CBP is again extending a deadline to allow users more time to continue submitting certain documents through the Document Imaging System in preparation for the agency’s upcoming Electronic Export Manifest mandate (see 2207290035 and 2209150014), the agency said in a cargo systems message this week.
CBP on March 31 will officially retire the trade export data universe in ACE reports and replace it with an “enhancement” to the Automated Export System universe, the agency said. Before the retirement, filers of ACE Reports “must repoint any saved Trade Export reports to the” AES universe. They can do this through a two-step process:
The Census Bureau emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
CBP has updated a license code in the Automated Export System for shipments involving export licenses by partner government agencies that aren’t incorporated in AES, it said in a March 13 CSMS message. Exporters should use License Code OPA (Other Partnership Agency) to give CBP a “heads-up that some paper documentation is required by another Federal agency not accommodated in AES,” according to the agency, such as the Drug Enforcement Agency or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Licenses from the Bureau of Industry and Security, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the State Department, the Energy Department and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission “cannot be used with license type” OPA, CBP said in the CSMS message.
The Census Bureau is upgrading the severity of an Automated Export System alert that notifies export filers who don’t comply with a 2020 change that expanded the Foreign Trade Zone Identifier from seven to nine characters. The alert, Response Message 15A, is being upgraded from “Informational” to “Compliance Alert,” Census said in an email to industry this week. The upgrade will last for at least 120 days, the agency said, and will be upgraded to a severity of “Fatal” at a later date.
The Census Bureau emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
The Census Bureau is revising error message 26C in the Automated Export System, which alerts users when the U.S. Principal Party in Interest Address State Code and the U.S. State of Origin Code don’t match, the agency said in a Feb. 20 email to industry.
The Census Bureau is making permanent a “fillable” voluntary self-disclosure form that it launched as a pilot program in August, saying the form has allowed the agency to receive more “timely and complete” data and more efficiently process disclosures. The Census Trade Regulations Branch will officially begin implementing the disclosure form March 3, the agency said in a Jan. 30 email to industry.
The Census Bureau added five new license codes in the Automated Export System to reflect the Bureau of Industry and Security's recent export controls on advanced computing chips (see 2501130026), Census said in emails to industry this week.
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls reminded exporters and other companies this week that its increased registration fees took effect Jan. 9 (see 2412060068). Current registrations expiring on or after March 31 will be sent reminder notifications about the new fee structure, DDTC said, which includes higher baseline fees for Tier 1, 2 and 3 registrants. The agency also linked to guidance on how to create a new registration and how registrants can calculate their new registration payment.