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CBP holds support call today on the Entry Type 13 mail test in ACE
CBP will hold a Post-Deployment Support Call today, October 7, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET on Microsoft Teams. The call covers the ACE enhancements that implemented the new Entry Type 13 Test for processing international mail shipments (INT-057 and CBP-290). CBP refers readers to its Information Notice for details on these deployments. Questions go to CBP's CREM or ESAR divisions, and technical questions go to the assigned Client Representative.
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This is an information call, and clients do not need to act. We file mail entries, including entry type 13, and the call does not change how we file them. Shippers and postal operators who want to hear CBP's explanation can join using the details in the message. Clients with questions about their mail shipments can ask us to review them.
CBP support call on the entry type 13 mail test set for September 15, 2026
CBP scheduled a pre-deployment support call for Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. ET on Microsoft Teams. The call covered the ACE changes for the new Entry Type 13 test for international mail shipments (INT-057 and CBP-290). CBP refers readers to its Information Notice on the Entry Type 13 test in ACE for U.S. mail processing.
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The entry type 13 test affects the mail entries we file, but this call needs no action from clients.
CBP detailed new postal informal entry process for mail shipments under $2,500
CBP announced on June 24, 2026 the indefinite suspension of the de minimis exemption for goods entering by international mail. Effective July 24, 2026, mail shipments valued at $2,500 or less that qualify for informal entry had to move through a new postal informal entry process described in Federal Register notice and CBP guidance. The guidance covered who could use the process, required information, bond and payment rules, and deadlines.
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This message set the postal informal entry rules that took effect July 24, 2026, and our background confirms the de minimis exemption for mail remains suspended for all countries. We apply the new postal informal entry process to the mail entries we file for clients from that date forward. Clients sending goods by international mail should confirm with us that their shipments meet the value and eligibility limits for informal entry, and ask us to review any entries in question.
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