U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message reminding the trade that certain transaction sets for ACE release M1 (e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail for advance cargo information purposes)1 which are currently posted to CBP's Web site are in draft form and subject to revision.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has revised the following CBP Trade Virtual Private Network (VPN) documents to provide updated contact information for Verizon: Connectivity Recommendations, which provides VPN connectivity recommendations; and Deciding Which VPN Solution is Best for Your Company, which provides four scenarios that need to be considered when deciding which method to use to connect to the CBP Trade Partner VPN Infrastructure.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its "ACE Workplan Schedule," which provides a list of the changes and/or fixes to the Automated Commercial Environment and other systems it interfaces with that were scheduled for deployment on May 31, 2008 and June 21, 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message stating that on June 24, 2008, ACE experienced a nationwide problem impacting both CBP and the Trade; however, ACE service was restored at 13:20 EDT on June 24, 2008. While the access problem occurred, all users were unable to access ACE. Additionally, Trade users were not able to submit e-manifests via the Portal. However, EDI messages were able to be sent to ACE. (Original CSMS message announcing the problem is available here.) (CSMS 08-000109, dated 06/24/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17117&page=&srch_argv=08-000109&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
The following are documents which CBP updates frequently (weekly, monthly, etc.):
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ACE Portal Accounts and ACE Reports CSMS message announcing that the following ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) Account Revenue report enhancements have been made to improve performance:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an "ACE Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue at a Glance" fact sheet.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) Reports have been made easier with the release of its ACE Portal Reports Dictionaries.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated Excel workbook containing historical information and the June 3, 2008 fill date for the TRQ (tariff rate quota) on certain dairy products classified under HTS Chapter 4, Additional U.S. Note 10 for Belgium and Denmark. Also posted is the January 2, 2008 fill date for the dairy products TRQ for "any country or area." (Workbook, posted 06/11/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_programs/textiles_and_quotas/quotatariff_fill_rates/4ausn10_dairy_products.ctt/4ausn10_dairy_products.xls)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that trade testing for ACE (Automated Commercial Environment) release M1 (e-Manifest: Ocean and Rail for advance cargo information purposes) will begin no sooner than September 2008.