US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated their Trade Process Document providing procedures and information for importers, filers and brokers to interact and submit entry documentation to the Centers of Excellence and Expertise (Centers).
The Centers are now permanent organizations with full regulatory authority to make post-entry decisions. The Trade Process Document clarifies how CBP and the trade community may interact with respect to commercial trade activities, such as:
- Importers that were accepted into the test are no longer known as “participating accounts”, although they continue to be processed on an account basis.
- Directory of Center supervisors and their contact information.
- How to send entry summary documentation to the Centers through official systems of record.
- The Trade should utilize existing electronic submission methods (ACE portal and DIS) where possible, in order to streamline the trade processing for both internal and external stakeholders.
More information regarding the Centers is available on the CBP website.
As always, your general questions about this regulatory update may be directed to your Livingston account manager, or to Livingston’s US Regulatory Affairs group: usregaffairs@livingstonintl.com.