On January 6, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) #15-000006 summarizing the newly released trade processing features in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), completing Deployment D.
The new features include the following:
- Manifest
- CBP will begin processing air manifest data in ACE on January 11, 2015.
- Effective May 1, 2015, all electronic manifests must be filed in ACE.
- Cargo Release
- For ocean, rail and air shipments, filers can now transmit Antidumping/Countervailing Duty entries (Entry type 03) to ACE.
- Code was deployed to production in support of advanced truck shipment processing in ACE.
- Entry Summary, Accounts and Revenue- eBond
- CBP can now receive and validate Single Transaction Bonds, Continuous Bonds, and Bond Riders electronically
- CBP can provide bond status updates electronically
- A new bond user interface and capabilities are available for CBP users.
- Bond validations are in place for ACE Cargo Release and ACE Entry Summary.
- Enhanced Trade user interfaces are in place to allow for location of Single Transaction Bonds.
- Exports
- Capabilities in support of Ocean/Rail export manifest processing have been deployed to production.
- Initiation of the export manifest pilots are pending publication of Federal Register Notices.
- Partner Government Agency Integration (Single Window)
- Capabilities were deployed to production for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
The CSMS can be accessed online at:
http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=20446&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby=
