| Title: | Subsequent Inbonds in ACE Allowed only after full Inbond arrival |
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| Date: | 2012-08-31 |
| To: | abi,ocean,rail |
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In the legacy Automated Broker Interface (ABI) a subsequent in-bond may be transmitted via the In-bond Transaction (QP) after the first arrival posting for the previous in-bond (even if that arrival is not for the full in-bond quantity) but in ACE, subsequent in-bonds may not be transmitted via QP until the previous in-bond is completely arrived. It is important to note that all QPs will be transmitted via ACE effective September 29, 2012.
If your business practice is to transmit one in-bond covering multiple bills of lading, transmission of any subsequent in-bond will need to await the arrival of all the merchandise covered by that in-bond. When a subsequent in-bond QP is transmitted in ACE prior to the previous in-bond's complete arrival, the QP transmission will receive the error ‘Prev Inbond Move Must Be Arrived’ (error code 181). This is the indication that the previous in-bond has not been arrived in its entirety.
If you have questions related to this new requirement please contact Mr. James Swanson at james.swanson@cpb.dhs.gov.