Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
April 2023 — Question 28
Authorized Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) users can create blanket declaration records in the ACE Secure Data Portal EXCEPT for which one of the following?
- AAffidavit of Manufacture supporting a 9802 duty preference claim signed by the U.S. producer of ceramic coffee mugs exported to be painted with a logo and then reimported.✓ CBP's answer
- BAffidavit of Manufacture from a U.S. cotton thread manufacturer for a Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) duty preference claim for an importation of cotton apparel.
- CStatement by an importer including a description of the processing of imported merchandise in sufficient detail to show that the use contemplated by the law has actually taken place in support of a reduced rate of duty.
- DStatement by an importer declaring that the importer qualifies for a tariff preference program covering multiple shipments of identical goods over an eleven-month period.
- EBlanket certificate stating that the importer has not been reimbursed by the manufacturer, producer, seller, or exporter for antidumping (AD) duties.
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CBP's cited authority
§ ACE Business Rules Chapter 5§ 19 CFR 10.138
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