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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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CBP Gives Instructions for Non-ABI/Manual Entry Summary
September 10, 2018 |Customs

CBP provided some instructions for transmitting manual entry summaries. While manual entry summaries are not transmitted through the Automated Broker Interface, they are accepted into ACE, it said. The document and timeliness requirements are the same for non-ABI entry summaries as for other entry summaries. CBP will give the invoice, which serves as the release notification, to the non-ABI filer after a CBP review, it said. CBP will also allow lineless non-ABI entry summary input for "the following entry types: 01, 04, 05, 08, and 11 (consolidated) transactions only, 21, 22, 24, 25, and 31," CBP said. "U.S. Virgin Island ports only may use lineless Non-ABI Entry Summary input for the following entry types; excluding only Quota, AD/CVD, Reconciliation, Drawback and Vessel Repair: 01, 06, 08, 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 51, and 52."

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Drawback
CBP Discusses Some Ongoing Issues With Section 232 Enforcement
September 10, 2018 by Tim Warren|Top News

The Section 232 quotas on steel and aluminum from certain countries and exclusions from the Section 232 tariffs are among the toughest procedural challenges CBP is facing in dealing with those trade remedies, CBP officials from the Base Metals Center of Excellence and Expertise recently told the American Institute for International Steel. AIIS said in its newsletter that the group's customs committee held a conference call on Sept. 6 with Center Director Africa Bell and other officials. CBP is in the process of making fixes to aid in the remedying of those problems, it said.

Topics:Customs duty, Section 232 Tariffs
CBP Provides Instructions for Refunds Related to Recent Alcohol Excise Tax Cuts
September 4, 2018 |Customs

CBP planned to deploy flags in ACE on Sept. 1 to identify imported alcohol in instances in which the importer received a foreign producer allocation or assignment and may be eligible for refunds under the Craft Beverage Modernization Act, CBP said in a CSMS message. "CBP will issue additional guidance on information to be filed substantiating CBMA claims," the agency said. "Upon issuance of this additional guidance, importers will be encouraged to file the claim information simultaneously with the transmission of the entry summary flag. CBP strongly encourages the use of the CBMA entry summary line flag over the use of protests for identifying merchandise for which a CBMA allocation has been received from the foreign producer/assigning entity. Protests should only be used for CBMA claims if entries for which a CBMA allocation has been received have liquidated." CBP recently published a final rule that authorized CBMA refunds (see 1808150030).