| Title: | DISCONTINUING APPLICATION GI - MANUAL CERTIFICATION |
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| Date: | 1994-01-10 |
| To: | abi |
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ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NUMBERS 93-0583, DATED 06/21/93, AND 93-0906,
DATED 09/28/93, NOTIFIED ALL ABI PARTICIPANTS THAT CUSTOMS' ACS WILL
DISCONTINUE ACCEPTING ABI APPLICATION 'GI' AS A VALID METHOD FOR
CERTIFYING CARGO RELEASE (3461) DATA. THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS
CHANGE WAS STATED TO BE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE FIRST
NOTIFICATION.
OVER SIX MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED AND MANY FILERS CONTINUE TO CERTIFY
THEIR CARGO RELEASE DATA USING APPLICATION 'GI'.
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CUSTOMS WILL ABOLISH APPLICATION 'GI' EARLY MONDAY MORNING 02/14/94.
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WHEN THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED ACS WILL NOT ACCEPT CERTIFICATION OF CARGO
RELEASE DATA UNLESS DONE USING THE AUTO-CERTIFICATION METHOD
DESCRIBED IN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES.
IF YOU ARE STILL USING APPLICATION 'GI', OR IF YOU ARE UNSURE WHAT
METHOD YOU USE TO CERTIFY YOUR CARGO RELEASE DATA, YOU ARE URGED TO
CONTACT YOUR SOFTWARE PROVIDER TO ENSURE THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
USE AUTO-CERTIFICATION PRIOR TO 02/14/94. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
REGARDING THIS MESSAGE PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.
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