Reconciliation Reports, Automated Export User Requirements Among TSN Activity in May, June
Reconciliation reports and automated export user requirements were the focus of the Trade Support Network in May and June, according to newly released committee reports. The June report is (here). The May report is (here).
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Reconciliation Reports
In June, the Account Management Committee Broker Account Subcommittee and the Surety Subcommittee reviewed reconciliation report Great Idea Forms (GIFs) submitted in 2009 at the request of CBP and the Entry Committee, the committee report said. The Surety Reconciliation Report GIF 1080, Open Reconciliation Report GIF 1094 and Open Reconciliation Report Extract GIF 1095 were updated and sent to the Entry Committee for their review, it said. One change to GIF 1094 and 1095 was adding a prompt when you are completing the query to choose the Reconciliation Status, i.e. pending reconciliation submittal, reconciliation submitted, reconciliation pending retransmission due to rejection, reconciliation accepted and reconciliation liquidated. Trade would like the report to include what the error is for (entry number, entry date, line number, and the amount of mismatch between MPF and/or duty amount on file versus amount to be reconciled).
Automated Export User Requirements
The Automated Export Task Group held a teleconference with CBP on June 28 to discuss the revalidation of the trade’s automated export user requirements, according to the June report. The Multi-Modal Manifest, International Trade Data System and Export Committees submitted updates to the user requirements for CBP review and follow up. Regular meetings will be held with the Task Group as they work with their individual committees on the revalidation effort. Updates to the “Automated User Requirements Spreadsheet” are being made based on the trades’ and CBPs review of these user requirements. The Task Group will schedule a follow up to discuss the updates to the status of the user requirements. Final user requirement spreadsheets are being prepared to reflect those requirements that are “In Scope”, “Not In Scope” or “Require further Internal Review by CBP, Census, and/or Other PGAs.” The Automated Export Group had similar activity in May, according to the May report.
Transition Committee
In May, the Transition Committee started work on a review of the missing entry summary edits, the report said. The committee is reviewing the edit list to determine if there are validations that the trade industry feels CBP needs to do before mandating the use of ACE for Entry Types 01, 03, and 11. Many of the edits could be done by the trade software if CBP can provide additional electronic information and a tariff query that can be run daily to get all changes made the previous day, according to the report. Many in the trade fell that CBP still needs to have the edits that verify the duty calculation and the required/not required status of the fees and taxes, it said.