CSMS Message: 12-000040

A number of problems have recently been reported involving ABI QP inbond entries for ACE Truck Manifest shipments. The most reliable method for processing ABI QP inbonds – whether the ACE truck manifest is filed in the ACE Portal or by EDI – is for the carrier to report the shipment as a regular (PAPS) shipment with bill of lading details (shipper, consignee, quantity, description, etc), and allow the CBP systems to attach the ABI QP inbond to the ACE Truck shipment. When a QP inbond fails to attach to an ACE Truck shipment, the carrier sometimes elects to add inbond entry information to the shipment in the ACE Portal. Carriers electing this procedure should assign a new 9-digit inbond number to the shipment and advise the QP inbond entry filer to delete the original QP inbond from ABI. Under no circumstances should an ACE Truck manifest shipment be converted to an inbond shipment without a 9-digit inbond entry number.