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. Deployment of the second phase of the legacy ACE portal modernization has been pushed back to Oct. 20 and Nov. 8. This phase will transition additional capabilities to the modernized portal, including an updated references tab, document upload and management, and blanket declarations. The third phase, which is now slated for December, will transition user access management, edit functionality for account data for all account types, and reference tab updates to the modernized portal.
Bill of Lading. The deployment of functionality to release ocean cargo at the lowest shipment level remains scheduled for January 2023.
Brokers. CBP now expects to deploy in December updates that will (1) transition all brokers to a single national permit, (2) enhance the process for trade users to communicate broker and permit information to CBP, and (3) enable CBP to see information provided by trade users and manage broker administration compliance at the national level. A related final rule will take effect Dec. 19.
Collections. 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 anticipated in October 2023.
Currency Exchange. Functionality providing clear, concise daily currency information for all users to follow during entry processing is still scheduled for spring 2023.
Global Business Identifier. A test to evaluate three global entity identifier numbers that may be used to ultimately replace the manufacturing identification code, streamline customs data collection, and improve visibility into the supply chain is still anticipated for this fall.
UFLPA. A new Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act region alert scheduled to be deployed in November will add three validations to be performed when the country of origin is China for entry and for manufacturer identification code creation for both trade and CBP users: (1) postal code will be a required field, (2) users will receive an error message if the postal code provided is not a valid Chinese postal code, and (3) users will receive a warning message when a Uyghur region postal code has been provided.
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 has delayed to this winter functionality that will implement the Vessel Entrance and Clearance System, which will allow vessel masters, operators, and agents to submit certain vessel entry and clearance data and requests to CBP electronically instead of on paper.
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