U.S. Customs and Border Protection gave notice today that ACE e-Manifests will be required for carriers entering land ports in California, New Mexico, and Texas starting April 19, 2007. Here is the text of the email we received from CBP just a little bit ago:

Are you ready?

Today, U.S. Customs & Border Protection issued a Federal Register Notice on the next phase of mandatory advanced electronic manifest for land ports in California, New Mexico and Texas. Effective 90 days from today, truck carriers entering the United States through any ports in these states will be required to present advance electronic cargo information through the ACE Truck Manifest System.

The notice also advises the next planned phases of implementation. It should be noted that there are some changes to the implementation from the previous announcement. The remaining ports at which the mandatory use of ACE will be phased in, listed in sequential order, are as follows:

1. All ports of entry in the state of New York and Michigan.
2. All ports of entry in the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
3. All ports of entry in the states of Idaho and Montana.
4. The remaining ports of entry in the state of North Dakota and the land border ports of Minnesota.
5. All ports of entry in the state of Alaska.

The Federal Register Notice is attached and can also be found at – http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-762.pdf

If you want to learn more about ACE, please consider attending the upcoming FREE CBP hosted ACE Exchange Conference in Dearborn, Michigan, February 27 - 28, 2007. For more information and details on how to register for this event, visit : http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace/reports_briefings_events/ace_ex_conf/ace_exchange_three/

Regards, CSPO