CSMS Message: 00-000282

TO: ALL ABI FILERS

FROM: OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS, OFFICE OF INFORMATION
AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: REJECTION OF ABI RECONCILIATION ENTRIES

CUSTOMS HAS DETERMINED THAT SOME FILERS MAY RECEIVE REJECTIONS
OF THEIR RECONCILIATION ENTRY TRANSMISSIONS WITH THE ERROR
MESSAGE "FEE CODE INVALID FOR ENTRY".

THIS MESSAGE NORMALLY INDICATES THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY IN
QUESTION DOES NOT REFLECT PAYMENT OF THE CLASS OF FEE IDENTIFIED
IN THE RECONCILIATION ENTRY. IN RECENT DAYS, CUSTOMS HAS DISCOVERED
THAT THIS MESSAGE IS BEING ISSUED AGAINST RECONCILIATION ENTRIES
THAT LIST IMPORT ENTRIES WHICH DO, REPEAT DO, REFLECT THE SAME
FEE CLASS CODE AND AMOUNT AS REFLECTED IN THE RECONCILIATION INPUT
DATA. THUS, THIS MESSAGE MAY BE ERRONEOUS IN SOME CASES.

THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE IS TO ALERT ALL FILERS TO THE ABOVE
PROBLEM. WHILE CUSTOMS IS WORKING TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, FILERS MAY CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THIS ERROR
MESSAGE FOR OTHERWISE VALID IMPORT ENTRIES FOR AN INDEFINITE
PERIOD.

IN THE EVENT THAT A NAFTA OR OTHER RECONCILIATION ENTRY IS NEARING
THE FILING DEADLINE, AND THE FILER HAS RECEIVED SUCH AN INAPPROPRIATE
ABI REJECTION, THE FILER WILL BE GRANTED ADDITIONAL TIME TO FILE
THE ABI PORTION OF THE RECONCILIATION ENTRY.

AT THE SAME TIME, UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER NOTICED PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 29, 1999, THE DISKETTE
SPREADSHEET, PAPER RECONCILIATION HEADER, AND THE ASSOCIATION
FILE (LIST OF IMPORT ENTRIES BEING RECONCILED) MUST STILL
BE FILED AT THE APPROPRIATE RECONCILIATION PROCESSING PORT WITHIN
THE 12-OR 15-MONTH DEADLINE. FURTHER, ABI FILERS SHOULD RETAIN A
COPY OF THE ABI OUTPUT REJECTION MESSAGE TO VERIFY THAT THE
DELAY IN FILING THE ABI PORTION OF THE RECONCILIATION WAS DUE TO
THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROCESSING ERROR. A SCREEN PRINT OR SIMILAR
EVIDENCE OF THE ERRONEOUS ABI REJECTION MESSAGE SHOULD BE ATTACHED
TO THE PAPER RECONCILIATION HEADER/DISKETTE PACKAGE AT THE TIME
OF ITS PRESENTATION.

CUSTOMS APOLOGIZES FOR THE INCONVENIENCE THIS MATTER MAY CAUSE.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE MAY BE DIRECTED TO YOUR ABI
CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Referenced By

CSMS #00-000294