| Title: | TTB Final Rule Published |
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| Date: | 2017-01-12 |
| To: | abi,acep,edi,newace,partner |
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Effective December 31, 2016, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) amended its regulations to clarify and streamline import procedures, and support the implementation of the International Trade Data System (ITDS) and the filing of import information electronically. The amendments include providing the option for importers to file import-related data electronically when filing entry or entry summary data electronically with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
As a result, TTB is closing a pilot program in which importers, CBP, and TTB tested, as part of the ITDS project, the electronic collection of import-related data required by TTB and the transfer of that data to TTB. TTB has amended its regulations to permanently provide importers with the option to file import-related data electronically along with the filing of the entry or entry summary with CBP, making the pilot program no longer necessary.
For the full text of the TTB Notice, Importation of Distilled Spirits, Wine, Beer, Malt Beverages, Tobacco Products, Processed Tobacco, and Cigarette Papers and Tubes; Cancellation of Pilot Program Testing Electronic Collection of Import Data, see https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-09/pdf/2017-00083.pdf