| Title: | HARMONIZED QUERY OUTPUT CHANGE |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2000-06-29 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: ALL ABI FILERS AND SOFTWARE VENDORS
FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: CHANGE IN OUTPUT OF HARMONIZED QUERY - DESCRIPTION FIELD
AS A RESULT OF RECENT PROGRAMMING CHANGES, THE HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBER
QUERY (APPLICATION CODE WI) WILL HAVE DIFFERENT OUTPUT IN THE W1 RECORD.
PREVIOUSLY, THIS RECORD CONTAINED A "COMMODITY DESCRIPTION" FIELD
THAT OCCUPIED POSITIONS 37-66 IN THE W1 OUTPUT RECORD.
AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGES MADE TO THIS QUERY, THE COMMODITY DESCRIPTION
FIELD NOW OCCUPIES POSITIONS 37-62, WITH THE REMAINING FOUR SPACES FROM
POSITIONS 63-66 TO BE BLANK OR SPACE FILLED.
PLEASE NOTE, EVEN THOUGH THE LENGTH OF THE COMMODITY DESCRIPTION
FIELD HAS CHANGED TO POSITIONS 37-62 (26 BYTES) ON THE HARMONIZED
QUERY OUTPUT, THE TARIFF TAPES WILL CONTINUE TO DISPLAY THE FULL
30 BYTES OF COMMODITY DESCRIPTION.
THIS CHANGE HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF
PRIOR NOTIFICATION REGARDING THIS CHANGE.
QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE MAY BE DIRECTED TO YOU ABI CLIENT
REPRESENTATIVE.