President Obama signed an executive order in February 2014 mandating the creation of a single window for trade that would reduce paper and streamline U.S. imports and exports. CBP’s Automated Commercial Environment is the backbone for this single window. Consequently, CBP and the other 47 government agencies involved with trade are working hard to deliver all core trade-processing capabilities in ACE and decommission the corresponding capabilities in legacy systems by the president’s deadline at the end of calendar-year 2016.


Brenda Smith, Assistant Commissioner, Office of International Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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