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National Commodity Specialist Division May 2021 Webinars
CBP's National Commodity Specialist Division announces a schedule of 28 commodity-specific educational webinars for May 2021, with registration available on CBP's stakeholder engagement webpage.
ACE CERTIFICATION Maintenance this evening for MQ Software upgrade fixes, Wednesday April 14, 2021 @ 5pm ET to 8pm ET
CBP announced a scheduled maintenance window in the ACE Certification environment to implement fixes related to an MQ software upgrade intended to improve ACE messaging performance.
EPA Supplemental Guide has been updated and posted
CBP announced that the EPA Supplemental Guide (CATAIR guidelines) has been updated to remove a repeating row from the change log, with no other changes made.
The ACE DIS XML implementation Guide has been updated
CBP announced an update to the ACE DIS XML Implementation Guide, adding two new DocCodes, with details available in the change log.
Updated CATAIR Entry Summary Create/Update Under Chapters Tab to Include CBMA
CBP updated the CATAIR Entry Summary Create/Update chapter on CBP.gov to reflect CBMA enhancements, requiring filers to transmit seven data elements in ACE for CBMA claims via ABI at entry or PSC.
POSTPONED TO SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021 - The CBP Network engineering migration that was scheduled on Thursday, April 15 and Thursday April 22, will now occur on one night only - Saturday April 17, 2021 between 10pm and 5am ET
CBP announced that a network engineering migration originally scheduled for two dates has been postponed and will now occur only on Saturday, April 17, 2021, between 10pm and 5am ET, during which a brief outage may delay Cargo Release and PGA processing.
FDA Entries: Submission of Product Codes in PG02
CBP reminds software vendors and filers that the FDA PG02 record is mandatory and non-repeatable, allowing only one Product Code Qualifier and Number per FDA line, and asks them to prevent or correct submissions with multiple Product Code Numbers on a single line.
CBP Network engineering migration on Thursday, April 15, 2021 between 11pm and 5am ET, and Thursday, April 22, 2021 from 11PM – 5 AM ET may impact the overall Cargo Release flow, including PGA processing
CBP announced a network engineering migration on April 15 and April 22, 2021 during overnight hours that may cause up to a 30-minute outage affecting Cargo Release flow and PGA processing; filers are advised not to resubmit entries during the delay.
AES Commodity Response Messages 227 and 007 Restored to Fatal
CBP announces that AES Commodity Filing Response Codes 227 and 007, previously set to informational, have been restored to fatal severity as of April 13, 2021, and provides validation details for filers and software vendors.
2021 Quota Bulletin 21-308 Specialty Sugar Period 4 Opening
CBP published Quota Bulletin 21-308 announcing the opening of the 2021 Specialty Sugar Tariff-Rate Quota Period 4, with a link to the bulletin on CBP's website.
Updated Draft ACE Cargo Release Implementation Guide and Draft ACE FTZ CATAIR Chapter for the FTZ Identifier Format Change
CBP updated the Draft ACE Cargo Release Implementation Guide and Draft ACE FTZ CATAIR chapter to support a new 9-character FTZ Identifier format, with production deployment scheduled for April 24, 2021.
CBP is removing extra leading spaces that appear in the narrative text in the PGA errors sent to trade.
CBP is deploying a code update to remove extra leading spaces in PGA error narrative text so it aligns with the SE90 record spec, with deployment to CERT on April 15 and PROD on May 15.
ACE PRODUCTION Scheduled Maintenance this Weekend, Saturday, April 10, 2021@ 10:00pm ET to 4:00am ET Sunday, April 11 (additional information)
CBP announced a scheduled ACE Production maintenance window and deployment on April 10-11, 2021, which includes a fix to prevent an erroneous PL9 reject code related to Lacey Act multiple country code data.
FDA Scheduled System Down Time: Saturday, April 10, 2021, 11:00 PM Eastern to Sunday April 11, 2021 4:00 AM Eastern
CBP announces a scheduled FDA system maintenance outage affecting some Prior Notice systems from the night of April 10 to early morning April 11, 2021, which may delay Prior Notice review times. Filers are advised to submit Prior Notices early and not resubmit entries during the outage.
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Collections Release 3 Deferred Tax CERT Environment Open
CBP announced that the CERT test environment is open for trade members to test the new Deferred Tax process ahead of the ACE Collections Release 3 deployment on May 1, 2021, with entry submission procedures remaining unchanged.
ACE PRODUCTION Scheduled Maintenance, Sat. April 10, 2021@ 10pm to 4am ET Sun. April 11
CBP announced a scheduled ACE Production maintenance window from 10pm ET Saturday, April 10, 2021 to 4am ET Sunday, April 11, 2021 for infrastructure maintenance.
ACE CERTIFICATION Scheduled Maintenance, Friday April 9, 2021 @ 6am ET to 8:30am ET
CBP announced a scheduled maintenance window for the ACE Certification environment on Friday, April 9, 2021 from 6am to 8:30am ET for infrastructure maintenance.
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMA) Enhancements Deployed on April 6, 2021
CBP deployed CBMA enhancements in ACE on April 6, 2021, requiring filers to transmit seven data elements for CBMA claims at entry or via Post Summary Correction, with ACE now validating tax amounts and displaying rate/credit tables by alcohol type and quantity tranche.
CSMS #46911070 Resolved-ACE ABI Rejection "Local Permit Port Not Valid"
CBP announced that a technical issue causing ACE ABI rejections for 'Local Permit Port Not Valid' on entry summary and statement filings has been resolved, and instructed trade to resubmit any failed transmissions.
ACE ABI Rejection "Local Permit Port Not Valid"
CBP notes ABI entry summary and statement filings are being rejected with a 'Local Permit Port Not Valid' error, and a follow-up CSMS will be issued once resolved.