CSMS# 19-000049 - ACE PRODUCTION Scheduled Maintenance, Sat. Feb 9, 2019@ 2200 to 0400 ET Sun. Feb 10

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Please be advised that there will be ACE PRODUCTION Scheduled Maintenance Saturday evening, February 9, 2019 from 2200 ET to 0400 ET Sunday, February 10, 2019 for CBP and ACE Infrastructure maintenance and the below Deployments.



**REMINDER also of CSMS# 19-000040: MQ Trade Gateway Migration -ACE PRODUCTION- Feb 9 @2200-0200 EST



ACE Drawback

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• Changes needed for Drawback Rule 103 to exclude provisions 58 and 65 (TFTEA J1) due to invalid QTY CLMD > IMPT QTY error



ACE Entry Summary EDI

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• UC Message corrected for not inheriting Office Code in B-Record; only Upper Case characters should be sent; and incorrect Record Count in Y-record.



ACE Import Manifest

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• Fixed: When Trade arrived or exported a group of in-bonds via Trade Portal, some of the In-bond arrival/export notifications remained in Message Pending status, preventing them from sending out to the Trade.



ACE Quota

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• Changes to Quota application to allow 2 chapter 99 HTS codes on a given entry summary line (i.e. overlap of 301 remedy with existing quota)



ACE Statements

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• Some filers did not receive their Final Daily Statements due to a bug in date manipulation.

• Preliminary Monthly Batch job failed to run if there were at least two additional Executive Order federal holidays.



ACE ITDS/PGA

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• Deploy FDA BIO/FOO/VQIP rule updates to PROD



FDA ACE Programming deploying 2/9/19

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The deployment FDA ACE programming mentioned in CSMS# 18-000681 was rescheduled from 1/12/19 to Saturday, 2/9/19.



The specific programming changes are:



1. For Program Code “FOO”: Adding the new and optional Affirmation of Compliance code “VQI” and its associated 5-digit (numeric) qualifier. This is an optional affirmation of compliance for food products. For more information refer to the FDA Supplemental Guide.



The Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) is a voluntary fee-based program, which offers expedited review and entry of human and animal food into the United States. Importers interested in participating in VQIP will be required to meet eligibility requirements, which include ensuring the facilities of their foreign supplier are certified under the FDA’s Accredited Third-Party Certification Program.



For more information visit: https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/ImportsExports/Importing/ucm490823.htm.



Importers can apply to VQIP via the online application at the FDA Industry Systems website: https://www.access.fda.gov/



The VQIP Importers Help Desk will be available to answer questions and/or assist with the VQIP application process at FSMAVQIP@fda.hhs.gov or 1-301-796-8745.)





2. Rule Maintenance to bring programming up to date with FDA Supplemental Guide 2.5.1:



- For BIO, processing code “BRD” is no longer a valid processing code (PG01).



- For BIO, if processing code is “BLD” and intended use code is 180.009, then “IND” must be provided as an Affirmation of Compliance (PG23)



- For BIO, if processing code is “ALG”, then the intended use code must be one of the following: 180.009, 080.000, 180.016, 155.000, 100.000, 150.007, 140.000, 110.000, 170.000, 970.000, 180.000, 940.000, 920.000, or UNK.



- For BIO, if processing code is “VAC”, then the intended use code must be one of the following: 180.009, 080.000, 180.016, 155.000, 100.000, 150.007, 140.000, 110.000, 170.000, 970.000, 180.000, 940.00, 920.000 or UNK.



- For BIO, if processing code is “HCT”, then the intended use code must be one of the following: 082.000, 170.000, 180.000, 940.000, 920.000, or UNK.



- For BIO, if processing code is “BLD”, then the intended use code must be one of the following: 080.000, 970.000, 180.016, 150.007, 155.000, 100.000, 140.000, 180.000, 180.009, 110.000, 170.000, 940.000, 920.000, or UNK.



- For BIO, if processing code is “BLO”, then the intended use code must be one of the following: 080.000, 970.000, 180.016, 150.007, 155.000, 100.000, 140.000, 180.000, 110.000, 170.000, 940.000, 920.000, or UNK.



- For BIO, if processing code is “BDP”, “XEN”, or “CGT”, then the intended use code must be one of the following: 080.000, 970.000, 180.016, 150.007, 155.000, 100.000, 140.000, 180.009, 180.000, 110.000, 170.000, 940.000, 920.000 or UNK.



- For BIO, if processing code is “BBA” or “PVE”, then the intended use code must be one of the following: 080.000, 970.000, 150.007, 100.000, 140.000, 180.009, 180.000, 110.000, 170.000, 940.000, 920.000 or UNK.



- For FOO, if processing code is “NSF”, “PRO”, “FEE”, ADD”, or “DSU”, then the following are allowed Affirmation of Compliance codes (PG23): AIN, CAN, CFR, CIN, ERR, FAP, FCC, FCE, FME, FSX, GFR, IBP, IFE, IFR, JIF, LFR, ORN, PFR, PKC, RNE, RNO, SFR, SID, SIF, SRN, TFR, UFR, VES, VFT, VOL, and VQI.



- For FOO, if Affirmation of Compliance codes (PG23) “SIF” and “JIF” are transmitted, then a 1-10N qualifier must also be transmitted.



- For FOO, if one of the following conditions is true on the PG02:



(1) Positions 10-11 are equal to ‘7’, ‘9’ '69', '70', '71', or '72' OR



(2) Positions 10-11 are:



BETWEEN '02' and '05'



OR BETWEEN '12’ and ‘18’



OR BETWEEN '20’ and '42’



OR BETWEEN '45’ and '47’ OR



(3) Positions 10 -12 are equal to '52D' OR



(4) Positions 10-12 are equal to '50C' '50D', '50E', '50F', '50G', or '50L' OR



(5) Positions 10-11 are equal to '54' AND position 13 is equal to one of the following: 'A','B','C','L','M', or 'Y',



THEN a product is subject to Prior Notice requirements, unless Entry Type = 06 OR Entry Type = 21 with a PG30 with inspection status code = "F" .



Software vendors and filers who are testing in the certification environment can contact FDA ACE Support for assistance at ACE_Support@fda.hhs.gov or 1-877-345-1101.


Related CSMS No. 19-000040, 18-000681