[Nhcoll-l] More on ACE

[Ellen Paul]

Oops. Sorry. Meant to send that plain text.

Also - they said that they are now aware of our sector and our issues 
and will be following up with us next week.

Ellen

Ellen Paul

Ellen Paul

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On 7/22/16 12:47 PM, Ellen Paul wrote:
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> Just listened in on a conference call about ACE hosted by the National 
> Economic Council of the White House. Yeah. *The*White*House.*
>
> APHIS goes online with an open  pilot today through August 15. They've 
> been doing what amounts to beta testing with a handful of industries 
> and cargo expediters and are handling millions of transactions, for 
> the express purpose of working out the bugs.
>
> From the comments from the participants, it was clear that the 
> commercial sector has a great deal of trepidation about the system, 
> and particularly because it entails having a third party (an 
> expediter/customs broker) knowing what codes are the correct ones to 
> use. That expertise of course resides with industry. That's exactly 
> what we have seen on the rare occasions when researchers have used 
> customs brokers - they don't know much, if anything, about the 
> agencies that restrict imports and so they don't get it right. That's 
> the rationale, of course, behind trying to set up a contract with SEKO 
> - they will acquire that expertise via OC and SPNHC. Still waiting to 
> hear from them.
>
> During the Q&A, I pointed out that in designing and implementing this 
> system, they seemed to be completely unaware of the non-commercial 
> import sector, such as the research community, and that while their 
> goal was (among other things) to simplify and expedite the import 
> process, for us, it has just the opposite effect. A simple and easy 
> process is being replaced by a complex, challenging process. And that 
> mere entry into the process via the online entry of information for 
> CBP, APHIS, and other agencies is itself a huge barrier due to the 
> need for specialized software (that I am now exploring - there are 28 
> vendors for APHIS alone! and who knows how many, if any, will also 
> handle USFWS).
>
> No word yet on USFWS. They told me last month that their goal was late 
> July. They didn't specify a year. The White House deadline is the end 
> of 2016.
>
> That's all I've got for now. Again - until we get this sorted out, 
> your best bet is to identify a customs broker - NOT to handle the 
> actual shipment, but to do the ACE and APHIS entry for you. 
> Ornithologists may feel free to have the customs broker contact me and 
> I can explain the terminology and how that translates into the data 
> codes for them. Sorry but I simply can't handle this for the entire 
> research community without giving those who support the OC short shrift.
>
> Ellen
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