U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its schedule for deploying additional functionality to the Automated Commercial Environment.
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ACE Portal. The second phase of the legacy ACE portal modernization, now scheduled for June 28, will transition additional capabilities to the modernized portal, including creation and edit functionality for all accounts and supporting data, blanket declarations, and access to other ACE applications (including AES, ACE reports, and truck manifest) via the references tab. The third phase, still scheduled for September, will transition document upload/management, user access management, statement functionality, and arriving/exporting in-bonds to the modernized portal.
Bill of Lading. The deployment of functionality to release ocean cargo at the lowest shipment level is still planned for August 2022.
Brokers. Broker license application, permit application, and annual permit user fee interfaces to ACE remain planned for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. CBP is still awaiting the issuance of final regulations to transition all brokers to a single national permit, which would eliminate multiple district permits and waivers, and still expects this to take place this summer. Proposed regulations were issued in June 2020.
Collections. Functionality to enhance the refunds management workflow and provide the ability to search, create, approve, and certify refunds is still anticipated this fall. Functionality automating the budget clearing account process, enabling improved reconciliation of open receivables, integrating the port collections process into ACE collections, and enabling the entry lifecycle to be contained in one system is still scheduled for winter 2023.
Forms. On April 23 CBP migrated Form 28 (request for information), Form 29 (notice of action), and Form 4647 (notice to mark and/or notice to redeliver) from legacy ACE to the new ACE framework.
Global Business Identifier. A test now scheduled to start sometime in May will evaluate three global entity identifier numbers and may use one or more to ultimately replace the manufacturing identification code, streamline customs data collection, and improve visibility into the supply chain.
Manifests. Enhancements to the CBP user interface for the primary and secondary processing of truck manifests have already been deployed to Brownsville, Buffalo, and Laredo; will be deployed to Detroit May 15; and will be deployed to all remaining ports June 5. Further enhancements are now scheduled to be deployed July 11, at which time trade users will begin seeing new messaging regarding modifications to crew, vehicle, cargo, and seals.
Quota certificates. An enhancement for quota certificates still scheduled for August 2022 will provide decrementation, additional validations, and query capabilities.
USMCA. CBP has yet to provide an updated schedule for a new indicator that filers will use to show if they are submitting a substitution claim or a direct identification claim for drawback provisions 56 and 70 under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Vessel agents. CBP still plans to deploy this spring functionality that will allow vessel masters/agents/carriers to log into the ACE portal to launch the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System.
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