CSMS Message: 17-000743

Title:PRODUCTION ACE Deployment, Thurs 11/30/2017 @0500ET,impact CargoRelease,EntrySum, ACS ABI
Date:2017-11-29
To:abi,acep,acer,newace
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Please be advised that there will be a PRODUCTION ACE Cargo Release, Entry Summary and Statements deployment on Thursday morning, November 20, 2017, during the 0500 - 0700 ET window. ACE Cargo Release, Entry Summary and ACS ABI processing will be impacted.

To be deployed:

ACE Cargo Release - miscellaneous technical changes to support ACE Reporting applications.

ACE Statements - Maintenance in support of December deployment of Statements capabilities. ACS ABI message queues, such as ACS Statements Update (HP) messages, will be stopped from 0500-0545 ET.

Entry Summary
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• CES-8463: Apply a new Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF)-499 minimum/maximum amount based on the MPF Action Date.
Change the MPF-499 minimum/maximum amounts to support the 'FY18 Fee/Limitation adjusted in accordance with the FAST Act' specified as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ACT (COBRA) legislation.

Specifically:
In 'Formal Summary Total MPF Amount Comparison' rule:
For an ES where the derived MPF Action Date is earlier than 1/1/2018:
--Apply the MPF-499 minimum amount of $25.
--Apply the MPF-499 maximum amount of $485.

For an ES where the derived MPF Action Date is on or after 1/1/2018:
--Apply the MPF-499 minimum amount of $25.67.
--Apply the MPF-499 maximum amount of $497.99.

• CES-8464: Apply a new MPF-311 fixed amount based on the MPF Action Date.
Change the MPF-311 fixed amount to support the 'FY18 Fee/Limitation adjusted in accordance with the FAST Act' specified as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ACT (COBRA) legislation.

In 'Informal MPF Amount Comparison' rule:
For an ES where the derived MPF Action Date is earlier than 1/1/2018: Apply MPF-311 fixed amount of $2.
For an ES where the derived MPF Action Date is on or after 1/1/2018: Apply MPF-311 fixed amount of $2.05.