CSMS Message: 10-000062

Title:ABI HARMONIZED TARIFF QEURY AND EXTRACT REFERENCE FILE ISSUE
Date:2010-03-05
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ABI HARMONIZED TARIFF QUERY AND EXTRACT REFERENCE FILE ISSUE

THE ABI HARMONIZED QUERY TRANSACTION (RECORD IDENTIFIER ‘W’ OUTPUT RECORDS) AND THE ABI HARMONIZED EXTRACT REFERENCE RECORDS (RECORD IDENTIFIER ‘V’ OUTPUT RECORDS) HAVE THE ABILITY TO DISPLAY UP TO 8 SPECIAL RATES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS.

THE SPECIAL RATES ARE DISPLAYED IN THE FOLLOWING RECORDS:

QUERY TRANSACTION RECORD IDENTIFIER

SPECIAL RATE 1 W5
SPECIAL RATE 2 W6
SPECIAL RATE 3 W7
SPECIAL RATE 4 W8
SPECIAL RATE 5 W9
SPECIAL RATE 6 WA
SPECIAL RATE 7 WB
SPECIAL RATE 8 WC

EXTRACT RFERENCE FILE RECORD IDENTIFIER

SPECIAL RATE 1 V5
SPECIAL RATE 2 V6
SPECIAL RATE 3 V7
SPECIAL RATE 4 V8
SPECIAL RATE 5 V9
SPECIAL RATE 6 VA
SPECIAL RATE 7 VB
SPECIAL RATE 8 VC

CURRENTLY TODAY, IF A TARIFF NUMBER HAS MORE THAN 8 SPECIAL RATES, THE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL RATES (SPECIAL RATE 9 AND GREATER) WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED ON THE ABOVE ABI HARMONIZED TARIFF RECORDS.

AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE ARE 133 TARIFF NUMBERS THAT HAVE MORE THAN 8 SPECIAL RATES.

CBP PLANS IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO EXPAND THE ABI HARMONIZED QUERY AND EXTRACT RECORDS TO ALLOW THE TRADE TO OBTAIN ALL THE SPECIAL RATES ASSOCIATED WITH A TARIFF NUMBER. WE ARE NOT ABLE AT THE PRESENT TIME TO INDICATE A DATE WHEN THIS WORK WILL BE COMPLETED. A FUTURE MESSAGE WILL BE SENT, WHEN CBP IS AWARE WHEN THE ABOVE CHANGES WILL BE COMPLETED.

THE FUTURE ABI HARMONIZED TARIFF EXTRACT OUTPUT RECORDS WILL DISPLAY THE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL RATES IN THE FOLLOWING NEW RECORD IDENTIFIERS:

RECORD IDENTIFIER SPECIAL RATES THAT ARE DISPLAYED

RECORD IDENTIFIER VE SPECIAL RATE 9
RECORD IDENTIFIER VF SPECIAL RATE 10
RECORD IDENTIFIER VG SPECIAL RATE 11
RECORD IDENTIFIER VH SPECIAL RATE 12
RECORD IDENTIFIER VI SPECIAL RATE 13
RECORD IDENTIFIER VJ SPECIAL RATE 14
RECORD IDENTIFIER VK SPECIAL RATE 15

THE ABI HARMONIZED TARIFF QUERY TRANSACTION OUTPUT RECORDS WILL DISPLAY THE SPECIAL RATES IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:

RECORD IDENTIFIER SPECIAL RATES THAT ARE DISPLAYED

RECORD IDENTIFIER WE SPECIAL RATE 9
RECORD IDENTIFIER WF SPECIAL RATE 10
RECORD IDENTIFIER WG SPECIAL RATE 11
RECORD IDENTIFIER WH SPECIAL RATE 12
RECORD IDENTIFIER WI SPECIAL RATE 13
RECORD IDENTIFIER WJ SPECIAL RATE 14
RECORD IDENTIFIER WK SPECIAL RATE 15

POSITIONS 1 – 50 OF THE ABOVE RECORD IDENTIFIERS WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE DATA THAT IS CURRENTLY DISPLAYED IN THE VC/WC RECORD IDENTIFIERS. POSITIONS 51 – 80 WILL BE FILLER.

PLEASE NOTE, THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE TRADE WILL BE NOTIFIED IN A FUTURE MESSAGE WHEN THE ABOVE CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE ABI TARIFF QUERY AND TARIFF EXTRACT TRANSACTIONS.

QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE MAY BE SENT TO YOUR LOCAL CLIENT REPRESENTATIVES OR TO ENTRY SUMMARY ACCOUNTS AND REVENUE BRANCH ATTENTION TONY CASUCCI AT 571-468-5053.

Referenced By

CSMS #10-000101