CSMS Message: 06-000936

TO: ALL ABI BROKERS

FROM: TONY CASUCCI

SUBJECT: CAFTA TRADE PREFERENCE LEVEL (TPL) CERTIFICATE SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS FOR TARIFF NUMBER 99156101.

THE GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA HAS DIRECTED CUSTOMS TO REQUIRE THE
TRANSMISSION OF THE CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE FOR TARIFF NUMBER
99156101.

THE ACS SYSTEM IS BEING MODIFIED TO ACCEPT THE CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE
FOR TARIFF NUMBER 99156101 IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD IDENTIFIER
52 RECORD (INPUT) IN THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE NUMBER FIELD
(POSITIONS 30 - 38) WHEN A CLAIM IS MADE UNDER THE CAFTA TPL PROVISIONS
FOR TARIFF NUMBER 9915601.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE
FOR TARIFF NUMBER 99156101.

1) TARIFF NUMBER 99156101 WILL HAVE A PERMIT INDICATOR OF '10' TO
INDICATE THAT IT IS SUBJECT TO THE CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE
REQUIREMENT. THE PERMIT INDICATOR IS DISPLAYED IN THE TARIFF
REFERENCE FILE IDENTIFIER V2 RECORD (OUTPUT, POSITIONS 75 - 76).

2) THE NICARAGUA CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE WILL BE A 9 POSITION
ALPHA/NUMERIC DATA ELEMENT. THE FIRST POSITION OF THE
CERTIFICATE WILL BE A NUMERIC REPRESENTING THE YEAR OF
PRESENTATION. THE SECOND AND THIRD POSITIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE
WILL REPRESENT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WHICH IN THIS CASE WOULD BE
ISO CODE 'NI' (NICARAGUA). POSITIONS 4 - 9 OF THE CERTIFICATE
WILL BE AN ALPHA/NUMERIC DATA ELEMENT.

THE NICARAGUA CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE WILL BE REPORTED IN THE ENTRY
SUMMARY (EI) 52 RECORD (INPUT) IN THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE
FIELD (POSITIONS 30 - 38).

3) THE NICARAGUA CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ENTRY
TYPES '01', '02', '03', '06', '07', '11', '12' AND WAREHOUSE
WITHDRAWAL ENTRY TYPES '31', '32', '34' AND '38'.

THE CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE WILL BE OPTIONAL FOR WAREHOUSE ENTRY TYPES
'21/22' AND FOR TEMPORARY IMPORTATION BOND (TIB'S) ENTRY TYPE '23'.

4) THE NICARAGUA CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE WILL BE DISPLAYED IN BLOCK 34
OF THE 7501 NEXT TO THE VISA NUMBER FIELD.

5) THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR REPORTING THE NICARAGUA CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE
NUMBER IN THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE FIELD IN THE 52 RECORD
(EI) WILL BE BASED ON A FUTURE DUTY COMPUTATION DATE INDICATED
FOR TARIFF NUMBER 99156101. DUTY COMPUTATION DATE CALCULATIONS ARE
EXPLAINED IN THE CATAIR IN THE FOLLOWING ENTRY SUMMARY SECTIONS:

10 RECORD, NOTE 3
20 RECORD, NOTE 2
30 RECORD, NOTE 6

A FUTURE MESSAGE WILL INDICATE WHEN THE ABOVE CHANGES HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED BY ACS. ONCE THE ABOVE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN ACS,
THE TRADE WILL BE GIVEN SUFFICIENT TIME TO MODIFY THEIR SYSTEMS
TO TRANSMIT THE NICARAGUA CAFTA TPL CERTIFICATE NUMBER IN THE
ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) 52 RECORD (MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE
NUMBER FIELD).

POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE
REFERRED TO OFFICE OF FIELD OPERATIONS QUOTA BRANCH, ATTENTION
CHRISTINE KEGLEY AT 202-344-2319.

QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE ABOVE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE
REFERRED TO YOUR LOCAL CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE OR TO ACS, ATTENTION
TONY CASUCCI AT 202-772-2041.

Referenced By

CSMS #06-001006