QUESTION: Our company is considering self-filing our post summary corrections (PSC). We would like to benchmark with the ICPA community to see what other companies are doing. 1. Is your company self-filing for PSC? 2. If yes to Q1, please answer the below: a. What system(s) is/are used for self-filing? b. How much time in […]
QUESTION: Has anyone received the PMS schedule for 2017? If so, would you be willing to share? ************ Add’l Answers: http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ICPA-CBP-ACE_MonthlyTradeUpdate___Jan_2017.pdf ************** CBP has published the January 2017 ACE Monthly Trade Update which has the PMS dates for 2017. https://apps.cbp.gov/csms/docs/22430_187811670/ACE_MonthlyTradeUpdate___Jan_2017.pdf
QUESTION: Each year the ‘ACE Monthly Trade Update’ would post a schedule of when to run the Periodic Monthly Statements. Has anyone in the industry seen a Preliminary Statement (11th working day)/ Final Statement (15th working day) table issued? I know I can count the days myself, but it gives me a little comfort to […]
QUESTION: How long does it take customs entry data to appear in ACE? I’m running a report for the month of December, but see that the data stops at entry date 12/28. I know that we had entries completed on 12/29 and 12/30, but they are not populating in the ACE report. ========== Answers: 10 […]
QUESTION: I can find nowhere ECCN data in available reports for declared shipments (*other than routed shipments*) – and the help desk on the phone say they don’t know and by email don’t respond to the question. Is it possible that such a basic piece of declared data would not be available in reports? **************** […]
QUESTION: We have one EIN for 16 ship to locations in the US. Is there a report in ACE by entry number that I can run that will show the entry number and the final ship to address in the US? ========== If you want to track this information, I suggest you use suffixes […]
QUESTION: We have acquired a new entity. How do I add them to my ACE account and transfer the TAO? ========== Answers: You need to complete an ACE application with the new entity information. You can change the TAO with this as well. ========== The existing TAO for that account has to add you to […]
QUESTION: Has any once noticed that automated emails are no longer being generated by ACE when direct export filings are made? Previously we received an automate email with subject line AES Direct Filing – Shipment Ref #. Email auto generation stopped for us beginning 12/1 and ACE support responded that no changes were made […]
QUESTION: Our company does have infrequent customer-routed exports, but our forwarder submits the AES on our behalf (our customer’s forwarder is then given the ITN# for their export docs). I am not seeing these ITN#s in our ACE reports, despite having EEI Proofs of Filing from our filing forwarder. I know that in AES-202 you […]
QUESTION: Can the membership advise about obtaining a copy of the ITRAC? I understand ACE is the system of record, but are we still able to get ITRAC through this year? If so, does anyone happen to know how much longer ITRAC will be available? ****************** Answers: https://www.cbp.gov/document/forms/sample-itrac-request-template *************** Check here: https://www.cbp.gov/foia/itrac A Sample ITRAC […]
QUESTION: Can the membership help with how to modify the ACE Export report AES-203 to include the name and address of Ultimate Consignee? Is there any other report available that can give the ultimate Consignee information for routed transactions? **************** Answers: Attached is an older presentation that I saved and often refer back to when […]
QUESTION: Would anyone be willing to share their internal SOP for managing their PM statement ACH process? Our TC team will monitor via ACE, and of course we’ll be receiving the statements from our broker, however we need to develop an internal process with our finance department who will be funding the account. Specifically I’m […]
