CSMS Message: 17-000132

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated two Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) Chapters and an ACE document posted on CBP.gov. The updated ACE information includes:

• Drawback CATAIR Chapter - Available in CERT now, PROD date is TBD
- Please review the table of changes.
https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/ace-drawback-catair-guidelines

• PGA Message Set CATAIR Chapter - Available in CERT on March 16, 2017 and in PROD on March 23, 2017
 - Updated text in the Description field to indicate this data element is NOT mandatory if intended use code 980.000 is provided.
- Updated Note 1 to clarify the PG records that the qualifier codes are associated with. Only specific additional information qualifier codes are valid based on the designated parent record it appears immediately after.
- For CIT, removed reference to CPSC. While this code could be available to any PGA, at the moment no agency is using it. The rule to enforce the PG60 qualifier code designated parent will be put into CERT on March 16 and in PROD on March 23, 2017.
https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/pga-message-set

• ACE Automated Broker Interface (ABI) Software Vendor's List
https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/abi-software-vendors-list

To download a copy of the updated ACE documentation, please visit the “ACE Automated Broker Interface (ABI) CATAIR” and the “ACE Technical Documentation” pages of CBP.gov/ACE. You may also copy and paste the URLs above to your internet browser.