CBP ready to launch test of ACE entry summary processing capabilities
March 6, 2009
World Trade\Interactive
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin as early as March 15 a test of the Automated Commercial Environment’s entry summary, accounts and revenue (ESAR II) capabilities. These new capabilities will include functionality specific to the filing and processing of formal consumption (type 01) entries and informal (type 11) entries, including Automated Broker Interface Census warning overrides, the issuance of requests for information and notices of action through the ACE Portal, enhanced portal account management and ACE Secure Data Portal reporting.
Changes to Test. CBP had previously indicated that under this test participating importer, broker and carrier portal account types would be able to maintain the following declarations in the ACE Secure Data Portal: affidavits of manufacturers, NAFTA certificates of origin, non-reimbursement blanket statements (antidumping/countervailing duty), certain marking rulings and importer certifying statements. CBP now states that all of these declarations except certain marking rulings will be supported in the ACE Portal.
CBP is also announcing that although the ESAR II test will support type 01 and 11 entries filed through remote location filing, this will not be available on the first day of the test. RLF will be supported at some point following the “go live” date of the test, and CBP will issue a message to the trade via the Cargo Systems Message System when this happens.
Phased Implementation. CBP will conduct the ESAR II test in a phased approach as set forth below.
• initial stage to begin no earlier than March 15 at the ports of Buffalo, Chicago, Long Beach (including Los Angeles seaport) and Laredo
• second stage to begin no earlier than April 15 at the ports of Miami, New Orleans, Houston, San Francisco, Seattle, El Paso, Boston, San Diego, Newark, JFK Airport, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Tucson, Tampa, Detroit and Atlanta
• third stage to begin no earlier than June 15 at all remaining ports
More Participants Sought. Following its August 2008 notice announcing plans to conduct the ESAR II test CBP received interest from 39 ABI participants and 17 software developers. CBP is now inviting any additional interested ABI applicants meeting the eligibility criteria specified in that notice, and additional interested software developers, to participate in the ESAR II test. CBP notes that participation will be further expanded in the future as funding and technology allow but that the eligibility criteria may differ.
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