Open ACE ESAR A2.2 Programming Issues (2 Issues Added, 8 Closed)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
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(ESAR A2.2 allows for the filing and processing of formal (type 01) and informal (type 11) entry summaries for those who volunteer to submit such entry summaries in ACE. It also allows importers with ACE accounts (and brokers if granted cross account access) to respond to certain CBP forms via the ACE portal.)
Eight Programming Issues Added to the Closed/Canceled List
The following eight items were moved from the “Open” list to the “Closed” or "Canceled" list with this update:
| Date Opened | Issue Description (complete description) |
| 08/19/09 | Entry Summary Accepted in ACE Not Found in ACS. A filer submitted an ACE entry summary on 8/1/09 at 06:46. The event was not successful -- either not created, created and not sent, or not received and processed by ACS. The entry summary did not appear on a statement for the filer to pay causing potentially liquidated damages. The response message (AX) from ACE to the filer appeared correctly and as expected. The entry summary was not found in ACS. All other entry summaries processed that day were correctly processed in ACE and ACS. However, the entry summary has subsequently been re-submitted and has now processed correctly in ACE and ACS. |
| 11/12/09 | "ACE Entry Summary Control Status Changed in Error. ACE entry summaries which are in CBP control status and have been rejected by CBP are incorrectly having the control status changed to Trade control when the entry summary is removed from statement in ACS. The following scenario describes this situation: 1. A CBP user rejected an ACE entry summary through a Validation Activity -- (Control Status = CBP; ES Status = Rejected) 2. The filer sent in an HP transaction in ACS to remove the entry summary from a statement (Control Status = Trade; ES Status = Rejected) 3. The filer sent in a replacement AE in ACE but it was rejected by the system because of missing payment information. 4. Since the entry summary was back in Trade control based on step 2 above, ACE deleted the entry summary when it rejected the new AE. 5. The filer resubmitted the AE in ACE (with payment information) and it was accepted by the system (Control Status = Trade; ES Status = Accepted) ACE entry summaries which are in CBP control status and have been rejected by CBP should not have the control status changed to trade control when the entry summary is removed from statement by the trade in ACS." |
| 04/07/11 | HTS 9403.90.8010 Issue. An ACE filer submitted an entry summary transaction to ACE, 4/6/11, which ACE rejected for HTS number not active. However, the HTS number (9403908010) is active in ACS with a begin date of 01/01/11 and end data of 99/99/99. The HTS number should have been accepted in an entry summary in ACE. |
| 04/11/11 | HTS Number 9903.40.05 Issue. A filer submitted an entry summary transaction to ACE on Friday, 4/8/11, which ACE rejected for HTS number not active. However, the HTS number (99034005) is active in ACS with a begin date of 092610 and end data of 092511. The HTS number should have been accepted in an entry summary in ACE. |
| 04/11/11 | ACE Entry Summary Not on Preliminary Statement. An ACE entry summary is not appearing on a preliminary statement. For several days the AE was successfully transmitted (and re-transmitted) to be on a daily statement and accepted in ACE and replicated to ACS. |
| 04/21/11 | TI transaction failures when re-activating or updating an importer. Several filers received the reject Z92 UNABLE TO SAVE IMPORTER when sending a TI to reactivate or update an IRS IOR#. |
| 04/26/11 | ACE Transactions Not Processing. ACE CATAIR entry summary and related transactions not processing between 08:26 and 09:55 on 4/26/11. |
| 04/26/11 | ACS AD/CVD Case Query. When querying 2 specific cases for China, no results were returned. However, when a query for the country and HTS numbers involved, results were returned. |
Two Programming Issues Added to the Open List
With this update, CBP has newly listed the following as “Open” programming issues:
| Date Opened | Issue Description (complete description) |
| 04/21/11 | F1 Event Failure at ACS. When an ACE entry summary is manually rejected by CBP from ACE, the status of the entry summary in ACE and as stored in ACS is “rejected”. When the entry summary is replaced by the trade participant in ACE, the entry summary data is sent to ACS via the F1 event -- the status of the entry summary in ACS should remain (as it does in ACE) as “rejected” until such time that CBP manually accepts the entry summary in ACE. |
| 04/26/11 | ATS Screening of ACE and ACS entry summaries Issue. An ATS rule implemented starting on 4/18/11 is generating unexpected hits. |
An Additional 56 Issues Remain on Open List
56 issues continue to be listed as “Open” on CBP’s spreadsheet (see spreadsheet for full details of each open issue, as well a full list of the issues that have been closed (completed), canceled, and deferred:
| Date Opened | Issue Description (first sentence only) |
| 06/05/09 | Multiple batch transmissions only processing first batch. |
| 06/23/09 | "Control record format issues with HD transaction. |
| 08/07/09 | Paperless indicator discrepancy between broker and CBP statements. |
| 11/02/09 | Internal Event in Error as Created from an ACE Entry Summary. |
| 11/11/09 | Multiple Entry Summary Queries in a Batch Not Processed in ACE. |
| 11/24/09 | ACE entry summary reject text incorrect in article party record. |
| 12/21/09 | ACE Entry Summary AX Response Issue for ACE System Failure Messages. |
| 12/29/09 | ACE Entry Summary Error in E0-Record on Reject Output. |
| 01/15/10 | Large bond query messages (KI) are failing to process in ACE PROD. |
| 01/20/10 | ACE Entry Summary Condition Code Error. |
| 02/11/10 | ACE entry summaries with a blank liquidation date. |
| 02/14/10 | ACE Entry Summary Filer's Transactions Rejected in Error. |
| 02/22/10 | AD/CVD entry summary report results inconsistent. |
| 03/02/10 | ACE Outbound Message Not Received by Filer. |
| 04/01/10 | ACE RLF entry summary rejected in error for "RLF REQUIRES CARGO RLSE CERTIFICATION". |
| 04/08/10 | Error in Validation of DOT Records in an ACE Entry Summary Batch Transaction. |
| 04/13/10 | Additional ACE entry summary boundary testing issues. |
| 06/02/10 | Entry Summary Transactions Not Rejected by ACE for District/Port Restriction. |
| 06/09/10 | ACE ES Rejected in Error for Article Set Validation. |
| 06/09/10 | ACE Entry Summary Reject in Error for Non-Numeric Validation. |
| 06/15/10 | ACE Entry Summary AX Response E1-Record Error. |
| 06/17/10 | ACE ES Missing AD/CVD Case - Generates ACE System Failure in Error. |
| 06/22/10 | ACS Entry Summary Deleted in ACS - Not Deleted in the ACE Data Warehouse. |
| 06/22/10 | ACE Entry Summary Returns No Response AX Message. |
| 07/01/10 | ACE System Failures for Multiple Ruling Details. |
| 07/15/10 | ACE Entry Summary Not Rejected for Overlapping Invoice Data. |
| 07/21/10 | AD/CVD Query - Party Records Not Provided in Error. |
| 07/23/10 | ACE Control Y-Record - Record Count Errors. |
| 07/26/10 | ACE CATAIR Outbound Message Segmentation Issue. |
| 07/27/10 | AD/CVD Case Information Query EDI Profile Authorization Error. |
| 08/03/10 | AD/CVD Case Information Rates Error in AC Response. |
| 08/17/10 | ACE System Failures. |
| 08/19/10 | ACE entry summary incorrectly rejected for "PERIODIC STATEMENT REQUIRES ACE IMPORTER." |
| 08/19/10 | ACE System Failure. |
| 08/20/10 | ACE Entry Summary Incorrectly Rejected for Missing OI-Record |
| 09/01/10 | ACE Entry Summary Header Consignee Validation Error. |
| 09/28/10 | EDI profile update issue. |
| 11/23/10 | Issues with ACE ES Query Outbound Response. |
| 11/29/10 | Importer/Bond Query Response Address Truncated. |
| 12/02/10 | Duplicate AX Response Messages. |
| 01/06/11 | ACE ES Versioning Issue. |
| 01/13/11 | Rejected ACE AE Does Not Delete Existing Entry Summary in ACE. |
| 01/18/11 | ACE Entry Summary Rejected in Error for No In-bond Number. |
| 01/19/11 | ACE Data Base Errors Cause Portal Functions to Fail. |
| 01/25/11 | ACE entry summary report AM-008 data discrepancy. |
| 02/11/11 | FIRMS code discrepancies between ACE and ACS. |
| 02/11/11 | ACE creating multiple CBP assigned numbers to the same exact firm name and address. |
| 02/16/11 | ACE Outbound Response Message Error. |
| 03/02/11 | Non-space data found in filler field - location not identified. |
| 03/14/11 | ACE Entry Summary - Rejected for ACE System Failure. |
| 03/14/11 | "Large" Importer/Bond Query Output Issue. |
| 03/29/11 | Issue with AD/CVD Case manufacturer and foreign exporter names. |
| 03/31/11 | ACE Entry Summary Rejected in Error for PGA Records. |
| 04/05/11 | ACE System Failure for Inactivated ACE Entry Summary. |
| 04/07/11 | HTS 9403.90.8010 Issue. |
| 04/11/11 | ACE Entry Summary AE - No AX Response. |
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 04/18/11 news, 11041821, for BP summary of CBP’s most recent previous list of open issues.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/14/09 news, 09041430 #1, for BP summary announcing that ESAR A2.2 was deployed on April 12th as scheduled.
See ITT's Online Archives or 04/07/09 news, 09040715, for recent BP summary on ESAR A2.2 portal changes.)