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ACE Certification Standard Invasive Maintenance Window on April 12, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET
CBP announces an ACE Certification standard invasive maintenance window scheduled for April 12, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET.
UPDATE: Customs Broker License Exam - April 2023 Reference Material Information
CBP updates guidance for the April 2023 Customs Broker License Exam, clarifying reference material and equipment rules for examinees, including restrictions on electronic devices and storage container sizes.
CBP Provides Guidance on Cybersecurity Best Practices to Increase Supply Chain Resiliency
CBP announced a new guidance document providing customs brokers with cybersecurity best practices for preventing, responding to, and recovering from cyber-attacks as part of its broader supply chain resiliency efforts.
Customs Broker License Exam - April 2023 Reference Material Information
CBP provides guidance and reference material information for examinees preparing for the April 26, 2023 Customs Broker License Exam, including rules on permitted materials and prohibited electronic devices.
REMINDER: Modernized ACE Portal Broker Employee Reporting Requirements to be Satisfied by 4/14/2023
CBP reminds customs brokers that they must satisfy the modernized ACE Portal broker employee reporting requirements under the Broker Modernization Final Rule by April 14, 2023, and explains how to request additional time if needed.
Revised Guidance: Processing Approved Section 232 Product Exclusions
CBP updated guidance on how it processes approved Section 232 product exclusions, including that importers no longer need to email activation information and instead exclusions are activated weekly in ACE based on DOC lists, with instructions on filing exclusion IDs and seeking refunds via PSC or protest.
NCSD May 2023 Webinars
CBP's National Commodity Specialist Division announces registration for a series of May 2023 commodity classification educational webinars hosted on WebEx.
ACE Production Standard Invasive Maintenance, Sat. April 8th, 2023 @ 10:00 p.m. to 04:00 a.m. ET Sun. April 9th, 2023
CBP announced a scheduled ACE production system maintenance window from 10:00 p.m. ET Saturday, April 8, 2023 to 4:00 a.m. ET Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Resolved - Legacy ACE connecting issues due to ACE internal networking issues.
CBP announced that a previously reported issue with users connecting to Legacy ACE applications, caused by ACE internal networking issues, has been resolved.
Legacy ACE connecting issues due to ACE internal networking issues.
CBP reports that users are experiencing connectivity issues with Legacy ACE Applications, including ACE Import Manifest, due to internal networking problems at the NDC. CBP technical support is working on the issue and will provide an update once resolved.
Truck Manifest/Cargo Release Notification Issue (RESOLVED)
CBP announced that a technical issue preventing truck manifest release notifications from being sent to cargo release has been resolved, and the affected notifications have now been sent.
Truck Manifest/Cargo Release Notification Issue
CBP reported a database issue on 4/4/23 caused truck manifest to fail to send some release notifications to cargo release, and technical teams are working to resolve it and resend the failed notifications.
UPDATE: Truck Manifest CAMIR – Party Validation
CBP announces that the certification environment implementation of Party ID validation for shipper/consignee data in Truck EDI manifest messages (X12 and UNEDIFACT) has been postponed from its planned April 6, 2023 date to a future date to be announced.
UPUDATE: Valid In bond Number Formats for Truck Manifest
CBP announces that the planned deployment of in-bond number format validation for Truck E-Manifest, previously set for April 6, 2023, has been postponed to a future date. Additional information will be provided when available.
Truck Manifest will deploy an update at 5:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 6, 2023
CBP announced a Truck Manifest system update deploying early Thursday, April 6, 2023, which will inhibit EDI processing queues and cause Truck Trade Portal outages from 5:00 a.m. to before 7:00 a.m. ET.
Aluminum 232 Duty for Russian Smelt or Cast, Phase 1 – ACE Production Deployment Set for April 10
CBP scheduled an ACE Production deployment for April 10, 2023 for Phase 1 of applying Section 232 aluminum duties to Russian smelt or cast material, with an effective date of May 10, 2023 and a noted F777 error for filers attempting to report the relevant record type before then.
Issues with AESDirect Navigation in the ACE Modernized Portal
CBP notes navigation issues accessing AESDirect from the ACE Modernized Portal and provides a workaround via the Legacy ACE reference tab until a fix is implemented.
Truck EDI and Portal Slowness Resolved
CBP announced that previously reported slowness affecting the Truck Trade Portal and EDI message processing has been resolved, with the EDI backlog cleared by midnight on 4/4/2023.
Valid In bond Number Formats for Truck Manifest
CBP announced that as of April 6, 2023, Truck E-Manifest will validate in-bond number formats per the Implementation Guide, rejecting transmissions with invalid formats.
Truck Manifest CAMIR – Party Validation
CBP will begin validating shipper/consignee Party ID data in Truck EDI manifest messages (X12 and UN/EDIFACT), rejecting submissions with error 487 if required data is missing, starting in the certification environment on April 6, 2023, with a production date to follow.