Notice2026-08906
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test: Renewal of Test
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Published
May 6, 2026
Effective
May 6, 2026
Issuing agencies
Homeland Security DepartmentU.S. Customs and Border Protection
Abstract
This notice announces that CBP is renewing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test, a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning ACE export manifest capability.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24555-24556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08906]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Air
Cargo Test: Renewal of Test
AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security.
ACTION: General notice.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that CBP is renewing the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)
Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test, a National Customs Automation
Program (NCAP) test concerning ACE export manifest capability.
DATES: The voluntary pilot initially began on August 10, 2015, was
modified and extended on August 14, 2017, and further extended on
December 22, 2021, and June 4, 2024. This renewal is effective May 6,
2026. The extended test will run for an additional two years from the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Applications to participate in the ACE Export Manifest for
Air Cargo Test must be submitted via email to CBP Export Manifest at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ccafaebca9b4bca3beb8a1ada2a5aaa9bfb88cafaebce2a8a4bfe2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dfbcbdafbaa7afb0adabb2beb1b6b9baacab9fbcbdaff1bbb7acf1b8b0a9">[email protected]</span></a>. In the subject line of the email, please
use``ACE Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test Application''. Applications
will be accepted at any time during the test period. Written comments
concerning program, policy, and technical issues may also be submitted
via email to CBP Export Manifest at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6b5b4a6b3aea6b9a4a2bbb7b8bfb0b3a5a296b5b4a6f8b2bea5f8b1b9a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a1a0b2a7bab2adb0b6afa3acaba4a7b1b682a1a0b2eca6aab1eca5adb4">[email protected]</span></a>. In
the subject line of the email, please use ``Comment on ACE Export
Manifest for Air Cargo Test''. Comments may be submitted at any time
during the test period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas J. Pagano, Branch Chief, or
David Garcia, Program Manager, Outbound Enforcement and Policy Branch,
Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, via
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#62010012071a120d10160f030c0b04071116220100124c060a114c050d14"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f19293819489819e83859c909f9897948285b1929381df959982df969e87">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Export Manifest for Air
Cargo Test is a voluntary test in which participants agree to submit
export manifest data to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
electronically, at least four hours prior to loading of the cargo onto
the aircraft in preparation for departure from the United States. The
ACE Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test is authorized under Sec.
101.9(b) of title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations (19 CFR
101.9(b)), which provides for the testing of National Customs
Automation Program (NCAP) programs or procedures.
The ACE Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test examines the
functionality regarding the filing of export manifest data for air
cargo electronically in ACE. ACE creates a single automated export
processing platform for certain export manifest, commodity, licensing,
export control, and export targeting transactions. This will reduce
costs for CBP, partner government agencies, and the trade community, as
well as improve facilitation of export shipments through the supply
chain.
The ACE Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test will also assess the
feasibility of requiring the manifest information to be filed
electronically in ACE within a specified time before the cargo is
loaded on the aircraft. This capability will enable CBP to calculate
the risk and effectively identify and inspect shipments prior to
loading of cargo to ensure compliance with all U.S. export laws.
CBP announced the procedures and criteria related to participation
in the ACE Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test in a notice published in
the Federal Register on July 10, 2015 (80 FR 39790). This test was
originally set to run for approximately two years. On August 14, 2017,
CBP extended the test period for one additional year (82 FR 37888). At
that time, CBP also modified the original notice to make certain data
elements optional and opened the test to accept additional applications
for participation for all parties who met the eligibility requirements.
The test was renewed on December 22, 2021 (86 FR 72610), and on June 4,
2024 (89 FR 47974). Through this notice, CBP is renewing the test
again.
The data elements, unless noted otherwise, are mandatory. Data
elements which are ``mandatory'' must be provided to CBP for every
shipment. Data elements which are ``conditional'' must be provided to
CBP only if the particular information pertains to the cargo. Data
elements which are ``optional'' may be provided to CBP but are not
required. The data elements are set forth below:
(1) Exporting Carrier
(2) Marks of nationality and registration
(3) Flight number
(4) Port of lading
(5) Port of unlading
(6) Scheduled date of departure
(7) Consolidator (conditional)
(8) De-consolidator (conditional)
(9) Air waybill type (Master, House, Simple or Sub)
(10) Air waybill number
(11) Number of pieces and unit of measure (optional)
(12) Weight (kg./lb.)
(13) Number of house air waybills (optional)
(14) Shipper name and address
(15) Consignee name and address
(16) Cargo description
(17) AES Internal Transaction Number (ITN) or AES Exemption Statement/
Exception Classification (per shipment)
(18) Split air waybill indicator (optional)
(19) Hazmat indicator (Yes/No)
(20) UN Number (conditional) (If the hazmat indicator is yes, the four
digitUN (United Nations) Number assigned to the hazardous material must
be provided.)
(21) In-bond number (optional)
(22) Mode of transportation (containerized air cargo or
noncontainerized air cargo) (optional)
For further details on the background and procedures, and
modifications regarding the test, please refer to the July 10, 2015
notice and the August 14, 2017 extension and modification.
II. Renewal of the ACE Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test Period
CBP will renew the test for another two years to continue further
evaluation of the ACE Export Manifest for Air Cargo Test and determine
whether
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electronic submission of the manifest will improve capabilities at the
departure level. The extended test will now run for two additional
years from the date of publication.
III. Applicability of Initial Test Notice
All provisions found in the July 2015 notice, and modifications in
the August 2017 extension, remain applicable, subject to further
extension of the time period provided herein.
IV. Paperwork Reduction Act
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.
104-13, 44 U.S.C. 3507), an agency may not conduct, and a person is not
required to respond to, a collection of information unless the
collection of information displays a valid control number assigned by
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The collections of
information in this NCAP test have been approved by OMB in accordance
with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act and assigned OMB
control number 1651-0001.
Diane J. Sabatino,
Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S.
Customs and Border Protection.
[FR Doc. 2026-08906 Filed 5-5-26; 8:45 am]
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