CSMS Message: 92-000358

Title:COL - COTTON FEE - CF 7501
Date:1992-08-24
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : SUSAN LANDRY

SUBJECT : COL - COTTON FEE - CF 7501

DATE : 08/20/92

AUGUST 18, 1992
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CATEGORY: COL

TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS (COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS),
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS

FROM : ACTING DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS

RE : COTTON FEE - REPORTING FEE ON CF 7501

PASS TO : ALL CUSTOMS PERSONNEL, BROKERS, FILERS AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES

REFERENCE IS MADE TO EMAIL NOTICE #2196011 DATED JULY 14,
1992, (ABI ADMIN MESSAGE 92-0182 OF JULY 15, 1992) AND EMAIL
NOTICE #2211011 (ABI ADMIN MESSAGE 92-0248 OF JULY 30) CONCERNING
THE REPORTING OF THE COTTON FEE ON CF 7501.

THE INSTRUCTIONS STATED THAT THE COTTON FEE IS TO BE
REPORTED IN COLUMN 34 OF THE CF 7501 AS A SIX-DIGIT DECIMAL
FIGURE PER KG. (EXAMPLE: HTS 5201.00.2010 WILL BE SHOWN AS
.011331/KG). IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT SOME FILERS HAD
ALREADY PROGRAMMED THEIR SYSTEMS TO PRINT THE FEE AS A FIVE DIGIT
DECIMAL (EXAMPLE: 1.1331 CTS/KG). FOR PURPOSES OF UNIFORMITY AND
CLARITY THE FEE IS TO BE REPORTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR
INSTRUCTIONS. WE REALIZE THIS WILL REQUIRE PROGRAMMING CHANGES
FOR SOME FILERS.

IN THE INTERIM, FILERS SHOULD MAKE PEN AND INK CORRECTIONS
TO THE CF 7501 BEFORE SUBMITTING THE ENTRY TO CUSTOMS.

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 17, 1992, ENTRIES WHICH DO NOT CONFORM TO
REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE REJECTED.

QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS NOTICE MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE
COLLECTIONS/STATISTICS BRANCH, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS AT
(202) 927-0418, 927-0051, 927-0801 OR 927-1106.

WILLIAM J. LUEBKERT

Related CSMS No. 92-000182, 92-000248