Software developers voiced concerns March 16 over whether they can meet a tight April 10 deadline for new country of smelt and cast information on entry summaries for aluminum products (see 2303090060). Speaking on the agency’s bi-weekly ACE trade call, developers urged CBP to develop a “work around” in the event that trade systems aren’t ready on the effective date of the new requirement.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP sent out a reminder that the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Region Alert will go live in ACE on March 18. “As a reminder, Chinese postal codes must be six-digits in length, otherwise, filers will receive a fatal reject when an entry is filed or when a new Manufacturer’s Identification Number (MID) is created or an existing MID is updated,” it said in a March 16 CSMS message. A post-deployment call is scheduled for March 21 at 3 p.m.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
The promise of the International Trade Data System “has unfortunately not been matched by reality,” with duplicative and repetitive entry requirements for partner government agencies, including the National Marine Fisheries Service, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said in comments on NMFS implementation of ITDS submitted to the Office of Management and Budget.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP created Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2304 on March 9, containing 77 ABI records and 18 Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. These changes include additional Section 232 duties on imports of aluminum and derivative aluminum products from Russia and changes to HTS flagging. "With the upcoming ACE HTS deployment in May 2023, we recommend testing in ACE Certification," CBP said in a March 10 CSMS message.
CBP released a new frequently asked questions document on the upcoming Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Region Alert in ACE, set for deployment on March 18 (see 2212210041). Once it's in effect, “if no postal code is transmitted when it is flagged by the system as a required field, the record will remain in reject status and will not be accepted in the Cargo Release system,” CBP said in the FAQ. If an incorrect postal code is submitted, filers may transmit a replacement “R” or “C” record prior to the shipment’s arrival, the agency said. Importers should enter the street-level, rather than the city-level postal code, unless there is no postal code available for the specific street, CBP said.