CBP Developing Penalty Assessment for Failing to Meet In-Bond Shipment Requirements
CBP has started developing a functionality in ACE that the agency says will improve CBP's ability to collect penalty payments assessed to parties that fail to meet in-bond shipment requirements, according to the December ACE Development and Deployment Schedule (see "December 2025 Changes" list on the last two pages).
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CBP began developing the functionality in November, but the deployment target date is still to be determined, according to the schedule. The agency named the functionality "ACE Collections: Integration with SEACATS for Receiving In Bond Related Collections."
CBP also provided updates on the deployment of other functionalities. It pushed back the implementation timeline for two functionalities in ACE that pertain to the Global Business Identifier initiative.
One functionality updates requirements for GBI enrollment so that trade users may submit one, two or all three of the global identifiers for any party type that the trade identifies within their GBI enrollment submission, according to CBP. The other functionality adds a free text field for providing GBI party type information, which will allow filers to input additional descriptions about the party/GBI number. The implementation of both functionalities has been pushed back from a November 2025 time frame to sometime in March 2026.
CBP also pushed back by one month the target deployment date for a functionality that facilitates the duty calculation in ACE for goods that have more than two Harmonized Tariff Schedule codes. The enhancement, which CBP says will enable ACE to calculate estimated duties on an entry summary line when more than two HTS classifications are submitted on an entry summary line, now has a target deployment date of March 2026 instead of February 2026.
Meanwhile, CBP moved up the target deployment date of a functionality that it says will add a new trade user permission for managing refund-related ACH bank information in an importer sub-account in the ACE Portal. This functionality is the second phase of an enhancement aimed at enabling electronic refunds in the ACE portal. The new target deployment date is Dec. 16 instead of Dec. 31.
CBP also provided two specific dates for two functionalities related to the ACE modernization manifest. The first functionality, which has a target deployment date of April 4, modernizes ACE in-bond processing, including the “QP” and “WP” message transactions, CBP said. The second functionality, with a target date of May 9, modernizes the ACE air manifest UI and rail manifest EDI services.
Lastly, CBP set a May 2026 target deployment date for a functionality that would enable real-time visibility of U.S. Postal Service manifest data in ACE, according to CBP. CBP had earlier said in past schedules that the deployment would occur in March.