CSMS Message: 03-002961

TO: ABI FILERS

FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: POSTING OF QUOTA/TEXTILE BOOK TRANSMITTALS ON WEB

THIS MESSAGE IS TO ADVISE ABI FILERS THAT, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2, 2004,
QUOTA/TEXTILE BOOK TRANSMITTALS ISSUED BY THE HQ QUOTA UNIT WILL
NO LONGER BE ISSUED VIA THE ABI ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE SYSTEM.

AS OF JANUARY 2, 2004, THESE MESSAGES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE
BUREAU OF CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WEBSITE. THE ADDRESS OF
THE WEB SITE IS: WWW.CBP.GOV

FROM THE HOME PAGE, CLICK ON 'IMPORT'. AT THE LOWER LEFT OF THE LINK,
THERE IS ANOTHER LINK TO 'TEXTILES AND QUOTAS'. CLICK ON THIS LINK.
THE MIDDLE OF THE NEXT SCREEN WILL DISPLAY 'QUOTA BOOK TRANSMITTALS
(QBTS)'. THIS LINK WILL CONNECT TO THE SITE FOR QUOTA BOOK
TRANSMITTALS. CLICK ON THE APPROPRIATE YEAR TO SEE A CHRONOLOGICAL
LISTING OF TRANSMITTALS FOR THAT YEAR. THE SPECIFIC WEB ADDRESS IS:

WWW.CBP.GOV/XP/CGOV/IMPORT/TEXTILES AND QUOTAS/QBTS/

SIMILARLY, FOLLOW THE ABOVE PROCEDURES TO SEE TEXTILE BOOK
TRANSMITTALS. THE EXACT WEB ADDRESS FOR TEXTILE BOOK TRANSMITTALS
IS:
WWW.CBP.GOV/XP/CGOV/IMPORT/TEXTILES AND QUOTAS/TBTS/

NOTE THAT IN BOTH OF THESE URL ADDRESSES AN UNDERLINE CHARACTER
IS IMPLIED BETWEEN THE WORDS 'TEXTILES' AND 'AND', AND BETWEEN
THE WORDS 'AND' AND 'QUOTAS'.

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