CSMS Message: 16-000223

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SUBJECT: Transmitting the header consignee number at the line level

The purpose of this notification is to address the line level party information transmitted in the ACE entry summary input transaction (App ID = AE). Today a formal entry covering one or many sales with an ACE entry summary over $2,500 in value will require the input of valid party information (EIN number) at the line level. This number must be on file in ACE and must be transmitted in the correct format as sighted in the CATAIR. Trade has questioned this requirement in part because the sold to party information is not always known or provided at the line level to the filer.

Please Note: Filers should transmit the header level consignee number of the ACE AE at the line level. If the formal ACE entry summary is covering multiple sales, with some individual sales less than $2,500 and the EIN number of the sold to party type at the line level is not known or not provided to the filer, the header level consignee number should be transmitted in the ACE AE at that line level. Further, non-resident consignee (CBP assigned) numbers are also acceptable to be used in this manner and reported at the line level.

This will be an interim solution until name and address functionality can be prioritized for development. Please contact Randy Mitchell, Acting Division Director, Commercial Operations, Revenue and Entry at randy.mitchell@cbp.dhs.gov if you have any questions.