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Customs And Border Protection Continues Implementation Of Cargo Automation Tech In U.S. Virgin Islands

Back in 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) started the process to find a practical way to incorporate the U.S. Virgin Islands into the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) in order to expedite the importation process. Fast forward to Aug. 2019, in an event at the Ron De Lugo Federal Building in St. Thomas titled “Paving the way forward: Transforming the V.I. Trade through Technology”, CBP updated the USVI trade community on the implementation the cargo automation initiatives, CBP has made known via release. “Only through a continued commitment to a collaborative approach with the local trade community will we truly accomplish our automation objectives,” stated Todd Bellew area port director for the US Virgin Islands. The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is the system through which the trade community reports imports and exports and the government determines admissibility, CBP said. To familiarize the trade community with the implementation of the electronic submissi...