U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization Office Issues Monthly Newsletter
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization Office (CBPMO) has issued the August 2004 edition of its monthly newsletter. The newsletter's lead story notes that in July 2004 11 importers and customs brokers made their first monthly duty payments via the Automated Commercial Environment's (ACE) new periodic payment and statement pilot project. This represents the first time in the 215-year history of U.S. Customs that monthly statement and payment capabilities have been available. Currently, 34 importers and 17 customs brokers are participating in the ACE pilot project. The schedule for making the features available to additional ACE participants will be announced later this year. There are currently 162 ACE importer and broker accounts, representing nearly 30 percent of the total value of fiscal year 2003 imports.
The newsletter can be viewed at the following link: http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/final_news0804.ctt/finalnews0804.pdf.
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