ACE and ABI

This glossary covers ACE and ABI terms used by importers, customs brokers and trade-compliance teams.

ES-001

ACE Reports ES-001 Entry Summary Header Details: the entry summary header report (one row per entry summary) available in ACE Reports to importers and brokers; not the line-level ES-002 or the tariff-level ES-003.

ES-002

ACE Reports ES-002 Entry Summary Line Details: the line-level entry summary report (one row per line item) in ACE Reports; not the tariff-level ES-003 and not the header-level ES-001.

ACE Reports data dictionary

The ACE Reports data dictionary: CBP's published reference defining each data object (field) available in ACE Reports, its source record and its meaning; not the CATAIR and not the ACE Transaction Details page.

ACE Reports Modernized

ACE Reports Modernized: the rebuilt ACE Reports platform CBP is rolling out to replace the legacy reporting tool, with the same trade data on a new interface; not a new data source and not a new report family.

ITRAC

Importer Trade Activity (ITRAC) data: the importer-specific entry data extract an importer requests from CBP under the Freedom of Information Act for its own transactions; historically the way importers audited their brokers' filings before ACE Reports; not a CBP audit product.

proxy TAO

ACE Trade Account Owner proxy: the proxy TAO role in the ACE Secure Data Portal, a user the Trade Account Owner designates to manage the account's users and permissions on the owner's behalf; not a customs broker role and not a power of attorney.

DIS

Document Image System (DIS): CBP's ACE channel for filers to transmit electronic images and structured documents (invoices, certificates, permits, mill test certificates) tied to an entry, in-bond or PGA line; not FDA's ITACS, not FWS's eDecs and not medical imaging.

ACE protest module

The ACE Protest module: the ACE Secure Data Portal function through which importers, brokers and attorneys file, amend and track protests (the electronic CBP Form 19) under 19 U.S.C. 1514 and 19 CFR part 174, and CBP records its decisions; not the CAPE refund application and not a post summary correction.

ACE reconciliation

ACE Reconciliation (entry type 09): the ACE program under which an importer flags an entry summary for later reconciliation of undeterminable value, classification, 9802 or FTA issues and then files a reconciliation entry that closes them; not a PSC and not a protest.

ACE AD/CVD case management

ACE AD/CVD case management: the ACE function, with its public ADCVD Search, through which CBP publishes Commerce's antidumping and countervailing duty case numbers, company suffixes, cash deposit rates, effective dates and liquidation instructions, and against which brokers key the case data on entry lines; not Commerce's ACCESS docket and not a scope ruling.

ACE truck eManifest

ACE truck eManifest (ACE e-Manifest: Trucks): the electronic truck manifest highway carriers must transmit to CBP before arrival at a U.S. land border port, carrying the conveyance, crew, equipment and shipment data that PAPS, BRASS, FAST and in-bond releases key off; not the importer's entry and not the Canadian PARS.

ACE in-bond

ACE in-bond: the electronic in-bond system in ACE (the QP/WP application, arrival and export messages, the in-bond number and the 7512 data) through which carriers and bonded parties move unentered merchandise under bond between ports or to export; not the entry summary and not ACE Cargo Release.

ACE Cargo Release

ACE Cargo Release: the ACE transaction (successor to the paper CBP Form 3461 and the ACS Simplified Entry) through which the broker transmits the data CBP needs to decide release of cargo before or on arrival, returning disposition messages and holds; not the entry summary.

CATAIR Appendix B

CATAIR Appendix B, Valid Codes: the ACE ABI CATAIR appendix listing the code values used across ABI transactions (entry types, modes of transport, units of measure, fee and tax class codes, status and disposition codes and other code tables); not the record layouts themselves and not the PGA appendix.

ABI client rep

ABI client representative: the CBP Office of Trade contact assigned to each ABI filer (broker, importer self-filer or software vendor) who handles the filer's ACE connectivity, testing, certification and production issues; not the importer's account manager at a Center and not the broker's own client.

disposition codes

ACE cargo release disposition codes: the codes CBP returns in ABI status notifications describing what happened to a cargo release or entry (released, held, documents required, PGA action, canceled), which brokers and carriers read to decide whether cargo can move; not the entry summary status and not liquidation status.

1C release

Disposition code 1C: the ACE cargo release status meaning CBP has released the entry, the message brokers, carriers and terminals wait for before moving freight; not a final determination of admissibility or duty and not PGA clearance by itself.

MID code

Manufacturer Identification code (MID): the ACE and 7501 code identifying the manufacturer or shipper of a line, built from the country code, name and address of the entity, required on every entry line and, for textiles, tied to the origin-conferring manufacturer; not a DUNS number and not a supplier account number.

MID construction

MID construction: CBP's rule for building a Manufacturer Identification code from the manufacturer's ISO country code, the first three characters of the first two words of its name, up to four digits from its street address number and the first three characters of its city; a derived code, not an assigned registry number.