CSMS Message: 06-001124

THE BROKER DOWNLOAD CHAPTER (BD) OF THE CATAIR HAS UNDERGONE A THOROUGH
REVISION TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE RAIL AND TRUCK ENVIRONMENTS. EACH OF
THESE USES THE BROKER DOWNLOAD CAPABILITY ACCORDING TO THE REQUIREMENTS
OF THE MODE. SOME ELEMENTS AND SEGMENTS ARE MANDATORY IN RAIL AND ONLY
CONDITIONAL OR OPTIONAL IN TRUCK. IN OUR REVISION WE HAVE STRIVEN TO
KEEP THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH MODE SEPARATE AND SPECIFY HOW EACH TREATS
THE RECORDS AND ELEMENTS. THE LAST REVISION TO THE BD WAS POSTED TO THE
CBP WEBSITE ON AUGUST 31, 2006. THE MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS
POSTING WERE:

RECORD 2M CHANGED TO 'OPTIONAL' FROM 'MANDATORY'
RECORD 3B WAS REMOVED. THIS RECORD WAS NOT RETURNED IN THE BD
RECORDS NS05-NS30 NOTES WERE ADDED: "THIS RECORD IS NOT RETURNED IN THE
BROKER DOWNLOAD SET. IT IS IN THE NS SET. IT IS PROVIDED HERE
TO DEMONSTRATE THAT NS RECORDS ACCOMPANY THE BROKER DOWNLOAD
RECORDS."

RECORDS NS05-NS60 WERE REMOVED FROM THE LIST OF MANDATORY AND
CONDITIONAL RECORDS

THROUGHOUT THE RECORD SETS THE WORDS:
'IN TRUCK AMS THIS IS NOT USED'
'THIS IS USED ONLY IN RAIL AMS'
'THIS IS USED BY RAIL AND TRUCK AMS'
'THIS IS ONLY USED IN TRUCK AMS'
WERE ATTACHED TO EACH ELEMENT AS APPROPRIATE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THE
ELEMENT IS USED IN TRUCK OR RAIL AMS.

1M - MANIFEST TYPE CODE: CODE 'T' WAS ADDED FOR INTRANSIT (FUTURE USE)

2M - NOTE ADDED THAT THIS RECORD WAS ONLY USED BY RAIL AMS

1P - ORIGINAL SCHEDULED DATE OF ARRIVAL: THE FORMAT WAS CHANGED BACK TO
MMDDYY, THE ORIGINAL FORMAT FOR THIS ELEMENT. IT HAD BEEN
ERRONEOUSLY CHANGED TO YYMMDD IN A PREVIOUS REVISION.

1A - ACTION CODE: CHANGE TO 'CONDITIONAL'. ADD CODE 'M' FOR 'REPLACEMENT
SEGMENT - 'ONLY USED IN TRUCK'
- ADD 'CODE QUALIFIER', AND 'ID CODE' TO REFLECT CURRENT CAMIR
REQUIREMENTS

1B - MANIFEST QUANITY, MANIFEST UNITS, WEIGHT, AND WEIGHT UNIT: CHANGE
TO 'CONDITIONAL' FROM 'MANDATORY'. THESE ARE NOT NORMALLY
SUPPLIED IN TRUCK AMS.

ON - ENTITY ID CODE: CHANGE TO 3 POSITIONS FROM 2. CHANGE NUMBERING
SYSTEM FOR THE REST OF THE ELEMENTS BASED ON THE INCREASE IN
POSITIONS HERE.

1I - ADD FDA/BTA CONFIRMATION INDICATOR IN POSITION 5 FOR RAIL AND
TRUCK. CHANGE FILLER TO 1 POSITION, 6
- ELIMINATE 5 OCCURRENCES OF 'PORT OF INBOND ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE'. ADD
SHIPMENT CONTROL NUMBER IN-BOND, POSITIONS 60-75, FOR CARRIER
ASSIGNED BILL NUMBER USED AS IN-BOND NUMBERS IN TRUCK AMS

1C - EQUIPMENT NUMBER: ADD NOTE 'IN TRUCK MANIFEST, IF EQUIPMENT NUMBER
IS UNKNOWN, INDICATE 'NO NUMBER''

2C - VIN: INCREASE TO 30 POSITIONS FROM 20. ADD FILLER, POSITIONS 33-37,
AND FOREIGN PORT, POSITIONS 38-42. ADJUST FACTORY CAR ORDER
NUMBER OF POSITIONS ACCORDINGLY.

NS05 - ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL: CHANGE THE FORMAT FOR THE EDA BACK TO
MMDDYY AS IN 1P

WE WILL NOTIFY YOU WHEN ANY FURTHER UPDATES TO THE BD CHAPTER OCCUR.