On January 17, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notice delaying the effective date for making the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) the sole electronic data interchange (EDI) system authorized by the CBP Commissioner for processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry summary filings, as announced on August 30, 2016, in the Federal Register. The changes announced in that notice were to have been effective on October 1, 2016. On October 3, 2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the effective date for the transition to ACE as the sole CBP-authorized EDI system for electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry summary filings would be delayed until further notice. On December 12, 2016, CBP published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the effective date for the transition would be January 14, 2017. This notice announces that the effective date for the transition has been delayed until further notice.
CBP will publish a subsequent notice announcing the effective date when ACE will be the sole CBP-authorized EDI system for processing electronic drawback and duty deferral entry and entry summary filings, and ACS will no longer be a CBP-authorized EDI system for purposes of processing these filings.
