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FWS to Again Delay PGA Message Set Implementation, Broker Says

The Fish and Wildlife Service will again postpone full implementation of its partner government agency (PGA) message set in ACE, Myra Reynolds of John S. James Co. said during a panel discussion May 3. Already the subject of several delays,…

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the last until June (see 2102040031), the PGA message set is currently being used for about 40% of FWS-regulated entries, and FWS would like to get it “up and running,” Reynolds said during the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America annual conference. But while FWS had thought it would have a rulemaking required for implementation completed by June, it now appears that the notice won’t come out until early fall, meaning full implementation of the FWS message set would come in late fall 2021, Reynolds said.