ACE Enhancements - 2018 CBP (Customs & Border Protection) received $30M in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 appropriation for enabling ACE enhancements. FY 2018 ACE enhancement funding will be used for the following (refer to this link for additional details): • Section 321/Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act enabling automation • Electronic CBP Form 5106 • … [Read more...]
CBP Found Substantial Evidence of Evading the Antidumping Duty Order
CBP Found Substantial Evidence of Evading the Antidumping Duty Order In a final determination under the Enforce and Protect Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has found substantial evidence that a U.S. company, American Pacific Rubber, Inc., evaded the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods from Vietnam. CBP found that OCTG pup joints imported from … [Read more...]
ACE Downtime Procedures Issued by CBP
ACE Downtime Procedures Issued by CBP U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a document intended to provide guidance on CBP processes during ACE system interruptions and to help trade partners develop their own downtime policies and procedures. CBP officials have also said they are working to minimize outages. The guidance is a document that will be revised as … [Read more...]
US Company Settles & Pays for Importer’s Customs Fraud
US Company Settles & Pays for Importer’s Customs Fraud Federal prosecutors in New York announced the settlement of a lawsuit relating to a scheme to evade import duties. The case involved an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding an importer’s … [Read more...]
ACE Deployment G Updates
ACE Deployment G Updates ACE Deployment G will be the final deployment of ACE core trade processing capabilities. CBP will deploy using a phased approach over three releases between September 2017 and February 2018. The current deployment schedule is as follows: ACE Deployment G (September 16, 2017) – Non-ABI Entry Summary/Lineless (for CBP only), Duty Deferral, e214 … [Read more...]