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How will CBP’s drawback program change in the coming months?

The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 included a sweeping “game-changer” for the CBP drawback program, providing numerous, significant enhancements to the drawback laws under 19 U.S.C. § 1313, long-sought over the past decade by both CBP and [...]

ACE: Free CBP drawback seminar on January 4

New ACE drawback functionality is going live on January 14.  Are you ready? On January 4, from 11am – noon EST, the ACE Business Office of US Customs will host a technical webinar on the new drawback functionality.  After a demonstration [...]

Processes for US Goods Returned

Goods that were manufactured in the United States (US) and returned to the US are eligible for free entry back into the country only if: They have not undergone any advancement in value due to upgrades, repairs, improvements in condition [...]

New ACE reporting to support reconciliation in ACE

As you know, CBP delivered ACE Deployment G, Release 4, on Saturday, February 24th, as promised.  One of the critical pieces of this deployment was moving reconciliation entries into ACE, along with drawback, liquidation and other functionality.  Read our prior blog [...]

CBP hosts daily ACE support calls for Feb. 24th release – all welcome

Following ACE Deployment G, Release 4 this past weekend, CBP will host a daily support call starting today and ending March 2. The calls will take place between 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET. To dial in for these calls, please [...]

Overview on the current status of the Feb. 24th ACE release

Following is an overview on the current stats of CBP’s latest ACE release, as summarized by our friends at NCBFAA … CBP Update on February 24 ACE Deployment Following the most recent ACE Deployment this past weekend, CBP is hosting [...]

Reconciliation… Welcome to ACE!

On Saturday, February 24th, as promised, CBP delivered ACE Deployment G, Release 4.  One of the critical pieces of this deployment was moving reconciliation entries into ACE, along with drawback, liquidation and other functionality. If you file recon, here are [...]

CBP’s New Announcement on the Transition of Duty Statements to ACE

On Wednesday, November 8th, CBP published a General Notice in the Federal Register announcing the transition of Daily and Preliminary Monthly Statements to ACE. “As of December 9th, 2017, ACE will be the sole CBP-authorized EDI system for generating, transmitting and updating daily and monthly [...]