CSMS Message: 04-000029

ATTENTION ALL ABI FILERS, SOFTWARE VENDORS AND SERVICE BUREAUS:

PLEASE REFER TO ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES 03-2619 DATED 10/27/2003 AND
03-2625 DATED 11/04/2003. THE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE FOR AIR WAYBILL
(AWB) WILL NOW BE EDITED FOR FORMAT: NNN-NNNNNNNN. THIS IS ALSO A CHANGE
TO THE BN01 AND BN02 RECORDS IN THE 'BN' APPLICATION FROM WHAT WAS
ORIGINALLY PROVIDED.

IN ORDER TO STANDARDIZE AND CLARIFY THE FORMAT OF THE DATA THAT IS
PASSED FROM FDA THROUGH CBP TO THE ABI FILER THROUGH APPLICATION
IDENTIFIER 'BN',WE ARE PROVIDING REVISED LAYOUTS FOR THE BN01 AND BN02
RECORDS AS FOLLOWS:

RECORD IDENTIFIER BN01 (OUTPUT)

THIS IS A MANDATORY RECORD USED TO IDENTIFY THE TRANSACTION IDENTIFIER
FOR WHICH FDA SEND ERROR, STATUS MESSAGES AND/OR PRIOR NOTICE CONFIRM-
ATION NUMBERS TO CBP TO BE RELAYED TO THE ABI FILER. THIS RECORD MUST
PRECEDE THE BN02 RECORD.

DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS M DESCRIPTION

CONTROL IDENTIFIER 4AN 1-4 M MUST ALWAYS BE BN01

HEADER IDENTIFIER 1AN 5 M MUST BE EQUAL TO:
A=AIR WAYBILL + HAWB. THE FIRST
NUMERIC CHARACTERS REPRESENTING
THE AIRLINE IS PART OF THE AIR
WAYBILL NUMBER.
E=ENTRY NUMBER SUBMITTED THROUGH
'HN, HI OR EI' APPLICATIONS.
N=ENTRY NUMBER SUBMITTED THROUGH
THE 'WP' APPLICATION.
I=IN-BOND NUMBER
B=BILL OF LADING NUMBER. THE ISSUER
FOUR ALPHA SCAC IDENTIFIER IS THE
FIRST FOUR CHARACTERS AND IS PART
OF THE BILL OF LADING NUMBER.
F=FOREIGN TRADE ZONE (FTZ) ADMISSION
NUMBER.

HEADER IDENTIFIER KEY 25AN 6-30 M MUST BE THE VALUE FOR THE HEADER
IDENTIFIER AS APPROPRIATE (E.G.,THE
ACTUAL ENTRY NUMBER, THE IN-BOND
NUMBER ETC). THE FIRST FOUR CHARAC-
TERS OF THE OCEAN, RAIL, OR TRUCK
BILL OF LADING (B), IS THE ISSUER
ALPHA SCAC CODE AND IS PART OF THE
BILL OF LADING. THE FIRST THREE
NUMERIC CHARACTERS OF THE AIR WAY-
BILL (A) APPEAR BEFORE THE ACTUAL
AIR WAYBILL NUMBER AND IS SEPARATED
BY A HYPHEN: NNN-NNNNNNNN. USE A
SECOND HYPHEN TO SEPARATE THE AIR
WAYBILL FROM THE HOUSE AIR WAYBILL
IF IT EXISTS. FOR TRANSACTIONS
IDENTIFIED BY HEADER IDENTIFIER
N, I, B, F, OR E USE THE ACTUAL
NUMBER WITH NO DASHES, SLASHES, OR
OTHER SPECIAL CHARACTERS.

FILLER 50AN 31-80 M SPACE FILL.

RECORD IDENTIFIER BN02 (OUTPUT)

THIS IS A MANDATORY FDA BTA PRIOR NOTICE OUTPUT RECORD THAT TRANSMITS
FDA BTA PRIOR NOTICE CONFIRMATION OR A REJECT AND/OR STATUS MESSAGE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRIOR NOTICE TRANSACTION AT THE FDA LINE LEVEL.
THIS RECORD WILL FOLLOW THE BN01 RECORD. AT LEAST ONE BN02 RECORD IS
MANDATORY. THIS RECORD MAY BE REPEATED AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY.

DATA ELEMENT LENGTH POS M DESCRIPTION
CONTROL IDENTIFIER5 4AN 1-4 M MUST ALWAYS BE BN02

CBP LINE 3N 5-7 C APPLIES ONLY WHEN THE HEADER
TRANSACTION IDENTIFIER IN THE
BN01 RECORD IS 'E', OTHERWISE
SPACE FILL.

FDA LINE 4N 8-11 M THE LINE NUMBER APPLICABLE TO THE
TRANSACTION.

PRIOR NOTICE 12AN 12-23 C THE BTA CONFIRMATION NUMBER RECEIVED
CONFIRMATION NUMBER FROM FDA WHEN THE PN IS RECEIVED.

PN LINE MESSAGE 26AN 24-49 M PRIOR NOTICE LINE LEVEL MESSAGE FROM
FDA (FDA LINE)

PN CLOCK START DATE 8N 50-57 C DATE RECEIVED FROM FDA WHEN PN
RECEIVED IN MMDDYYYY(MONTH DAY YEAR)
FORMAT.

PN CLOCK START TIME 4N 58-61 C TIME RECEIVED FROM FDA WHEN PN IS
IS RECEIVED IN HHMM (HOUR, MINUTE)
FORMAT.

PN LINE REJECT CODES 16AN 62-77 C CODES IDENTIFYING REJECT REASONS
PN IS REJECTED.

FILLER 3X 78-80 M SPACE FILL.

NOTE 1

VALID LINE REJECT CODES. CODES ARE POSITIONAL ALLOWING MULTIPLE
REJECT CODES FOR EACH LINE AS APPLICABLE.

POS
NO# CODE DESCRIPTION

62 F FOREIGN CONSIGNEE
63 R INVALID REGISTRATION
64 Q INVALID QUANTITY
65 M INVALID MID FOR MANUFACTURER
66 S INVALID MID FOR SHIPPER
67 I INVALID IMPORTER FOR FDA
68 C INVALID CONSIGNEE FOR FDA
69 Z INVALID STATE/ZIP FOR US MANUFACTURER
70 O INVALID CONTNRY OF ORIGIN
71 S INVALID COUNTRY OF SHIPPING
72 N OTHER REJECT REASON - CALL FDA
73 FUTURE USE
74 FUTURE USE
75 FUTURE USE
76 FUTURE USE
77 FUTURE USE

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CALL YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Referenced By

CSMS #04-000031