October 1, 2016
Transmission of all remaining electronic portions of the CBP cargo process will be required in ACE. This requirement includes:

• Duty Deferrals
• Drawback
• Reconciliation
• Statements (with associated collections functions)
• Liquidation

Further information regarding the deployment and use of these capabilities will be provided in the near future.

Past Dates

July 23, 2016
In addition to what is required as of June 15 as explained above, filers will also be required to file in ACE and no longer permitted to file in ACS the following transactions:

✚ Electronic entries andcorresponding entry summaries, associated with the following entry types:

• 02 – Consumption ‑ Quota/Visa
• 07 – Consumption ‑ Antidumping/Countervailing Duty and Quota/Visa Combination
• 12 – Informal ‑ Quota/Visa (other than textiles)
• 21 – Warehouse
• 22 – Re‑Warehouse
• 31 – Warehouse Withdrawal Consumption
• 32 – Warehouse Withdrawal ‑ Quota
• 34 – Warehouse Withdrawal – Antidumping/Countervailing Duty
• 38 – Warehouse Withdrawal ‑ Antidumping/Countervailing Duty & Quota/Visa Combination

The implementation of these capabilities through ACE means that the filing of all electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries must be filed in ACE.

June 15, 2016
In addition to what is required as of May 28 as explained above, filers will also be required to file in ACE and no longer permitted to file in ACS the following transactions:

✚ Electronic entries andcorresponding entry summaries, associated with the following entry types, with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data:

• 01 – Consumption
• 03 – Consumption – Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD)
• 06 – Consumption – Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) (without quota merchandise and/or AD/CVD)
• 11 – Informal
• 23 – Temporary Importation Bond (TIB)
• 51 – Defense Contract Administration Service Region (DCASR)
• 52 – Government – Dutiable

The implementation of these capabilities through ACE means that the filing of all electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries must be filed in ACE.

May 28, 2016
In addition to what is required as of March 31^st as explained above, filers will also be required to file in ACE and no longer permitted to file in ACS the following transactions:

✚ Electronic entries, associated with the following entry types, without PGA data (except those with APHIS Lacey Act and NHTSA data as explained from the March 31, 2016 date above):

• 01 – Consumption
• 03 – Consumption – Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD)
• 11 – Informal*
• 23 – Temporary Importation Bond (TIB)
• 52 – Government ‑ Dutiable

Required filing of these entries includes those entries with APHIS Lacey Act and NHTSA data, unless paired with other PGA data.

The implementation of these capabilities through ACE means that the filing of all electronic entries and corresponding entry summaries must be filed in ACE.

*Entry Type 11 is not subject to the APHIS Lacey Act declaration requirement

May 1, 2015
Mandatory use of ACE for all electronic manifest filings

You will be impacted if you: Electronically submit import or export manifest data to CBP
Groups most likely to be impacted: Carriers, Brokers, Freight Forwarders, Service Centers, Exporters

What does it mean? May 1st is the deadline for all electronic import or export manifest data in ACE. This requirement extends to all modes of transportation – air, rail, ocean, and truck.

March 31, 2016
Filers are required to file in ACE and no longer permitted to file in ACS the following transactions:

✚ Electronic entry summaries associated with the following entry types, without Partner Government Agency (PGA) data*:

• 01 – Consumption
• 03 – Consumption – Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD)
• 11 – Informal
• 23 – Temporary Importation Bond (TIB)
• 51 – Defense Contract Administration Service Region (DCASR)
• 52 – Government ‑ Dutiable

*This means that regardless of whether or not the underlying entry requires the submission of PGA data, the entry summary portion (the ACE AE entry summary filing) is required to be filed in ACE.

February 28, 2016
On February 28, 2016, CBP began divesting the legacy Automated Commercial System (ACS) by:

1. 1. Offering limited Client Representative and Technology Service Desk support to the trade for ACS entry/entry summary types that are available in ACE
2. 2. Performing ACS maintenance during peak business hours
3. 3. Providing processing priority to ACE entries where corresponding ACS entries are still available