Effective Date for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Becoming the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) System for Processing Electronic Drawback and Duty Deferral Entry and Entry Summary Filings, 89486 [2016-29711]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Effective Date for the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE)
Becoming the Sole CBP-Authorized
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
System for Processing Electronic
Drawback and Duty Deferral Entry and
Entry Summary Filings
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
AGENCY:
On August 30, 2016, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
published a notice in the Federal
Register announcing plans to make the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) the sole electronic data
interchange (EDI) system authorized by
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) for processing
electronic drawback and duty deferral
entry and entry summary filings. The
changes announced in that notice were
to have been effective on October 1,
2016. On October 3, 2016, CBP
published a notice in the Federal
Register announcing that the effective
date for the transition to ACE as the sole
CBP-authorized EDI system for
electronic drawback and duty deferral
entry and entry summary filings would
be delayed until further notice. This
notice announces that the effective date
for the transition will be January 14,
2017.
SUMMARY:
Effective January 14, 2017: ACE
will be the sole CBP-authorized EDI
system for processing electronic
drawback and duty deferral entry and
entry summary filings, and ACS will no
longer be a CBP-authorized EDI system
for purposes of processing these filings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions related to this notice may be
emailed to ASKACE@cbp.dhs.gov with
the subject line identifier reading ‘‘ACS
to ACE Drawback and Duty Deferral
Entry and Entry Summary Filings
transition’’.
DATES:
On August
30, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) published a notice in
the Federal Register (81 FR 59644)
announcing plans to make the
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) the sole electronic data
interchange (EDI) system authorized by
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) for processing
electronic drawback and duty deferral
entry and entry summary filings,
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effective on October 1, 2016. The
document also announced that, on
October 1, 2016, the Automated
Commercial System (ACS) would no
longer be a CBP-authorized EDI system
for purposes of processing these
electronic filings. Finally, the notice
announced a name change for the ACE
filing code for duty deferral and the
creation of a new ACE filing code for all
electronic drawback filings, replacing
the six distinct drawback codes
previously filed in ACS. On October 3,
2016, CBP published a notice in the
Federal Register (81 FR 68023)
announcing that the effective date for
these changes would be delayed until
further notice.
This notice announces that the new
effective date for the transition will be
January 14, 2017. At that time, ACE will
become the sole CBP-authorized EDI
system for electronic drawback and duty
deferral entry and entry summary
filings, and ACS will no longer be a
CBP-authorized EDI system for purposes
of processing these electronic filings.
Dated: December 7, 2016.
R. Gil Kerlikowske,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection.
[FR Doc. 2016–29711 Filed 12–9–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs And Border Protection
Modification of the National Customs
Automation Program Test Regarding
Reconciliation and Transition of the
Test From the Automated Commercial
System to the Automated Commercial
Environment
U.S. Customs and Border
Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
AGENCY:
This document announces
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s
(CBP’s) plan to modify the National
Customs Automation Program (NCAP)
test regarding reconciliation, and the
transition of the test from the
Automated Commercial System (ACS)
to the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE). The modifications
made by this notice eliminate several
requirements for participation in the
test, impose new data requirements, and
establish the requirement that
reconciliation entries be filed in ACE
beginning January 14, 2017, regardless
of whether the underlying entry was
filed in ACS or ACE. Except to the
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extent expressly announced or modified
by this document, all aspects, rules,
terms and conditions announced in
previous notices regarding the
reconciliation test remain in effect.
DATES: The changes made by this notice
are effective January 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
test program may be submitted any time
during the test via email, with a subject
line identifier reading, ‘‘Comment on
Reconciliation test’’, to OFORECONFOLDER@cbp.dhs.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Acenitha Kennedy, Entry Summary and
Revenue Branch, Trade Policy and
Programs, Office of Trade at (202) 863–
6064 or ACENITHA.KENNEDY@
CBP.DHS.GOV.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
A. Reconciliation
The National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) was established by
Subtitle B of Title VI—Customs
Modernization in the North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Implementation Act (Customs
Modernization Act) (Pub. L. 103–182,
107 Stat. 2057, 2170, December 8, 1993)
(19 U.S.C. 1411). Through NCAP, the
thrust of customs modernization was on
trade compliance and the development
of the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE), the planned
successor to the Automated Commercial
System (ACS) as the CBP-authorized
electronic data interchange (EDI)
system. ACE is an automated and
electronic system for commercial trade
processing which is intended to
streamline business processes, facilitate
growth in trade, ensure cargo security,
and foster participation in global
commerce, while ensuring compliance
with U.S. laws and regulations and
reducing costs for U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) and all of its
communities of interest. The ability to
meet these objectives depends on
successfully modernizing CBP’s
business functions and the information
technology that supports those
functions. CBP’s modernization efforts
are accomplished through phased
releases of ACE component
functionality designed to replace
specific legacy ACS functions and add
new functionality. Section 637 of the
Customs Modernization Act amended
Section 484 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to
establish a new section (b), entitled
‘‘Reconciliation’’, a planned component
of the NCAP. (19 U.S.C. 1484(b)).
Reconciliation is the process that
allows an importer, at the time an entry
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Effective Date for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Becoming the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
System for Processing Electronic Drawback and Duty Deferral Entry and
Entry Summary Filings
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: On August 30, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
published a notice in the Federal Register announcing plans to make the
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) the sole electronic data
interchange (EDI) system authorized by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) for processing electronic drawback and duty
deferral entry and entry summary filings. The changes announced in that
notice were to have been effective on October 1, 2016. On October 3,
2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that
the effective date for the transition to ACE as the sole CBP-authorized
EDI system for electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry
summary filings would be delayed until further notice. This notice
announces that the effective date for the transition will be January
14, 2017.
DATES: Effective January 14, 2017: ACE will be the sole CBP-authorized
EDI system for processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry
and entry summary filings, and ACS will no longer be a CBP-authorized
EDI system for purposes of processing these filings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions related to this notice may
be emailed to ASKACE@cbp.dhs.gov with the subject line identifier
reading ``ACS to ACE Drawback and Duty Deferral Entry and Entry Summary
Filings transition''.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 30, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) published a notice in the Federal Register (81 FR
59644) announcing plans to make the Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) the sole electronic data interchange (EDI) system authorized by
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for
processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry
summary filings, effective on October 1, 2016. The document also
announced that, on October 1, 2016, the Automated Commercial System
(ACS) would no longer be a CBP-authorized EDI system for purposes of
processing these electronic filings. Finally, the notice announced a
name change for the ACE filing code for duty deferral and the creation
of a new ACE filing code for all electronic drawback filings, replacing
the six distinct drawback codes previously filed in ACS. On October 3,
2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register (81 FR 68023)
announcing that the effective date for these changes would be delayed
until further notice.
This notice announces that the new effective date for the
transition will be January 14, 2017. At that time, ACE will become the
sole CBP-authorized EDI system for electronic drawback and duty
deferral entry and entry summary filings, and ACS will no longer be a
CBP-authorized EDI system for purposes of processing these electronic
filings.
Dated: December 7, 2016.
R. Gil Kerlikowske,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2016-29711 Filed 12-9-16; 8:45 am]
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