Open ACE ESAR A2.2 Programming Issues (4 Closed, 2 Added)
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.)
Four Programming Issues Added to the Closed List
The following four items were moved from the “Open” list to the “Closed” list with this update:
| Date Opened | Issue Description (complete description) |
| 09/01/10 | ACE Entry Summary Header Consignee Validation Error. An IR number correctly rejected as VOID when used in the line level delivered to party 47-record is erroneously accepted when used in the entry summary header 11-record Consignee data field. |
| 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 | ACE Entry Summary AE - No AX Response. An ACE entry summary transaction submitted on 4/7/11 during the system “outage” was resubmitted 3 times the following day on 4/8/11. None of the resubmissions indicate that the AE transaction was processed and none provided an outbound response AX message. The entry summary was apparently processed (even though an AX response was not provided) during the outage on 4/7/11 since it exists in the ACE data base. |
| 05/09/11 | ACE Entry Summary Transactions Not Processed in ACE. Entry summary AE transactions submitted to ACE on Sunday, 5/8/11, starting at 03:21 up to 07:30 were not processed in ACE and did not return an outbound response message to the filer. |
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) |
| 05/04/11 | ACE CERT ES Not in ACS. A test ACE entry summary transaction containing 999 lines was submitted by a trade participant several times in ACE CERT. It appears that ACE CERT processed and persisted the entry summary in ACE and sent the ES data to ACS. However, the ACE ES does not exist in ACS. |
| 05/09/11 | ACE Entry Summary Not in ACS. An entry summary transaction filed in ACE with a port code different from the port code used in ACS for the cargo release was rejected by ACS when the entry summary data was processed in ACS. The data was rejected for “ENTRY DELETE NOT ALLOWED”. |
An Additional 55 Issues Remain on Open List
55 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. |
| 06/09/10 | 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 |
| 09/28/10 | 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. |
| 04/21/11 | F1 Event Failure at ACS. |
| 04/27/11 | ACE Entry Summary Outbound Response Message Error. |
| 05/02/11 | ACE Entry Summary - Commercial Description Record Repeat Error. |
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/10/11 news, 11051012, 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.)