ISF Reports for Importers, Filers, Sureties, & ISF Filing for Small Firms Now on ACE Portal
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that new capabilities were deployed via the Automated Commercial Environment with respect to Importer Security Filing (ISF). These new capabilities include (i) importer access through ACE to the ISF progress reports that have to date only been available via email subscription and (ii) making ISF progress reports, previously available only to importers, now also available via ACE to ISF filers and sureties. In addition, importers who file 12 or fewer ISF transactions per year will now be able to file and track their ISF transactions directly via the ACE portal, without the need to file via the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).
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Status Query by Transaction No/BOL and C-TPAT Individual Transaction Query Planned
CBP states that ACE will continue to deliver additional ISF capabilities, with the following capabilities planned for delivery later in 2011:
- capability to query the status of an ISF transaction by transaction number and by bill of lading (BOL) number, and
- capability for Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Tier 3 importers to query individual ISF transactions.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 04/01/11 news, 11040128, for BP summary of CBP's March 2011 ACE Trade Account Owner Update on the ACE Portal, which stated that in spring 2011, C-TPAT members would have access to ISF Progress Reports; importers, brokers and others would be able to query ISF status; and small importers would be able to file up to 12 ISFs annually.)