CSMS Message: 01-001072

TO: ALL ABI FILERS

FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: CHANGE IN NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR FTZ ENTRIES

BASED ON A REQUEST FROM THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, THERE HAS BEEN
A CHANGE MADE TO THE NUMBER SCHEME USED TO REPORT FOREIGN TRADE
ZONES ON ABI TYPE 06 ENTRIES.

THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE FORMAT FOR FTZ NUMBERS, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 3,
2001, IS AS FOLLOWS:

- THE FIRST THREE CHARACTERS MUST BE "FTZ"
- THE NEXT THREE CHARACTERS CAN BE ANY NUMBER IN THE RANGE OF
"001" THROUGH "300", INCLUSIVE. NO NUMBER OUTSIDE THIS RANGE
WILL BE ACCEPTED.
- THE LAST CHARACTER CAN BE ANY ALPHA (A-Z) OR NUMERIC (0-9)
CHARACTER.

THE LAST CHARACTER OF THE ZONE NUMBER IS INTENDED TO DISTINGUISH
A SUBZONE FROM A GENERAL PURPOSE ZONE. USE AN ALPHA CHARACTER
IN THE 7TH POSITION IF REPORTING A SUBZONE. FOR GENERAL
PURPOSE ZONES, USE A NUMERIC CHARACTER IN THE 7TH POSITION
TO DENOTE THE ZONE SITE NUMBER. IF THE ZONE SITE NUMBER IS
GREATER THAN 9, (E.G., 12, 17, 52, ETC), USE '0' AS THE
7TH CHARACTER IN THE ZONE NUMBER.

NOTE: IF AN ALPHA CHARACTER IS USED IN POSITIONS 4-6 OF THE
ZONE NUMBER, ABI WILL REJECT THE TRANSACTION.

CUSTOMS REALIZES THAT THIS PROGRAMMING CHANGE WAS MADE WITH
NO ADVANCE NOTICE AND APOLOGIZES FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE THAT
THIS CHANGE MAY CAUSE.

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

Referenced By

CSMS #04-000768