[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 29910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13827]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Delay of 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: Delay of effective date.

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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 CBP for 
processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry 
summary filings. This notice announces that the effective date for that 
transition has been delayed until further notice.

DATES: The effective date is delayed until further notice. CBP will 
publish a subsequent notice announcing the date when ACE will become 
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 CBP for processing electronic drawback and duty 
deferral entry and entry summary filings, with an effective date of 
October 1, 2016. The document also announced that 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. The effective date for these changes was subsequently 
delayed. On June 8, 2017, CBP published a notice in the Federal 
Register (82 FR 26698) announcing that the changes announced in the 
August 30, 2016 Federal Register notice would become effective on July 
8, 2017.
    This notice announces that the effective date announced in the June 
8, 2017 Federal Register notice is delayed until further notice. CBP 
will publish a subsequent notice announcing the effective date for 
these changes.

    Dated: June 26, 2017.
Brenda B. Smith,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade.
[FR Doc. 2017-13827 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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