For the first time ever, nearly every trade entity conducting business with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can establish an ACE Secure Data Portal account due to newly expanded ACE account types.

ACE is the commercial trade processing system being developed by CBP to enhance border security and expedite trade.
This expansion is made possible by the deployment of Master Data and Enhanced Accounts, known as A1, the first set of ACE entry summary, accounts, and revenue capabilities. A1 will lay the foundation for future entry summary, accounts, and revenue features and redefine and increasingly automate the way CBP does business.
"Virtually every entity doing business with CBP can now access ACE," said Lou Samenfink, executive director for the CBP Cargo Systems Program Office. "Expanding ACE Secure Data Portal access to more types of commercial entities will help increase automation and efficiency through an account-based approach to conducting business with CBP."
For more information, visit the CBP web site at www. cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/ace_esar/..