Reminder: Ace Mandatory Use Dates

Here are some of the Mandatory use of ACE for electronic entry and entry summary filings.

November 1, 2015 began the transition period for electronic entry and entry summary filings in ACE.

You will be impacted if you: Electronically submit entry or entry summary data to CBP

Groups most likely to be impacted: Importers, Brokers, Self-Filers, or Software Providers

February 28, 2016

Beginning February 28, 2016 CBP will start divesting the legacy Automated Commercial System (ACS) by:

Offering limited Client Representative and Technology Service Desk support to the trade for ACS entry/entry summary types that are available in ACE.
Performing ACS maintenance during peak business hours.
Providing processing priority to ACE entries where corresponding ACS entries are still available.

March 31, 2016

Filers will be required to file in ACE and no longer permitted to file in ACS the following transactions:

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Electronic entry summaries, associated with the following entry types, with no PGA data:

01 – Consumption
03 – Consumption – Antidumping/Countervailing Duty
11 – Informal
23 – Temporary Importation Bond (TIB)
51 – Defense Contract Administration Service Region (DCASR)
52 – Government ‑ Dutiable

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Electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries, associated with the entry types listed above, with data for the following agencies:

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) for Lacey Act, unless paired with other PGA data.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), unless paired with other PGA data.

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The implementation of these capabilities through ACE means that the filing of the following transactions will no longer be accepted in ACS:

Electronic entry summaries (Entry types 01, 03, 11, 23, 51 and 52) with no PGA data.
Electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries (Entry types 01, 03, 11, 23, 51 and 52) with APHIS Lacey Act data, unless paired with other PGA data on the same transaction.
Electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries (Entry types 01, 03, 11, 23, 51 and 52) with NHTSA data, unless paired with other PGA data on the same transaction.

May 28, 2016

Filers will be required to file in ACE and no longer permitted to file in ACS the following transactions:

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Electronic entries, associated with the following entry types, with no PGA:

01 – Consumption
03 – Consumption – Antidumping/Countervailing Duty
11 – Informal
23 – Temporary Importation Bond (TIB)
51 – Defense Contract Administration Service Region (DCASR)
52 – Government ‑ Dutiable

Required filing of these entries includes those entries with APHIS Lacey Act and NHTSA data, unless paired with other PGA data.

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Electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries must be submitted in ACE for the following:

Entry type 06 – Consumption ‑ Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ)
Entry types 01, 03, 11, 23, 51 or 52 with APHIS Lacey Act data, unless paired with other PGA data on the same transaction.
NHTSA data on entries/entry summaries, unless paired with other PGA data on the same transactions.

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The implementation of these capabilities through ACE means that the filing of the following transactions will no longer be accepted in ACS:

Electronic entries associated with entry types 01, 03, 11, 23, 51 and 52 with no PGA data.
Entry or entry summary type 06 with no PGA data.
Electronic entries/entry summaries, associated with entry types 01, 03, 06, 11, 23, 51 and 52, with APHIS Lacey ACT data, unless paired with other PGA data on the same submission.
Electronic entries/entry summaries, associated with entry types 01, 03, 06, 11, 23, 51 and 52, with NHTSA data, unless paired with other PGA data on the same submission.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filings will continue to be allowed in ACS to provide more time for industry to transition to ACE. Further information will be provided on the mandatory filing in ACE for FDA data.

For Summer 2016 ->Specific dates to be provided: check here for the details and other information on ACE mandatory use.

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