CSMS Message: 02-001365

THE DRAWBACK PAPERLESS PROTOTYPE WAS ANNOUNCED IN A FEDERAL REGISTER
NOTICE DATED SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 (VOL 67, NUMBER 188, PAGES 61197-61200).

THIS PROTOTYPE IS LIMITED SOLELY TO ABI-FILED DRAWBACK CLAIMS FOR THE
NY/NEWARK (1001) DRAWBACK CENTER.

IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROTOTYPE, CLAIMANTS MUST BE APPROVED
FOR ABI, FOR ACCELERATED PAYMENT, AND FOR WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE OF
INTENT TO EXPORT. THEY MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO USE THE EXPORT SUMMARY
PROCEDURE. ELIGIBLE CLAIMS MUST BE FILED VIA ABI. NOTE: DISKETTE
CLAIMS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROTOTYPE.

THIS PROTOTYPE WILL RUN FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AND, AGAIN, IS ONLY
FOR CLAIMS FILED AT THE NY/NEWARK DRAWBACK CENTER (1001) VIA ABI.

CLAIMANTS WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROTOTYPE MUST SUBMIT A WRITTEN
APPLICATION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER NOTICE, TO:

U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE
ENTRY AND DRAWBACK MANAGEMENT BRANCH
1300 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, N.W. ROOM 5.2-33
WASHINGTON, DC 20229

IN ADDITION TO FILING THE CLAIMS VIA ABI, A NEW DATA ELEMENT WILL BE
REQUIRED ON THE CLAIM FOR IT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROTOTYPE. THIS
ELEMENT WILL BE THE EARLIEST EXPORT DATE (THE DATE OF THE FIRST EXPORT
IN A GIVEN CLAIM). SUBMISSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE
PROTOTYPE TO ENABLE ACS TO DETERMINE THE TIMELINESS OF THE CLAIM.

IN THE ABI CLAIM RECORDS FOR THE 'JJ' DRAWBACK TRANSACTION, THE
EARLIEST EXPORT DATE WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE D11 INPUT RECORD IN
POSITIONS 51-56. POSITIONS 57 AND 58 WILL REMAIN AS FILLER (SPACE
FILLED). THE DATE SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN YYMMDD FORMAT.

THE EARLIEST EXPORT DATE IS AN OPTIONAL DATA ELEMENT. IF IT IS NOT
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE CLAIM WILL NOT BE ELGIBLE FOR THE PAPERLESS
PROTOTYPE. IF IT IS PROVIDED, IT WILL BE EDITED FOR TIMELINESS. IF
THE DATE IS A BAD FORMAT, AN INVALID DATE, OR TIMELINESS IS AT ISSUE,
ERROR MESSAGES WILL BE PROVIDED. TO THIS END, THE DRAWBACK ERROR
MESSAGE DICTIONARY HAS BEEN UPDATED EFFECTIVE APRIL 23, 2002.

COPIES OF THE ENTIRE UPDATED ABI 'JJ' TRANSACTION SPECIFICATION AS
WELL AS THE UPDATED ERROR DICTIONARY ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CUSTOMS
WEB SITE AT WWW.CUSTOMS.TREAS.GOV/IMP-EXP2/EXPORT/DRAWBACKMODULE.PDF
(THE 'JJ' SPECIFICATION) AND WWW.CUSTOMS.TREAS.GOV/IMP-EXP2/EXPORT/
DSKERROR.HTM (THE ERROR DICTIONARY). THESE DOCUMENTS MAY ALSO BE
LOCATED BY GOING TO THE CUSTOMS WEB SITE HOME PAGE AT WWW.CUSTOMS.
TREAS.GOV, CLICKING ON "IMPORTING AND EXPORTING", LOOKING UNDER THE
HEADING "DUTY RATES/HTS" AND CLICKING ON "DRAWBACK". THE ABI CHANGE
IS INDICATED AS EFFECTIVE 4/23/02 AND THE ERROR DICTIONARY IS
LISTED SEPARATELY.

SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR THE PROTOTYPE
IN NY AND WILL BE PROVIDED TO FILERS AND CLAIMANTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THE OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF THIS PROTOTYPE INCLUDING
THE APPLICATION PROCESS, MAY BE DIRECTED TO SHERRI LEE HOFFMAN, ENTRY
AND DRAWBACK MANAGEMENT BRANCH, AT 202-927-0300.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ABI 'JJ' DRAWBACK APPLICATION MAY BE DIRECTED
TO YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Referenced By

CSMS #03-001309