As you are aware, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently posted updated information about the upcoming Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Region Alert—which is a new ACE enhancement scheduled to go live on March 18, 2023.

The UFLPA Region Alert will add new validations to ACE in specific applications, which means:

  • a valid postal code will be a required field.
  • users will receive an error message if the postal code is not a valid Chinese postal code.
  • users will receive an error message if the postal code is not a valid Chinese postal code. Users will also receive a warning message when a XUAR region postal code is provided.

What does an importer need to do to prepare?

We have limited guidance from CBP at this point. For now, we recommend that you advise your suppliers NOW to include the postal code on your commercial documents. We are monitoring CSMS messages; we will update you with further information as soon as we can.

Please reach out to our compliance experts with any questions you have.