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

    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 [...]

ACE: Update on PGA integration for exports

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 [...]

AAEI: Jan 10th deadline to take 2017 e-Commerce Benchmark Study

  From our friends at AAEI… Dear Trade Compliance Professional, The upsurge of online shopping grew to historic proportions in 2016, having positive and negative effects on retailers, manufacturers and shippers. AAEI and Amber Road are launching a survey to measure [...]

Be ready for Jan 14! Updated ACE documentation posted on CBP.gov

    With the deployment of complete ACE core processing on January 14, you should check out US Customs’ recently posted new and updated information concerning ACE and PGAs on CBP.gov, including: ACE Development and Deployment Schedule – This schedule [...]

ACE: Full core trade processing, including post-entry, deploys January 14!

    US Customs is preparing to deploy capabilities that will complete the delivery of core trade processing in ACE. The date for the deployment and mandatory transition of these capabilities will be January 14, 2017. The capabilities in the [...]

ACE Availability Dashboard keeps filers up-to-date

US Customs’ ACE Availability Dashboard provides a visual graphic of the current status of all ACE Application Servers and presents key availability and business metrics to all members of the international trade community, PGAs, and software developers.   The ACE [...]

ACE: Free CBP drawback seminar on January 4

New ACE drawback functionality is going live on January 14.  Are you ready? On January 4, from 11am – noon EST, the ACE Business Office of US Customs will host a technical webinar on the new drawback functionality.  After a demonstration [...]

Check out this San Diego conference featuring a sustainable supply chain overview by Taylor Guitars

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA), joined together as the Trading Partner Alliance (TPA),* are pleased to host their annual Supply Chain Conference April 30 – May 2, 2017 in sunny San Diego! Now in its eighth [...]