Two Minutes in Trade - ACE Downtime

Published: April 2, 2021, 11:38 a.m.

With a deluge of Type 86 e-commerce entries, CBP’s ACE entry system has experienced outages sometimes reaching a backlog of over one million entries.  These situations should cause importers and customs brokers alike to ponder how well-equipped they truly are to handle downtime and its unintended consequences.