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A. Mandatory Use of ACE for Electronic
Filing of FTZ Admission Applications
This document announces that
beginning on September 16, 2017, all
test participants must file electronic
FTZ admission applications in ACE. All
other filers will continue to submit FTZ
admission applications to CBP on paper.
As of September 16, 2017, ACS is
decommissioned for the electronic filing
of these applications.
B. Clarification
This document announces a
clarification to the notice published in
the Federal Register on August 19,
2005. The list of data elements which
test participants must provide CBP
when filing an electronic FTZ
admission application contained in that
notice inadvertently failed to include
the data element ‘‘Zone ID’’ which
replaced the ‘‘Zone Number and
Location (Address)’’ requirement on the
paper CBP Form 214 (Question 1). This
notice clarifies that the list of data
elements required for the electronic FTZ
admission application must include the
‘‘Zone ID’’. Test participants have been
submitting this data element since the
inception of the test program.
Further, this document reminds test
participants that they must provide the
data elements ‘‘Steel Import License
Number’’ and ‘‘Kimberley Process
Certificate Number’’ to CBP, as
applicable, when filing an electronic
FTZ admission application, as required
by CSMS message (CSMS #14–000641)
dated December 15, 2014. Under 19 CFR
12.145 and 360.101(c), the steel import
license number needs to be provided on
CBP Form 214 at the time of filing under
19 CFR part 146, in the case of
merchandise admitted into an FTZ. The
Kimberley Process Certificate must be
presented in connection with an
importation of rough diamonds into an
FTZ and exportation out of an FTZ if
demanded by a CBP official according to
31 CFR 592.404 and 592.301. Pursuant
to 31 CFR 592.301 Note 3, when making
entry of a shipment of rough diamonds
via ABI, the customs broker, importer or
filer must submit the unique identifying
number of the Kimberley Process
Certificate accompanying the shipment.
C. Extension of Program
The test has been running
continuously since March 26, 2007. CBP
announces in this notice that it is
extending the test until a decision is
reached to implement the program on a
permanent basis and/or to conclude the
test. The new test program is intended
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to encourage greater participation in the
test program by the trade and thereby
provide CBP with more meaningful data
by which to assess the feasibility of
implementing the program on a
permanent basis. CBP will inform the
public of its decision to conclude the
test program, and if the test program
was successful, to implement it on a
permanent basis, by way of
announcement in the Federal Register.
Dated: August 10, 2017.
Todd C. Owen,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Field Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Automated Commercial Environment
(ACE) Becoming the Sole CBPAuthorized Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI) System for
Processing 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 CBP for processing
electronic drawback and duty deferral
entry and entry summary filings. The
date for the changes announced in that
notice had been delayed indefinitely.
This notice announces the new date for
the transition of duty deferral entry and
entry summary filings. The transition
for processing electronic drawback
filings will be announced in the Federal
Register at a later date.
DATES: As of September 16, 2017, ACE
will be the sole CBP-authorized EDI
system for processing duty deferral
entry and entry summary filings, and
the Automated Commercial System
(ACS) will no longer be a CBPauthorized EDI system for 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 Duty Deferral Entry and Entry
Summary Filings Transition.’’
SUMMARY:
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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 CBP for processing
electronic drawback and duty deferral
entry and entry summary filings, with
an effective date of 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. Thereafter, on December
12, 2016, CBP published a notice in the
Federal Register (81 FR 89486)
announcing that the new effective date
for the transition would be January 14,
2017. On January 17, 2017, CBP
published an additional notice in the
Federal Register (82 FR 4900) delaying
the effective date for the transition until
further notice. Then, on June 8, 2017,
CBP published a notice in the Federal
Register (82 FR 26698) announcing that
the new effective date for the transition
would be July 8, 2017. Thereafter, on
June 30, 2017, CBP published a notice
in the Federal Register (82 FR 29910)
delaying the effective date for the
transition until further notice.
This notice announces that beginning
September 16, 2017, ACE will become
the sole CBP-authorized EDI system for
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.
The transition date for processing
electronic drawback filings will be
announced in a separate Federal
Register Notice at a later date.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 11, 2017.
Kevin K. McAleenan,
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and
Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2017–17319 Filed 8–15–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Becoming the Sole CBP-
Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) System for Processing 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 CBP for
processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry
summary filings. The date for the changes announced in that notice had
been delayed indefinitely. This notice announces the new date for the
transition of duty deferral entry and entry summary filings. The
transition for processing electronic drawback filings will be announced
in the Federal Register at a later date.
DATES: As of September 16, 2017, ACE will be the sole CBP-authorized
EDI system for processing duty deferral entry and entry summary
filings, and the Automated Commercial System (ACS) will no longer be a
CBP-authorized EDI system for 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 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 CBP for processing electronic drawback and duty
deferral entry and entry summary filings, with an effective date of
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.
Thereafter, on December 12, 2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal
Register (81 FR 89486) announcing that the new effective date for the
transition would be January 14, 2017. On January 17, 2017, CBP
published an additional notice in the Federal Register (82 FR 4900)
delaying the effective date for the transition until further notice.
Then, on June 8, 2017, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register
(82 FR 26698) announcing that the new effective date for the transition
would be July 8, 2017. Thereafter, on June 30, 2017, CBP published a
notice in the Federal Register (82 FR 29910) delaying the effective
date for the transition until further notice.
This notice announces that beginning September 16, 2017, ACE will
become the sole CBP-authorized EDI system for 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. The
transition date for processing electronic drawback filings will be
announced in a separate Federal Register Notice at a later date.
Dated: August 11, 2017.
Kevin K. McAleenan,
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2017-17319 Filed 8-15-17; 8:45 am]
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