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US apparel, footwear industries fear Trump trade plan

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From our friends at the American Apparel & Footwear Association: January 15: The United States is one of the world’s largest apparel markets, but 97 percent of the garments sold here are made elsewhere. So it will come as no surprise if fashion is the first industry to be affected when President-elect Donald Trump launches […]

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ACE reporting: CBP publishes updates for protest filers and more

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With the postponement of the deployment of ACE post-entry functionality, shippers now have some time to familiarize themselves with US Customs’ recent update of ACE reporting capabilities. Specifically, the ACE Reports Team has recently deployed a new ACE Reports Workspace for Protest Filer Accounts and published new and updated ACE Reports documentation available in the […]

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US shippers forced to look inland for warehouse space

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Continuing a trend that ran through 2016, demand for industrial space is expected outpace supply, leaving importers and exporters competing for a scant supply of prime warehouse and distribution space close to major seaports and transportation hubs.  According to the Journal of Commerce, shippers may be relegated to secondary markets, such as the Inland Empire […]

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Free NCBFAA webinar on 1/17: “Trade Perspectives Under President Trump”

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From our friends at NCBFAA: Countdown to the Inauguration:  Trade Perspectives Under President Trump Following up on NCBFAA’s well-attended post-election webinar on the direction of trade in the new Trump Administration, this presentation will attempt to pull together information that has emerged since then and try to plot with more precision what those signals might mean for the […]

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Breaking news! CBP postpones deployment of Jan 14 ACE post-entry functionality

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  From CSMS #17-000009:   Notice Regarding ACE – Postponement of the January 14 deployment This notice is with regard to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The January 14, 2017, deployment of post release capabilities including  liquidation (with the exception of the electronic posting of the Notices of Liquidation on CBP.gov), […]

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Supply chain shakeup! Amazon applies for patent for underground delivery tunnels

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E-commerce giant Amazon “is not satisfied with conventional transport. Alongside autonomous drones, self-driving trucks, branded fleets of airplanes and even flying warehouses, the Seattle-based company is now looking into delivering goods via a network of subterranean tunnels.”  Others have the same idea.  Check out this Newsweek article about a movement to turn conventional supply chain […]

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ACE: Recon “blanket flagging” to be discontinued on Jan 14

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    Attention recon filers!  Effective January 14, US Customs will no longer apply ‘Blanket Reconciliation Flagging’ to entry summaries.  CBP has left it up to the importers and their brokers.  As a result, all reconciliation flagging must be done on an entry-by-entry basis. Failure to do so will require importers to submit 520(d)s, post-summary […]

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ACE: Update on PGA integration for exports

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While much of the fanfare around ACE has been on the import side, US Customs continues to work with the PGAs to complete full integration in ACE for exports. Below is a table listing all the agencies that have export data requirements, methods used to receive data in ACE, pilot availability and the required export […]

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