I-Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) yinkqubo yokuqala yekhompyutha esetyenziswe yi-US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ukuze ithathe indawo yangaphambili, i-Automated Commercial System. Njengeqonga eliphambili apho abantu abarhwebi banxibelelana ngolwazi malunga nokungenisa kunye nokuthunyelwa ngaphandle, i-ACE idlala indima ephambili ekumiseleni ukuvunyelwa kwempahla.
Ifezekisa oku ngokuqokelela, ukusetyenzwa, kunye nokuhlalutya uluhlu olubanzi lwedatha enxulumene neempahla ezithengiswayo. Izakhono ze-elektroniki zesistim zivumela abathathi-nxaxheba borhwebo ukuba babonelele ngokufanelekileyo ngamaxwebhu kunye neenkcukacha, ukukhawulezisa ukukhutshwa kwempahla ngelixa uqinisekisa ukuthotyelwa kwemithetho kunye nokunyusa ukhuseleko kunye nekhonkco lokubonelela.