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CSMS #45752432 - Revised ACE Entry Summary Business Rules and Process Document 10.25 (External Version)

A revised version of the External ACE Entry Summary Rules and Process Document Trade Version 10.25-Revised has been posted on CBP.gov and can be accessed at: https://www.cbp.gov/document/guides/ace-entry-summary-business-process

The change between Trade Version 10.25, posted January 13, 2021 and the updated Trade Version 10.25-Revised, published today, pertains to the reversion of Chapters 18 and 19 to the prior Version 10, and the removal of Chapter 26.

Trade Version 10.25-Revised of the document, published January 19, 2021, includes the following updates:

• The formatting and structure of the document has been updated to improve editing and readability.
• Section 1 (Entry Summary) – Update to Entry Summary Versions. Link to Entry Summary Acceptance and Rejection Policy provided.
• Section 3 (eBond Test) – Chapter title changed from “Single Transaction Bonds” to “eBond Test”. Significant updates to include: Overview of the eBond test- including links to relevant Federal Register Notices; details regarding the transmission of bonds via EDI or email; details regarding the “eBond: Create/Update” CATAIR; information regarding the deployment of ACE validations of continuous bonds on June 20, 202;, and points of contact at the Office of Finance – Revenue Division for operational questions and Office of Trade for bond policy questions.
• Section 6 (Temporary Importation under Bond (TIB)) – Update to include Closure Procedures.
• Section 7 (Post Summary Correction) – New section PSC Revert added and updated language for PSC Status Updates.
• Section 10 (Liquidation) – Removal of TIB extension information for clarity (not applicable to liquidation). See Section 6.0 Temporary Importation Under Bond (TIB) for extensions of TIBs.
• Section 11 (Reconciliation) – Version 10.25 includes a section with information on Retroactive Flagging.
• Section 13 (Warehouse Entries) –Includes updates to language to reflect current procedures.
• Section 14 (Drawback) – Chapter 14 includes new and revised language. It has been updated and reformatted to be more user friendly.
• Section 15 (ACE Reports) – Updated to remove listing of specific Entry Summary Reports.
• Section 17 (NAFTA Duty Deferral) –Edited to include the USMCA.
• Section 18 (Foreign Trade Zone) – Reverted back to previous version.
• Section 19 (Trade Fair Entries) –Reverted back to previous version.
• Section 23 (Downtime Procedures) –New guidance on trade interruptions resulting from hurricanes and other weather-related incidents.
• Section 26 (Government Entry Type 52) –Section removed.

All ACE Entry Summary Business Process document related questions, comments, and suggestions should be emailed to acebusinessrules@cbp.dhs.gov .