ESAR in All Its Parts

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ESAR in All Its Parts

• April 9, 2008
• NCBFAA
• Arthur Litman
• CustomsAdvice.com

April 9, 2008
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A Random Thoughts on ESAR

• What we wanted vs. what we got
• Preparing for ESAR
• Hard decisions
• The difficult issues
• Final thoughts

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What the TSN Wanted

• Electronic correction
• Aka Post Summary Correction
• Electronic filing of 28s, 29s Protests
• Periodic payment of duties
• Electronic image exchanges instead of paper
• Monthly entry summary (IASS)
• Minimal impact on the trade

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What We Got

• Post Summary Correction (A2.3.n) (see focus)
• Portal filing of 29 29
• Protests eventually
• Prior disclosures possibly
• PMS or Periodic Statement
• Imaging sometime in the future, but soon over
  the portal
• IASS Possibly for the next generation of users
• Major impact but we wanted it

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Focus Post Summary Correction

• Full replace vs. PSC
• The process
• Broker
• Line item detail/change
• CBP
• Multiple filings
• But approval by CBP before successive acceptance

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Focus Docs Required

• More that we asked for
• Transition issues
• Learning curve
• Opportunities
• Paper, Image, EDI
• Reinventing your internal operations
• Recordkeeping issues

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Preparing for ESAR Hard Decisions

• Is 1/09 the date?
• When do you want to come up?
• When do your clients want you up?
• What about 102n
• Vendor relationships
• When do they want you to come up
• Training the staff
• Not too early, not too late

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The Difficult Issues

• One foot in ACE and one foot in ACS
• Will it work?
• Will the system handle the load?
• Edit Lite oh my! What a surprise!
• Handling filing documents now and later
• CBP resources to support change

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Final Thoughts

• Partnership and working together got us here and
  will continue
• NCBFAA needs more support from its members
• The paradigm shift and ACE

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