The Census Bureau will soon update the Automated Export System and its Trade Interface Requirements to reflect CBP’s expansion of the Foreign-Trade Zone Identifier from seven to nine characters, the agency said in a May 11 email. Census also said software vendors should update their software to send the correct Foreign-Trade Zone Identifier. The update is effective May 17.

TUCSON, Arizona -- Upcoming ACE filing requirements for Fish and Wildlife Service regulated exports in ACE will likely be aligned with import filing requirements also in progress, FWS ACE Coordinator Rhyan Tompkins said May 2. The required data elements are the same for both imports and exports, which should lead to similar filing requirements, Tompkins said during an afternoon panel at the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference. The agency is working through the message set with CBP, but in the meantime, exporters would likely find it useful to review the import ACE implementation guide for an indication of how the agency will handle exports.

The Automated Export System experienced an unscheduled outage April 26 before coming back online later that day, the Census Bureau said in an email. The outage affected only AESDirect filers, the agency said. Census reminded users that under the AES downtime policy, they are required to submit Electronic Export Information for all shipments that were exported, along with any new AES transactions, to receive an Internal Transaction Number.

CBP this week renewed both of its electronic export manifest pilots for rail and vessel cargo. The pilots, which began in 2015 and were extended in 2017, will be renewed for an additional two years from April 27. Renewing both pilot programs will allow CBP to continue to determine whether EEM will “allow for improvements in the functionality and capabilities at the departure level,” the agency said. CBP -- which has been under pressure to move faster on EEM after delays pushed back its full release (see 2110180038) -- has been drafting an announcement to mandate the use of EEM since at least July 2021 (see 2107220036).

The Census Bureau published an April 19 guidance on when companies should file electronic export information for electronic goods and vehicles shipped to Puerto Rico. The post outlines the various filings required of exporters and provides two examples to help shippers determine who is the U.S. Principal Party in Interest.

The Census Bureau April 19 emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System. Response code 119 is a fatal error for when the carrier ID is reported but the mode of transportation code “indicates a carrier code is not allowed,” Census said. The agency said a carrier ID isn’t allowed to be reported for modes of transportation other than vessel, air, rail or truck. The filer should verify the mode of transportation, correct the shipment and resubmit.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is temporarily adding seven synthetic benzimidazole-opioid substances -- butonitazene, etodesnitazene, flunitazene, metodesnitazene, metonitazene, n-pyrrolidino etonitazene and protonitazene -- to Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in a notice released April 11. The listing takes effect April 12, and will be in effect for up to three years.

The Drug Enforcement Administration permanently placed the synthetic cannabinoids 5F-EDMB-PINACA, 5F-MDMB-PICA, FUB-AKB48, 5F-CUMYL-PINACA and FUB-144 into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, in a final rule. The substances had already been temporarily listed in Schedule I since 2019 (see 1904150027). The final order is set to take effect April 7, when it's scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is placing the newly approved drug Quiviviq (daridorexant) in Schedule IV of the Controlled Substances Act, it said in an interim final rule. Effective April 7, daridorexant, which was granted FDA approval in January, is subject to new registration, labeling, record-keeping, and import and export requirements. DEA is accepting comments on the rule until May 9.

The new export working group for CBP’s Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee hopes to make progress on launching electronic export manifest, calling it “one of our primary areas of focus.” Working group member David Corn, executive vice president for Comstock & Theakston, said the group hopes to eventually launch EEM for “all transportation modes.”