| Title: | Message to Electronic Filers Regarding the March 31, 2016 Mandatory ACE Filings |
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| Date: | 2016-03-25 |
| To: | abi,newace |
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a Federal Register Notice (FRN) on February 29, 2016 (81 FR 10264) advising the trade that effective March 31, 2016 ACE is the sole electronic data interchange (EDI) system authorized by the Commissioner of CBP for processing certain electronic entry and entry summary filings. CBP will be monitoring transactions in ACS to ensure that electronic filers are submitting transactions in compliance with the February 29 Notice. Any filer found not to be filing in ACE per the terms of the February 29 Notice will be notified to cease and desist. If the filer continues to file in ACS in violation of the terms of the February 29 Notice, CBP will avail itself of any enforcement actions available.
Please visit our website, http://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated for additional information. If you have specific questions related to your ACE filing, please contact your client representative. If you have specific NHTSA related questions, please contact Mr. Clint Lindsay, NHTSA at Clint.Lindsay@dot.gov. If you have specific APHIS related questions, please contact Ms. Cindy Walters at Cindy.L.Walters@aphis.usda.gov. Other ACE questions can be directed to AskACE@cbp.dhs.gov.