CBP Resolves ACE Issue Involving In-Transit Shipments
CBP has said it has resolved an issue where ACE didn't accept the lower duty rate of 10% for entries that properly qualify as in-transit shipments filed since April 9.
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In a CSMS message issued late April 11, CBP said that with this update, "the product of countries that have an additional country-specific rate of duty that were (1) loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transport on or after 12:01 a.m. EDT April 5, 2025, and before 12:01 a.m. EDT April 9, 2025, and (2) are entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, before 12:01 a.m. EDT on May 27 2025, should claim the 10% additional rate in lieu of the country-specific rate of duty. Articles to which this in transit scenario applies must be reported under 9903.01.25."
CBP continued, "As necessary, filers should resubmit the applicable entry summaries in the Automated Commercial Environment that qualify for the in transit provision as soon as possible and within ten days of the date of release."
Earlier in the day, CBP noted in another CSMS message that the agency "is aware that articles the product of the countries that have an additional country-specific rate of duty, identified in 9903.01.43 – 9903.01.76 entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on 4/9/25 but loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit between 4/5/25 and 4/9/25 are not being accepted with HTS 9903.0125 as advised in CSMS # 64680374," which details guidance on reciprocal tariffs that were effective April 5 and 9.
"CBP has deployed an immediate correction to the issue reported earlier today in CSMS 64715655, in which the Automated Commercial Environment did not accept ," CBP said in the CSMS message.