The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee issued an update on the status of its Export Modernization Working Group as well as one draft recommendation for CBP ahead of the COAC’s June 14 meeting.
CBP April 5 said it was working on a “resolution” to fix “navigation issues” to the Automated Export System Direct filing tool in the ACE Modernized Portal. The agency asked users to instead navigate to AESDirect by “logging in and launching the ‘Legacy ACE’ on the reference tab,” according to a CSMS message. “This will allow you to select ‘Exporter’ under the accounts tab and launch AESDirect from that point.” CBP said it plans to issue another message “once a fix has been implemented.”
CBP recently deployed a new link to the Automated Export System Direct Portal as part of its ACE Portal modernization efforts, the Census Bureau said in a Jan. 12 email to industry. The ACE “References Tab” now has a link, AES Direct UI (login required), to access the AES portal, Census said. “Users should begin navigating to the AESDirect Portal using only the ‘AES Direct UI’ link,” the agency said. “Access through the ‘Legacy ACE’ link will be discontinued in the future.”
The Census Bureau deployed a new informational message in the Automated Export System Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) certification environment Jan. 10, which will be alerting exporters when the U.S. Principal Party in Interest address state field and state of origin field don’t match (see 2212220023). In a Jan. 9 CSMS message, CBP reminded industry that exporters and software developers submitting Electronic Export Information through the Electronic Data Interface will “need to program and test their software so that their clients receive the new response code message.” CBP also said the message will be active in the ACE production environment on Feb. 7.
CBP posted the following documents ahead of the Dec. 7 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
CBP posted several documents ahead of the Sept. 14 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely June 29, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by June 24.
The Bureau of Industry and Security this week finalized its new controls on cybersecurity items, making several changes to the rule’s language and addressing some questions from the public comment period. The changes include revisions to the definition of “government end user” and other actions to “clarify the scope of controls,” BIS said in a final rule effective May 26.
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 Census Bureau has received mostly opposing comments on a proposal for a new country of origin data element in the Automated Export System but hasn’t yet made a decision about whether to move forward with the change, said Kiesha Downs, chief of the agency’s Foreign Trade Division’s regulations branch. The rule (see 2112140033), which would require U.S. exporters of foreign-produced goods to declare the country of origin (COO) for their item in AES, could lead to costly compliance challenges (see 2201040044), companies and trade groups recently told the agency.