CBP: ACE mandatory migration date now February 2016

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced an updated timeline for the mandatory use of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

This announcement adjusts the mandatory transition to ACE for electronic entry and entry summary filing, and reads as follows:

Nov 1, 2015: Beginning of a transition period for electronic entry and entry summary filings in ACE to allow industry and participating government agencies more time to test and provide feedback as they fully transition into the new system. Use of ACE is allowed and encouraged for electronic entry and corresponding entry summary filings for entry types 01, 03, 11, 51, and 52 with or without Partner Government Agencies (PGA) data.

Feb 28, 2016: At this time, filers will only be permitted to file in ACE, and no longer permitted to file in ACS, all electronic entries and entry summaries. In addition, electronic FDA, NHTSA, and APHIS (Lacey) data must be filed in ACE and ACS will no longer be available.

July 2016: Upon publication of the Final Rule, ACE must be used for filing AMS, APHIS Core, ATF, CDC, DCMA, DDTC, DEA E&C, EPA, FSIS, FWS*, NMFS and TTB data. Hybrid submissions will no longer be allowed.

*This requirement for FWS is contingent on FWS having its regulatory revisions in place by the July 2016 publication of the CBP Final Rule eliminating hybrid filings.

CBP would like to reiterate that the transition period initiated on November 1, 2015, does not impact our December 2016 deadline for full implementation of the Single Window via ACE. We appreciate all efforts from the trade community, PGAs and CBP to prepare for this transition and encourage all to continue working toward the full transition to ACE.

Livingston continues moving forward internally with these transition and migration processes, while monitoring all CBP updates accordingly. You can visit our ACE information page to stay on top of the latest.

Any questions regarding the information provided here may be asked of Livingston’s U.S. Regulatory Affairs group.