| Title: | ACE Certification and Deployment Information in Preparation for November 1, 2015 |
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| Date: | 2015-05-22 |
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On November 1, 2015, the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) will become U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) official system of record for all electronically transmitted entry and corresponding entry summary data. By this date, filers must transmit all electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries to ACE.
Testing of Capabilities Prior to November 1st Mandatory Date
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On May 20th, the majority of all code needed for the November 1, 2015 mandatory date was deployed to the Certification environment for testing by all trade filers. (See specifics on attachment.) CBP strongly recommends trade filers work with their Client Reps to test new and existing entry and entry summary capabilities (including entry/entry summary types 01, 03, and 11) via the Certification environment to ensure they are ready well in advance of the November 1, 2015 mandatory date. Implementation Guides for the capabilities listed on the following pages are posted to CBP.gov/ACE.
Deployment of Capabilities Supporting November 1st Mandatory Transition
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Deployment of all entry types on which quota merchandise may be filed was scheduled to occur on June 27, 2015. CBP has updated the deployment strategy to ensure that quota continues to be processed fairly, timely and consistently for all filers in both ACS and ACE as we approach the November milestone for mandatory use of ACE for electronic entries and related entry summaries. To that end, deployment of entry types on which quota merchandise may be filed will now occur in conjunction with the October 31, 2015 deployment and includes the following entry types: 02, 06, 07, 12, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 34, and 38.
Non-ABI Filings Post-November 1st
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Members of the trade community who file non-electronic (non-ABI) entry data with CBP are not impacted by the November 1st transition, and may continue to submit paper documents to CBP for manual entry and entry summary processing.
For more information, please visit CBP.gov/ACE. You may also contact your assigned Client Representative or send an email to AskACE@cbp.dhs.gov.