| Title: | Importer Security Filing (ISF) Status Advisory (SA) Changes |
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| Date: | 2010-05-11 |
| To: | abi,ocean |
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This message describes a number of changes to the ISF Status Advisory (SA) messages that will become effective no sooner than July 10, 2010. The changes have been posted in the ‘Pending Transaction Sets’ section of the 'Security Filing Transaction Sets' page on cbp.gov at:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/sf_transaction_sets/pending_sets/
1. More descriptive No Bill of File messages
Currently, CBP compares the Bill of Lading number submitted with an Importer Security Filing (ISF) against that filed in the Automated Manifest System (AMS), and issues a NO BILL ON FILE status advisory message when the bill number is not in AMS or there is a discrepancy with the bill type. With the planned change, a distinction will be made between a bill number not being on file in AMS and a bill number being on file in AMS, but with a different type than what was filed in the ISF.
a. When a Bill has not been filed in AMS, the ISF Filer shall receive a status message with an S2 disposition code and a 'NO BILL MATCH (NOT ON FILE)' description.
b. When a Bill has been filed in AMS, but with a different type than what was filed in the ISF, the ISF Filer shall receive a status message with an S6 disposition code and a 'NO BILL MATCH (WRONG TYPE)' description.
c. When a Bill has not been filed in AMS, the ISF Filer shall receive reminder status messages with S3, S4, and S5 disposition codes and a 'NO BILL MATCH (NOT ON FILE)' description after 5, 20, and 30 days, respectively.
d. When a Bill has been filed in AMS but with a different type than what was filed in the ISF, the ISF Filer shall receive reminder status messages with SA, SB, and SC disposition codes and a 'NO BILL MATCH (WRONG TYPE)' description after 5, 20, and 30 days, respectively.
2. Duplicate ISF filings
If an ISF is received by CBP with the same Bill Number and ISF Importer Number as one submitted in a previous ISF by a different filer, CBP accepts the duplicate ISF with a warning to let the filer know that a different party previously filed an ISF against the same shipment.
With the planned change, in addition to the above behavior, a status message with an S7 disposition code and a 'DUPLICATE ISF BY ANOTHER FILER' description will be sent to the initial ISF filer indicating that a duplicate ISF was filed.
CBP expects the parties involved to contact the ISF importer in order to ascertain which ISF is the accurate one. Failure to do so may incur enforcement and/or compliance actions.
If you have any questions, please contact your assigned Client Representative or call 571-468-5500.