CSMS Message: 07-000104

ON AUGUST 11, 2007, THE ACE A1 DELIVERY WILL GO INTO PRODUCTION. THE
TWO ABI MESSAGES INCLUDED IN THIS DEPLOYMENT ARE THE KI (BOND QUERY) AND
THE TI (CBPF 5106 ADD/UPDATE). THE MESSAGE FORMAT FOR THE KI WILL NOT
CHANGE. THE MESSAGE FORMAT FOR THE TI WILL HAVE A SLIGHT MODIFICATION.
A NEW 'UPDATE ACTION CODE' HAS BEEN ADDED TO POSITION 3 OF THE T1 RECORD
.
THE 'UPDATE ACTION CODE' 'U' HAS BEEN ADDED TO PROVIDE FOR UPDATES TO AN
EXISTING IMPORTER NUMBER. THE NEW CATAIR CHAPTER CAN BE FOUND ON THE
CBP WEBSITE AT: HTTP://WWW.CBP.GOV/XP/CGOV/TOOLBOX/ABOUT/MODERNIZATION/
ACE ESAR/TECHNICAL INFO/

TESTING
TESTING FOR THESE MESSAGES MUST BE DONE IN THE ACS PROD CERT
ENVIRONMENT. CBP WILL TAKE IN THE MESSAGES AND ROUTE THEM TO THE ACE
SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING. IF YOU ALREADY HAVE ACCESS TO THE ACS PROD CERT
ENVIRONMENT, THERE IS NO NEED TO ESTABLISH NEW ACCESS.
THE ACE SYSTEM WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TEST THESE MESSAGES ON JULY 9, 2007.
NOTE: THIS DEPLOYMENT, AND SUBSEQUENT ACE DEPLOYMENTS, WILL NOT SUPPORT
TESTING USING '8888' TEST PORT. IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING THIS METHOD
TO TEST ABI MESSAGES, YOU WILL NEED TO CONTACT YOUR CLIENT
REPRESENTATIVE TO BE SET UP FOR TESTING IN THE ACS PROD CERT
ENVIRONMENT.

PRODUCTION
THE CUTOVER FOR THESE MESSAGES TO BE PROCESSED IN ACE IS AUGUST 11,
2007. YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEND ALL MESSAGES TO THE ACS PRODUCTION
ENVIRONMENT USING YOUR CURRENT QUEUES. CBP WILL INTERNALLY ROUTE THESE
MESSAGES TO THE ACE PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE

Referenced By

CSMS #07-000188, 07-000181, 07-000164, 07-000158, 07-000140, 07-000130