Open ACE ESAR A2.2 Programming Issues (5 Closed, 1 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.)
5 Programming Issues Move to Closed List
The following five items were moved from the “Open” list to the “Closed” list with this update:
| Date Opened | Issue Description (complete description) |
| 06/23/09 | "Control record format issues with HD transaction. A trade participant currently testing entry summary filing in ACE CERT reported that the control records (A, B, Y, and Z) were formatted incorrectly for the HD transaction causing problems in their system. After some research, it appears that the control records constructed for the event are not processing correctly. The event record incorrectly shows date/time and repeats the port and filer code -- but does not include the current date in positions 15-20. The event record also incorrectly shows the date/time. These same data fields (within incorrect records) are then carried thru to the HC and the HD transactions. The B-record in the HD should not include the date/time." |
| 11/24/09 | ACE entry summary reject text incorrect in article party record. An ACE entry summary was correctly rejected for a missing article party -- in this case the consignee was missing from the input 47-record. However, the reference data text returned in the output E0-record for the “ARPART” sign post is the word “null”. The reference data text in this situation should be blank. |
| 02/11/10 | ACE entry summaries with a blank liquidation date. There are several entry summaries in ACE which currently have a liquidation status of “not liquidated” and a blank liquidation date in error. These entry summaries are in CBP control and have a collection status of either “Paid” or “Duty Free” and either do not have a validation activity or have closed validation activities. The liquidation status and liquidation date should replicate from ACS as they are set in ACS during ACS entry summary processing. These entry summaries should have a liquidation date (not blank) and should indicate a liquidation status of “Liquidated”. |
| 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. |
| 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”. |
One Programming Issue Added to the Open List
With this update, CBP has newly listed the following as an “Open” programming issue:
| Date Opened | Issue Description (complete description) |
| 05/11/11 | ACE Entry Summary in CBP Control Deleted by the Trade. An ACE entry summary which had previously been accepted in ACE, moved to CBP control when it appeared on statement, was rejected by the entry specialist, and then accepted by the entry specialist - was then permitted by the ACE system to be deleted from ACE with an entry summary AE delete transaction. |
An Additional 52 Issues Remain on Open List
52 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 02/14/10 | 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. |
| 04/27/11 | ACE Entry Summary Outbound Response Message Error. |
| 05/02/11 | ACE Entry Summary - Commercial Description Record Repeat Error. |
| 05/04/11 | ACE CERT ES Not in ACS. |
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/16/11 news, 11051604, 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.)