issued by CBP on Feb. 9 (see 1802120020).
Coming new drawback processes under the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (see 1802120020) are the source of "considerable concern," said Steven Baker, a lawyer who chairs the Customs Committee of the American Institute for International Steel, in a blog post. While the drawback processing is set to move to ACE on Feb. 24, "not all functions are supported in ACE, and as of this writing no regulations have been issued," Baker said.
CBP posted its cutover plans for the transition of reconciliation and drawback into ACE over the Feb. 24 weekend, it said in a CSMS message. The agency plans to turn off both in the legacy Automated Commercial System at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 23, and any submissions to ACS after that time will be rejected, it said. The Feb. 24 deployment also includes liquidation, as well as new e-bond and Cuba import filing capabilities (see 1802080023).
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: