[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 89486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29711]



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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Effective Date for the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) 
Becoming the Sole CBP-Authorized Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) 
System for Processing Electronic Drawback and Duty Deferral Entry and 
Entry Summary Filings

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland 
Security.

ACTION: General notice.

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SUMMARY: On August 30, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
published a notice in the Federal Register announcing plans to make the 
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) the sole electronic data 
interchange (EDI) system authorized by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) for processing electronic drawback and duty 
deferral entry and entry summary filings. The changes announced in that 
notice were to have been effective on October 1, 2016. On October 3, 
2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that 
the effective date for the transition to ACE as the sole CBP-authorized 
EDI system for electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry 
summary filings would be delayed until further notice. This notice 
announces that the effective date for the transition will be January 
14, 2017.

DATES: Effective January 14, 2017: ACE will be the sole CBP-authorized 
EDI system for processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry 
and entry summary filings, and ACS will no longer be a CBP-authorized 
EDI system for purposes of processing these filings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions related to this notice may 
be emailed to [email protected] with the subject line identifier 
reading ``ACS to ACE Drawback and Duty Deferral Entry and Entry Summary 
Filings transition''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 30, 2016, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) published a notice in the Federal Register (81 FR 
59644) announcing plans to make the Automated Commercial Environment 
(ACE) the sole electronic data interchange (EDI) system authorized by 
the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for 
processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry 
summary filings, effective on October 1, 2016. The document also 
announced that, on October 1, 2016, the Automated Commercial System 
(ACS) would no longer be a CBP-authorized EDI system for purposes of 
processing these electronic filings. Finally, the notice announced a 
name change for the ACE filing code for duty deferral and the creation 
of a new ACE filing code for all electronic drawback filings, replacing 
the six distinct drawback codes previously filed in ACS. On October 3, 
2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register (81 FR 68023) 
announcing that the effective date for these changes would be delayed 
until further notice.
    This notice announces that the new effective date for the 
transition will be January 14, 2017. At that time, ACE will become the 
sole CBP-authorized EDI system for electronic drawback and duty 
deferral entry and entry summary filings, and ACS will no longer be a 
CBP-authorized EDI system for purposes of processing these electronic 
filings.

    Dated: December 7, 2016.
R. Gil Kerlikowske,
Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2016-29711 Filed 12-9-16; 8:45 am]
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