Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Processing In ACECESAC/MMM SESSION

William DelanskyCargo Control & Release, ACE Business Office

March 18, 2014

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ACE Progress

31% faster truck processing with ACE

More than 255,000 ACE Cargo Release/

Simplified Entries filed

More than 26% of entry summaries filed and

69% of duties and fees collected in ACE

Reduced courier/printing costs

saving each participant ~$900K/year

8 PGAs receiving data via ACE

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Mandatory Dates for Transition to ACE May 1, 2015: Mandatory use of ACE for Manifest - All electronic

export and import manifest data must be transmitted via ACE

November 1, 2015: Mandatory use of ACE for Cargo Release and

related Entry Summary filings - All data associated with the release

of cargo, including PGA interactions, and the associated Entry

Summaries, must be transmitted via ACE

October 1, 2016: Mandatory use of ACE for all remaining portions

of the CBP cargo process

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Deployment C Overview(Scheduled for release April 5, 2014)

CapabilitiesCargo Release • Certified From Summary

• Integration of Truck shipments (basic processing)• Expansion of Ocean and Rail shipments to include advanced processing

Entry Summary • Entry Summary Validations – Complex Duty Calculations and Merchandise Processing Fee

Exports • Re-engineered Automated Export System, including regulatory changes for Bureau of Industry and Security and Census

October - March 2014• AES legacy and ACE/AES dual processing incoming Trade filings

January 15, 2014• CERT environment ready for trade testing

March 22, 2014• Export commodity functionality is operationally deployed in ACE/AES for CBP

and PGAs (No Trade Impact)• Includes all current AES legacy functionality including Option 4 Post

Departure Filing• AES legacy turned off

April 5, 2014• Census regulation changes integrated in new ACE/AES • Advance Export Information (AEI) functionality available but not turned on

pending Census/OFO FRN and pilot start date

Key Dates - Exports

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Implement a single window in the reengineered AES

that allows the CBP user to view all commodity,

enforcement, licensing and findings data from a

single application.

Leverage ACE functionality development on imports to

provide a means in exports for additional services for

CBP, PGAs and the trade community.

AES Reengineering

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Bureau of the Census: The reengineered AES will

include the following enhancements for Census Bureau

regulatory changes:

• Post-departure filing times changed from Ten (10) to Five (5) calendar days from the date of exportation

• Added Ultimate Consignee Type and Added License Value

• Foreign Trade Zone Identifier increased from Five to Seven alpha-numeric characters

AES Enhancements - Census

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January 31, 2014 – CBP/OFO published a Federal Register Notice announcing an AEI pilot that sets forth the eligibility requirements and details of the pilot.

• AEI will require the filing of 10-12 data elements pre-departure with the remaining data elements to be filed 5 days after departure/export.

• AEI functionality will be available in the new ACE/AES platform.

• However the AEI functionality will not be turned on in the new ACE/AES platform until Census and CBP evaluate the results of the pilot and approve the deployment of AEI in ACE/AES.

• The existing AES post-departure filing option (Option 4) will be available in the new ACE/AES platform. (for all existing & approved Option 4 filers)

CBP/OFO Advance Export Information (AEI)

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Bureau of Industry and Security

• Development of license decrementation capabilitywithin the reengineered AES platform.

• Provide a placeholder for the potential expansion of the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) in support of possible future regulatory changes.

• Development of better validations and edits on license data to enhance processing of filings and notifications.

AES Enhancements - BIS

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Export Manifest Foundation Builds• Air Export Manifest (initial EDI capabilities)

• Ocean Manifest

• Rail Manifest

Export Manifest Baseline Development:

• The AES development team is working closely with the Air,

Rail, Ocean and Truck groups to identify electronic export

manifest filing functionality for all modes

Export Manifest

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Export Manifest IGs

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ACE - Automated Commercial Environment Technical Information These files provide the technical requirements for interfacing with ACE, including ABI-CATAIR, AIR-CAMIR, Sea and Rail-CAMIR and ANSI X12, and Truck e-Manifest-ANSI X12 and UNIEDIFACT.

• ACE Automated Broker Interface and CBP and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR)

• ACE Export Manifest Implementation Guides • ACE Import Ocean Manifest Implementation Guides• ACE Import Electronic Truck Manifest Implementation Guides• ACE Import Rail X12 Implementation Guide

http://www.cbp.gov/trade/ace

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Questions?http://cbp.gov/ace