CSMS Message: 00-000650

TO: ALL ABI FILERS

FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: CHANGES TO RECONCILIATION ENTRY

EFFECTIVE JUNE 28, A NEW VERSION OF THE 'RA' ABI RECONCILIATION SUMMARY
PROGRAM WILL GO INTO PRODUCTION. THIS VERSION CORRECTS SEVERAL OF THE
PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED TO DATE WITH THE 'RA' APPLICATION.
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, WE BELIEVE THIS VERSION WILL ELIMINATE MOST, IF NOT
ALL, OF THE DATABASE ERROR RETURNS FILERS HAVE BEEN SPORADICALLY
ENCOUNTERING.

THERE WILL BE THREE NEW POSSIBLE ERROR MESSAGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW
VERSION:

1. FOR NAFTA CLAIMS, A NEW EDIT HAS BEEN ADDED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS TO PROHIBIT ANY INCREASES IN DUTY, TAX, OR
FEES ON A NAFTA CLAIM. ACCORDINGLY, ALL MONETARY AMOUNTS IN THE 'R17'
PAYMENT RECORD MUST = ZERO IF THE ISSUE CODE IN THE 'R10' RECORD = 'NF'
OR THE NEW ERROR MESSAGE 'R1A' (NAFTA RECON - NO INCREASES) WILL BE
RETURNED AND THE SUMMARY WILL BE REJECTED.

2. BECAUSE A NAFTA CLAIM MUST BE FILED WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE IMPORTATION
DATE, A NEW EDIT HAS BEEN ADDED FOR NAFTA RECONCILIATIONS TO ENSURE
THAT NO IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATED WITH A NAFTA RECONCILIATION IS OLDER
THAN 1 YEAR FROM THE EARLIEST IMPORTATION DATE FOR ANY IMPORT ENTRY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECON SUMMARY. IF ANY IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATED WITH
A NAFTA RECON SUMMARY HAS AN IMPORTATION DATE OVER 1 YEAR OLD, A NEW
ERROR MESSAGE , 'R1B' (EARLIEST IMP DT > 1 YR - NO NAFTA) WILL BE
RETURNED AND THE SUMMARY WILL BE REJECTED.THIS NEW EDIT HAS ALSO BEEN
REQUESTED BY THE OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS.

3. THERE HAVE BEEN OCCASIONS WHERE FILERS HAVE SUBMITTED RECONCILIATION
SUMMARIES FOR ENTRIES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED VIA ABI, BUT
WHERE THE SUMMARY WAS NEVER PROCESSED OR ACCEPTED BY USCS, OR WAS
WAS NEVER PAID VIA STATEMENT, ETC. IF AN IMPORT ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN
PROCESSED OR ACCEPTED BY USCS, IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR RECONCILIATION
SUMMARY PROCESSING. ACCORDINGLY, IF AN ABI IMPORT ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN
PROCESSED OR ACCEPTED BY USCS AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A RECON SUMMARY,
ERROR MESSAGE '2DG' (ENTRY SUMMARY IN ABI STATUS) WILL BE RETURNED
AND THE RECON SUMMARY WILL BE REJECTED.

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

JAMES N. HALPIN