More ports subject to e-manifests

The trials and travails of Mexican trucks making it into Arizona was documented in this blog earlier that detailed problems with the a new CBP requirement for electronic manifests. Now the Customs and Border Patrol is giving notice that trucks entering into New York and Michigan, effective May 24, will be required to provide advance cargo information through the Automated Commercial Environment Truck Manifest System.
From the CBP release:

This is the third group of ports to be required to use ACE for the filing of e-manifest. “The more information we have in advance, the more we can protect the homeland and facilitate commerce,” said Lou Samenfink, executive director for CBP’s Cargo Systems Program Office. “With e-manifests, CBP officers are able to pre-screen trucks and shipments, and dedicate more time to inspecting suspicious cargo without delaying the border crossings of legitimate carriers.”
The use of ACE for filing e-manifest became mandatory on January 25 at land border ports of entry in Arizona and Washington and the ports of Pembina, Neche, Walhalla, Maida, Hannah, Sarles and Hansboro in North Dakota. On April 19, ACE will become mandatory at land border ports of entry in California, New Mexico and Texas. CBP will provide 90 days’ notice through publication in the Federal Register before requiring the use of ACE.

TK: The "facilitating commerce" piece of the ACE system seemed to be missing from the early experience in Arizona, but the industry can only hope the CPB and suppliers are learning to adjust with this rolling phase-in.