| Title: | COTTON FEE CHANGES |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2000-05-30 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: ALL ABI FILERS
FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: CHANGE IN COTTON FEES
THIS MESSAGE IS TO ALERT ALL ABI FILERS THAT THE COTTON FEES ARE
CHANGING, EFFECTIVE MAY 31, 2000, FOR MOST, IF NOT ALL, TARIFF NUMBERS
SUBJECT TO THE FEE. AS A RESULT, FILERS MAY NOW BE GETTING REJECTS
FROM ABI ON THEIR ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS IF THE SUMMARY INVOLVES
THE COTTON FEE AND THE AMOUNT TRANSMITTED DOES NOT AGREE WITH
THE AMOUNT PRODUCED BY THE NEW RATES.
FILERS MAY AVOID THIS PROBLEM BY INSERTING AN ESTIMATED ENTRY
DATE IN THEIR SUMMARY TRANSMISSION (10 RECORD, POS 50-55, FOR
VENDORS OR SELF-PROGRAMMED FILERS). IF THE ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE IS
NOT INCLUDED, BUT A PAYMENT DUE DATE IS TRANSMITTED, ABI WILL USE
THAT DATE TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT COTTON FEE.
FILERS ARE REMINDED THAT IT IS ALWAYS A GOOD PRACTICE TO INCLUDE THE
ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE IN THE SUMMARY INPUT TO ABI. WHILE THIS ELEMENT
IS NOT A REQUIRED FIELD, ITS INCLUSION WILL RESULT IN MANY FEWER ABI
SUMMARY REJECTIONS, ESPECIALLY WHEN DUTY RATES OR FEES ARE CHANGING.
FILERS MAY NOW QUERY TARIFF NUMBERS TO DETERMINE THE COTTON FEE THAT
WILL APPLY ON OR AFTER MAY 31, 2000.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE MAY BE DIRECTED TO YOUR CLIENT
REPRESENTATIVE.