CSMS Message: 01-001152

TO: CUSTOMHOUSE BROKERS, IMPORTERS AND OTHER CONCERNED
PARTIES

FROM: RECON TEAM

SUBJ: RECON MODIFICATIONS

TWO MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE RECONCILIATION MODULE.
AS DISCUSSED IN A FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE DATED MARCH 19, 2001.
A 'NO CHANGE/NO CHANGE' RECONCILIATION WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.

A NO-CHANGE RECONCILIATION IS A RECON ENTRY COVERING ONLY FLAGGED
ENTRY SUMMARIES THAT DO NOT SHOW A CHANGGE OR ADJUSTMENT AT THE TIME
OF RECONCILIATION FILING. THESE RECONCILIATIONS MERELY CLOSE OUT
FLAGS ON ENTRIES THAT WERE LATER FOUND TO REQUIRE NO ADJUSTMENTS
AT THE TIME OF RECONCILIATION. RECON ENTRIES MUST BE
BE AN AGGREGATE AND CAN BE EITHER NAFTA OR OTHER ISSUE.
IF ALL MONETARY FIELDS IN THE R17, R89, R90 AND R91
RECORDS ARE EQUAL TO ZERO, THE RECON WILL BE ACCEPTED.

THE SECOND MODIFICATION SHOULD ASSIST FILERS IN DETERMINING THE
EARLIEST ENTRY SUMMARY OR IMPORT DATE. WHENEVER AN ERROR
MESSAGE BRQ (EARLIEST IMPORT DATE MISMATCH) OR BRR (EARLIEST
ENTRY SUMMARY DATE MISMATCH) IS TRANSMITTED TO FILERS, THE
CALCULATED EARLIEST IMPORT DATE OR SUMMARY DATE, AS
APPLICABLE WILL BE RETURNED IN POSITIONS 52-57 OF THE
OUTPUT RECORD.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION YOU MAY VISIT THE CUSTOMS WEB SITE
AT WWW.CUSTOMS.USTREAS.GOV/IMP-EXP, OR CONTACT YOUR ABI
CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.