CSMS Message: 02-000572

ATTENTION: RECONCILIATION FILERS/BROKERS: WHEN TRANSMITTING
RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, SUBSTANTIVE USE OF THE R15 NARRATIVE
SCREEN IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED. (THE R16 FIELD IS AN ADDITIONAL
FREE FORM TEXT FIELD FOR CONTINUATION OF COMMENTS).

DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF CERTAIN RECONCILIATION ENTRIES,THESE
ELECTRONIC NARRATIVE MESSAGES HELP CUSTOMS PROCESS YOUR ENTRIES
IN A QUICK AND EFFICIENT MANNER. PROPER USE OF THIS SCREEN CAN
ELIMINATE UNNEEDED PHONE CALLS, REJECTIONS, CF28'S, AND GENERAL
CONFUSION IN THE RECONCILIATION ENTRY REVIEW PROCESS. A COPY OF
THE R15 MESSAGE SHOULD ALSO BE PLACED ON YOUR COVER LETTER
AND/OR PRINTED ON THE HEADER DOCUMENT. THE FOLLOWING ARE EXAMPLES
OF HOW TO USE THE R15 RECORD IN RECONCILIATION:

1. TO INFORM CUSTOMS THAT YOU ARE ONLY RECONCILING CERTAIN
HTS NUMBERS ON THE UNDERLYING ENTRIES. IN OTHER WORDS,
YOUR SPREADSHEET ONLY CONTAINS HTS NUMBERS THAT HAD
VALUE CHANGES. OTHER HTS NUMBERS ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON
UNDERLYING ENTRIES (THOSE THAT HAD NO CHANGES IN REPORTABLE VALUE)
WERE LEFT OFF THE SPREADSHEET.

2. TO INFORM CUSTOMS OF THE PRESENCE OF A RELATED RECONCILIATION
ENTRY, SUCH AS NAFTA RECONCILIATION CONNECTED TO THE
RECONCILIATION AT HAND.

3. TO INFORM CUSTOMS ABOUT ANY "CHANGE EVENTS" THAT OCCURRED ON
UNDERLYING SUMMARIES IN THE RECONCILIATION: SILS, RATE
ADVANCES, NAFTA 520(D) REFUNDS, PROTESTS, GSP REFUNDS,
CASH RECEIPTS, PRIOR DISCLOSURES, ETC.

4. TO INFORM CUSTOMS ABOUT ANY ANOMALY ON THE RECONCILIATION
THAT MIGHT IMPEDE ITS LIQUIDATION.

5. TO INFORM CUSTOMS ABOUT THE FISCAL PERIOD COVERED BY THE
RECONCILIATION.

NOTE THAT THE R15 AND R16 CONTAIN ONLY SPACE FOR 75 ALPHA/NUMERIC
CHARACTERS EACH. IF FIELD SIZE IS INSUFFICIENT FOR COMMUNICATING
YOUR MESSAGE, USE SPACE TO INDICATE ATTACHMENT OF FULL EXPLANATION
IS ON HARDCOPY DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH THE RECONCILIATION.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ASSIGNED CLIENT
REPRESENTATIVE.