| Title: | USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE AUTOMATION PROCESS |
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| Date: | 2013-01-17 |
| To: | abi |
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ACS HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO ALLOW THE TRADE TO SUBMIT THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE ELECTRONICALLY WHEN AN ACS ENTRY SUMMARY IS FILED FOR TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE.
THE FOLLOWING WILL BE THE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO SUBMIT A USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE IN ACS:
1) TARIFF NUMBERS SUBJECT TO THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE WILL HAVE A PERMIT INDICATOR OF ‘21’. THE PERMIT INDICATORS FOR A TARIFF NUMBER ARE INDICATED IN THE TARIFF REFERENCE FILE IDENTIFIER V2 (OUTPUT, POSITIONS 75-76) RECORD AND THE TARIFF QUERY TRANSACTION W2 (OUTPUT, POSITIONS 75-76) RECORD.
THE TARIFF NUMBERS INDICATED BELOW WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE SUGAR CERTIFICATE:
1701.12.1000 1702.90.2000 1901.20.7000
1701.12.5000 1702.90.5800 1901.90.5400
1701.13.1000 1702.90.6800 1901.90.5800
1701.14.1000 1704.90.6800 2101.12.3800
1701.14.5000 1704.90.7800 2101.12.4800
1701.91.1000 1806.10.1500 2101.12.5800
1701.91.3000 1806.10.2800 2101.20.3800
1701.91.4800 1806.10.3800 2101.20.4800
1701.91.5800 1806.10.5500 2101.20.5800
1701.99.1010 1806.10.7500 2103.90.7800
1701.99.1025 1806.20.7300 2106.90.4400
1701.99.1050 1806.20.7700 2106.90.4600
1701.99.5025 1806.20.9400 2106.90.7200
1701.99.5050 1806.20.9800 2106.90.8000
1702.20.2810 1806.90.3900 2106.90.9100
1702.20.2890 1806.90.4900 2106.90.9400
1702.30.2800 1806.90.5900 2106.90.9700
1702.40.2800 1901.20.2500
1702.60.2800 1901.20.3500
1702.90.1000 1901.20.6000
2) THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE WILL BE A 9 POSITION ALPHA/NUMERIC DATA ELEMENT. THE USDA ISSUED SUGAR CERTIFICATE FOR AN ACS FILED SUMMARY WILL BE TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY 52 RECORD (EI) (INPUT) IN THE MISCELLANEOUS PERMIT/LICENSE NUMBER FIELD.
3) THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE WILL NOT BE REQUIRED WHEN CAFTA TARIFF NUMBERS 98220515 AND 98220520 ARE CLAIMED WITH AN ASSOCIATED TARIFF NUMBER THAT HAS A PERMIT INDICATOR OF ‘21’.
4) NO USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS MEXICO REGRARDLESS OF THE TARIFF NUMBER CLASSIFICATION.
5) THE SUGAR CERTIFICATE WILL BE OPTIONAL FOR WAREHOUSE ENTRY TYPES ‘21’ OR ‘22’ AND FOR A TIB ENTRY TYPE ‘23’.
THE TRADE WILL BE GIVEN APPROXIMATELY 60 DAYS TO MAKE THE ABOVE SYSTEM CHANGES.
TARIFF NUMBERS SUBJECT TO THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE (PERMIT INDICATOR ‘21’) WILL BE INDICATED IN THE NEXT TARIFF EXTRACT UPDATE WHICH WILL BE SENT OUT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
THE TRADE MAY BEGIN FILING THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFCATE AS SOON AS THEY ARE ABLE TO MAKE THE ABOVE SYSTEM CHANGES TO THEIR SOFTWARE. ACS HAS ALREADY BEEN PROGRAMMED TO ACCEPT THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, ACS WILL NOT REJECT THE SUMMARY IF THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE IS NOT SUBMITTED.
POLICY AND PROCEDURE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE USDA SUGAR CERTIFICATE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE QUOTA BRANCH ATTENTION RICHARD WALLIO AT 202-863-6508 (RICHARD.B.WALLIO@DHS.GOV).
SYSTEM QUESTIONS MAY BE REFERRED TO YOUR ASSIGNED CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE OR TO ACS, ATTENTION TONY CASUCCI AT 571-468-5053 (ANTHONY.CASUCCI@DHS.GOV).