CBP Announces in Federal Register Oct. 1 ACE Deadline for Drawback

CBP issued a Federal Register notice (here) announcing its previously announced plans to require filing of electronic drawback claims in ACE on Oct. 1. As of that date, the legacy Automated Commercial System “will no longer be a CBP-authorized [electronic data interchange] system for purposes of processing” drawback claims, CBP said. The notice also announces the creation of new entry type 47 for all types of drawback, replacing entry types 41 through 46. CBP has previously said the importer will separately specify the type of drawback being claimed (see 1606070040). CBP is also “removing the reference to NAFTA from the name of the ACE filing code 08 for duty deferral,” it said. Liquidation is also set to be deployed in ACE on Oct. 1, and electronic reconciliation will be mandated in ACE on that date as well (see 1607070032). For now, reconciliation summaries must still be filed only in ACS, and CBP will publish “a subsequent Federal Register Notice in the future” when reconciliation “will be transitioned in ACE,” it said.