QUESTION: On the high volume traffic lanes, our company asks our freight forwarder to file the ISFs. We pay the freight forwarder to handle all aspects of the shipment (overseas trucking, booking the containers, document distribution) and we have also provided them a POA to file the ISF for us. Then there are the one-offs, […]
QUESTION: I’m interested to learn which reports are used by members filing recon? Are any of the members using U.S. Customs’ Masterfile Extract and Liquidation Extract files when preparing to file recon entries? Or, are you using only the ACE and ITRAC data? Thank you! ========== Answer: I filed recon for our company last […]
QUESTION: I am curious on how other members conduct ACE export audits on multiple export locations with same EIN number? Can you share your practices? Do you have each location conduct the audits? If so, how do they identified them and run an ACE report on just their location? *********** Answers: It’s never been easier […]
QUESTION: Can the association provide information on how to add Mode of Transportation to the AM-008 report? ========== Answer: I see this question too often. Not only freight mode but MPF and HMF. The data is in the customs system but not in any canned report. It’s just that. A canned report. I often […]
QUESTION: Could you recommend the best report to find out how much the company has paid on line item level in Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties? Some deposits have been done post entry and rate has changed several times, so there could be several deposits for the same entry line. Does CBP make information […]
QUESTION: Does anyone know if ACE has an Export report that would contain the foreign ports my company ships FROM? Also, is there a report that shows the ports my company ships TO? I saw a couple of reports; like AM-068 but not sure if there is another I should view. ********** Answers: You are […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have experiences extracting MPF, HMF, and Other fees from the ACE reporting tool ? I am finding it extremely difficult. The values are captured at entry line level not at entry header level. Despite this, the values are repeated for each line (MPF of $485 is repeated on […]
QUESTION: I have used this report many times, but now I am finding out that not all my entries are on this report. Consistently every month there have been entries that are on my broker’s report yet they are not on this report. One FEIN#, same start and finish date. Am I […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have a good how-to or tutorial on integrating ACE reports with an FTP server? I would like to automate some BI reporting on import statistics but am having nothing but trouble trying to get our server and ACE to “play nice”. ========== Answers: For exports, you can have reports emailed to you […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership use an ACE report that contains container numbers? For the life of me I can’t seem to find one. ========== Answer: No container numbers in ACE. ==========
QUESTION: We are a Canadian Company with an established Non Resident IOR for shipments Importing into the USA. Are we able to sign up for an ACE account on the ACE Portal to run ACE reports on our Non Resident USA Import Activity ? ========== Answers: Yes, you can apply for an ACE account. We […]
QUESTION: The ECCN field in this report is blank on filings, regardless of value. 10% of the time the ECCN is present. My exports are EAR99. It is my understanding that to file an export as routed the ECCN is a mandatory field. Is this correct? If the ECCN is not transmitted this will […]
