CBP delays transition of e-FTZ admissions from ACS to ACE

On September 15, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notice announcing that the date for the transition from the Automated Commercial System (ACS) to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) as the sole electronic data interchange (EDI) system authorized by the Commissioner of CBP for processing electronic Foreign Trade Zone (e-FTZ) admission applications is delayed until December 9, 2017. Previously, on August 16, 2017, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register (82 Fed. Reg. 38923) announcing plans to make ACE the sole electronic data interchange (EDI) system authorized by the Commissioner of CBP for processing electronic Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) admission applications were to become operational on September 16, 2017.

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