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The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the CBP's electronic system through which the international trade community reports imports and exports and the government determines admissibility.

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Drawback Now Allowed on Section 301 Duties, CBP Says; Worst of Shutdown Effects Limited to Seafood
January 23, 2019 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP is now accepting claims for drawback on Section 301 duties on products from China, said John Leonard, executive director-trade policy and programs, on a conference call held Jan. 23 to discuss issues related to the ongoing federal government shutdown. The agency has fixed a bug in ACE that was preventing Section 301 drawback claims and is now able to begin processing, though the agency’s ability to resolve particular issues will be limited due to staffing issues caused by the ongoing shutdown, he said.

Topics:Customs duty, Drawback
Importer Compliance Rates Fall Amid Increased Workload, Complexity From Sections 232, 301 Tariffs
January 17, 2019 by Brian Feito|Top News

Measures of compliance among steel products importers are down since the imposition of sections 301 and 232 tariffs, said the American Institute for International Steel’s Customs Committee in its 2018 year-end report. CBP told the trade association that compliance measured by the letter of the law for imports in Harmonized Tariff Schedule chapters 72 and 73 was down to 96.46 percent in fiscal year 2018, and down to 97.8 percent when measured by major trade discrepancies, CBP told AIIS, the report said. “Issues with Section 232 and Section 301 entries presumably contributed to the reductions,” the report said.

Topics:Section 301 tariff exclusions, Harmonized Tariff Schedule, Customs duty, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD), Drawback, USMCA
Form 5106 Deployment to Be Delayed if Shutdown Continues Beyond Feb. 1
January 16, 2019 by Tim Warren|Top News

CBP will delay the deployment of the CBP Form 5106 in the Automated Broker Interface if the partial federal government remains shut down as of Feb. 1, said John Leonard, CBP executive director-trade policy and programs, during a Jan. 16 conference call with industry. CBP recently set a concrete deployment date of Feb. 9 for its upcoming ACE Form 5106 input process (see 1811130052) and posted a draft version of the form (see 1812240003). "If we are happily open by Feb. 1, we will proceed with a Feb. 9 deployment for the 5106."

Government Shutdown Affecting EPA Imported Vehicle Compliance Determinations, Paper NOA Handling
January 10, 2019 by Tim Warren|Top News

The partial federal government shutdown is preventing the Environmental Protection Agency's review of vehicle import compliance and paper notices of arrival for pesticides. "EPA personnel are not excepted from the shutdown for the purpose of making compliance determinations or otherwise advising CBP on the compliance of any such vehicles and engines," according to one automatic response from an EPA employee contacted by email. "In the case of any urgent need for CBP to discuss a matter with the EPA regarding the importation of vehicles and engines subject to the Clean Air Act, please contact Evan Belser at belser.evan@epa.gov or 202-564-6850. Mr. Belser is the Chief of the Vehicle and Engines Enforcement Branch at EPA HQ, and is excepted for the limited purpose of managing any such correspondence."