CSMS Message: 04-001892

TO: ABI FILERS

FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

SUBJECT: QP CHANGES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 21, 2004

RE: QP IN-BONDS CAN NOW BE DONE FOR LESS THAN FULL BILL QUANTITY.
WP ARRIVAL/EXPORT UPDATES CAN ONLY BE AT THE IN-BOND LEVEL.
BARCODES ON QP 7512S.

EFFECTIVE AUGUST 21, THE QP APPLICATION WILL ALLOW IN-BOND
FILING AT LESS THAN FULL BILL QUANTITY. THIS MEANS THAT
MULTIPLE QP IN-BONDS CAN NOW BE FILED AGAINST THE SAME
IMPORT BILL, PROVIDED THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE
IMPORTATION IS OCEAN, RAIL OR TRUCK. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE
IMPORT BILL IS FOR 1000 UNITS, THE USER CAN NOW INITIATE A QP
IN-BOND FOR 50 UNITS TO PORT ONE, 100 UNITS TO PORT TWO, AN
ADDITIONAL 75 ALSO GOING TO PORT ONE AND MAKE AN ENTRY ON
THE BALANCE. TO USE THE LESS THAN FULL BILL QUANTITY
FEATURE WILL REQUIRE A SOFTWARE CHANGE. THE SPECIFIED
QUANTITY WILL BE CAPTURED IN THE QP30 RECORD IN POSITIONS
69 TO 78. IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO DO FULL BILL QUANTITY QP'S.

AS A REMINDER, CBP HAS PREVIOUSLY AGREED TO DO ALL
ARRIVAL/EXPORT UPDATE PROCESSING OF QP IN-BONDS. WHILE
UPDATES CAN STILL BE DONE VIA WP, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED OF
THE QP FILER. IF THE USER ELECTS TO TRANSMIT WP UPDATES, THE
UPDATES MUST BE DONE AT THE IN-BOND LEVEL. THE CHANGES MADE TO
ALLOW QP AT LESS THAN FULL BILL QUANTITY HAVE RESULTED IN
THE ELIMINATION OF UPDATES AT THE BILL AND CONTAINER LEVEL.
THE INITIATOR OF THE QP MUST CONTINUE TO TRANSMIT ANY
UPDATES TO THE 'IN-BOND CARRIER ID' DATA IN THE QP10 RECORD.

DURING A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS HELD THIS SUMMER AT LAND
BORDER PORTS CBP ANNOUNCED THE ADDITION OF A BAR CODE TO
THE 7512 IN-BOND DOCUMENT. UNDER THE TRADE ACT OF 2002 CBP
MANDATES THE USE OF AUTOMATED IN-BOND. IN-BONDS NOT
TRANSMITTED BY AN AUTOMATED CARRIER CAN BE PROVIDED TO CBP
EITHER VIA QP OR CAFES. AS CBP INTENDS TO PROCESS ONLY BAR
CODED DOCUMENTS AT LAND BORDER PRIMARY BOOTHS, THIS WILL
NECESSITATE THE ADDITION OF A BAR CODE TO THE QP 7512 FOR
EXPEDITIOUS PROCESSING.
THE QP7512 BAR CODE WILL FOLLOW THE EXISTING STANDARD FOR A
MEDIUM DENSITY 3 OF 9 FORMAT CURRENTLY USED FOR PAPS AND
BRASS. THE DATA CARRIED IN THE BAR CODE WILL BE:
QP01NNNNNNNNN
QP TO DESIGNATE THE PROGRAM
ZERO ONE TO DESIGNATE THE VERSION
THE NINE DIGIT IN-BOND NUMBER

THE BAR CODE CAN BE PRINTED BY SOFTWARE ONTO THE 7512,
APPLIED AS A STICKER, OR ATTACHED AS A COVER SHEET AND
SUBMITTED WITH THE 7512 AND 7533 DOCUMENTS. UNLIKE PAPS
THERE ARE NO SPECIFIC SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE QP BAR
CODE. PLACE THE BAR CODE IN A POSITION SIMILAR TO
THAT OF THE CAFES BAR CODE OR WITH THE EXISTING PHRASE "QP
INBOND AUTHORIZED" IN THE DESCRIPTION FIELD.

ALL OF THE ABOVE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED IN THE JULY 2004
CATAIR FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.CBP.GOV/XP/CGOV/IMPORT/OPERATIONS_SUPPORT/AUTOMATED_SYSTEMS/A
BI/CATAIR/USER_REQUIREMENTS.XML

QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.