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Duty Deferral Entries Can’t Be Edited in ACE, CBP SaysThe coming mandatory use of ACE for electronic duty deferral entries will include on minor dif-
ferences, CBP said (here). The only notable change applies to editing entries, it said. “In order to edit, the original duty deferral entry must be rejected and the Trade must resubmit,” CBP said. “As necessary, the trade may request CBP reject the entry summary for corrections.” Such electronic entries will be required to be filed through ACE starting Oct. 29.
CBP Details Coming Changes Related to Drawback Filing in ACECBP outlined the changes to come once ACE becomes required for electronic drawback filings, set
for Oct. 29, on the agency’s website (here). Most of the changes, such as a limit of 5,000 records and the use of the Document Image System, were previously described by CBP.
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CBP to End ACE Pilot for FSIS DataCBP will end its ACE pilot for data required by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on
Oct. 11, CBP said in a notice (here). “This notice announces that CBP has determined that ACE is fully capable of accepting electronic entries transmitted to ACE with the [Partner Government Agency] Message Set data required for FSIS-regulated meat, poultry, and egg products,” CBP said. “The electronic transmis-sion of this data to ACE expedites delivery of this data to FSIS, thereby providing the data to FSIS before the products arrive for inspection.” CBP began the pilot in 2013.
(Federal Register 09/09/16)
Miscellaneous CBP Releases (September 8, 2016)CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
• Updated ACE Transition Timeline (here)• ACE CERTIFICATION Entry Summary deployment, Thursday, Sept. 8 (here)• ACE PRODUCTION deployment, Thursday, Sept. 8 (here).
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CBP Postpones ACE Deadlines for Drawback, ReconciliationCBP will move the mandatory use date to Oct. 29 for several post-release processes in ACE,
including reconciliation and drawback, according to a letter from CBP sent to Trade Support Network leadership and posted by CustomsNow (here). A CBP spokeswoman confirmed the contents of the letter and said the agency’s website would be updated soon. The change follows a request from the Trade Sup-port Network asking for more time to prepare for drawback and reconciliation in ACE. “CBP is moving this date from October 1, 2016 to October 29, 2016 to allow additional time for our trade stakeholders to transition these capabilities to ACE,” the letter said. “This adjustment affects the mandatory filing of liquidation, drawback, reconciliation, duty deferral, collections, statements, and automated surety inter-face,” it said.
The new ACE features will be operational in the certification environment “and all known priori-tized issues will be resolved, no later than September 30,” CBP said. CBP will “ensure quick resolution of any issues that may arise following the October 29th deployment” by standing up an “operations center to support the transition to ACE for post-release capabilities for CBP users,” it said.
Miscellaneous CBP Releases (September 7, 2016)CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
• Building Strong Border Communities (here)• Reminder: 2016 ACE Trade User Satisfaction Survey (here)• DAP (Donations Acceptance Program) Large-Scale Donation Proposal Template (here).
CBP Offers Guidance on Vessel Diversions Related to Hanjin ShippingCBP issued a guidance that lists several possible shipping vessel diversion scenarios related to Han-
jin Shipping’s bankruptcy filing (here). The agency provided the list “in anticipation of possible disruptions due to Hanjin Shipping vessels or cargo arriving to U.S. ports,” it said in a Sept. 2 CSMS message (here). Hanjin’s bankruptcy filing continues to be a source of uncertainty among industry for goods currently being handled by Hanjin and future shipping rates. The South Korean company filed for U.S. bankruptcy pro-tection under Chapter 15 on Sept. 2 and is expected to take similar steps in other countries soon, The Wall Street Journal reported (here).
Once a Hanjin vessel is diverted to a foreign port and discharged, the manifest, Importer Security Filing (ISF) and bills of lading must be deleted, CBP said. Entries and entry summaries must then also be canceled, it said. If the cargo later comes to the U.S. by land border or otherwise, a new entry should be filed. Filers for cargo that’s subject to Food and Drug Administration requirements will need to request deletion and a new prior notice submission “should be transmitted along with the new entry if the cargo subsequently enters the U.S,” it said. Those steps aren’t necessary if “a vessel diverted to a foreign port of
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entry is not discharged but cargo is transferred to an alternative conveyance (i.e. barge) for arrival and dis-charge at the original intended U.S. port of entry,” CBP said.
When a Hanjin vessel is diverted to another U.S. port and discharged, “manifest and bill information should be updated to reflect the port code where the freight will actually be discharged,” CBP said. While no changes are necessary to ISF submissions, filers are advised to monitor “the ISF disposition codes to ensure that any changes to the manifest and bill information did not cause the original bill match to drop,” the agency said. Also, “changes in entry process with ACE Cargo Release has linked the entry release to the manifest arrival to increase the number of fully paperless transactions,” CBP said. “Without this, paper entries and other documents will be needed for shipments not requiring examination or further processing with ACE.” No changes to bills of lading or entries are needed if the vessel is diverted to another U.S. port but not discharged.
The agency also laid out how to proceed when the company’s vessel arrived at a port but remains at anchor due to work stoppage. “The carrier must continue to provide advance notification to local CBP ports of their pending arrival (CBP Form 3171),” CBP said. “After initial arrival, a change to the vessel’s arrival status should be considered (vessel unarrived) to avoid automated cargo release and general order issues.” The carrier and vessel agents should also maintain close communication with the local CBP port vessel processing office to share information, updates, instructions and port-specific guidance, the agen-cy said. CBP will take into consideration unladen cargo that can’t be moved from the docks due to work stoppage, it said. Some ports and laborers are unwilling to accommodate Hanjin’s ships due to a potential inability to pay.
The final scenario involves in-bond cargo already in the U.S. moving under Hanjin’s bond. “This cargo must be arrived to process the entry and allow release,” CBP said. “Customs brokers and others using ABI functions QP/WP can arrive and/or export any in-bond at destination. As an alternative, the in-bond document (or information as appropriate) can be delivered to CBP and in-bond destination in order to be manually arrived/exported.”
Miscellaneous CBP Releases (September 6, 2016)CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
• FDA responses may be delayed for ACE Cargo Release entries (here)• CBP Hosts 5th Annual CTAC OpsExpo to Plan for the Future (here).
