CSMS #43956709 - Information on Enhancements to ITRAC Data

U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent this bulletin at 09/04/2020 10:31 AM EDT

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CSMS #43956709 - Information on Enhancements to ITRAC Data

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is enhancing the Importer Trade Activity (ITRAC) report capability in ACE Reports to improve performance, providing members of the trade community quicker, on-demand access to their data at no cost.

The benefits that the enhancements to the ITRAC report functionality will bring to the trade community include:

Access to data in minutes rather than weeks
Access to the most current information about import transactions
Access to ITRAC data with no processing fee, through ACE Reports via a user’s ACE Secure Data Portal account

In preparation for the transition, CBP conducted a review of the data fields provided under the current ITRAC process. The review determined that one data field, Remarks Text, could no longer be included. Sufficient manual or automated resources are not available to maintain a review of all information. Because of the risk of sensitive data being entered and inadvertently shared, the Remarks Text field will be removed from the ITRAC data available in CD format beginning on September 15, 2020. All other ITRAC data will remain intact in ACE Reports and in the CD format.

The purpose of the ITRAC program has been to provide trade users with access to a listing of their past import transactions as far back as five years. This information is important for historical analysis and research conducted to support business purposes, and CBP is looking forward to providing trade users with these enhanced capabilities.

ACE Reports is free reporting tool available to the trade community for accessing their trade data. To access ACE Reports, users must first create an ACE Portal account. Details on setting up an ACE Portal account can be found at cbp.gov/trade/automated.

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