CSMS Message: 94-000075

ATTENTION ALL SOFTWARE VENDORS, SELF PROGRAMMING FILERS, AND SERVICE
BUREAUS!!!!!

THIS MESSAGE COVERS THREE TOPICS:

1) PORT CODES FOR THE FIRST 10 FDA INTERFACE EXPANSION PORTS
2) NOTIFICATION OF FORTHCOMING ABI FILER REQUIREMENTS FOR BORDER PORTS
COVERED BY THE FDA INTERFACE EXPANSION.
3) DIFFERENCES IN THE RECEIPT OF PROCESSING MESSAGES FOR ALL FDA EXPANSION
PORTS.

THE FOOD AND DRUG INTERFACE IS SCHEDULED TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT 18
ADDITIONAL PORTS NATIONWIDE STARTING IN MARCH, 1994 AND ENDING BY
DECEMBER, 1994. ALL PUBLICIZED DATES ARE TARGET DATES. PROGRAMMING
SHOULD BE IN PLACE SO THAT FILERS CAN BEGIN TO FILE ENTRIES THROUGH THE
AUTOMATED SYSTEM AT THE TIME THE PORT IS IMPLEMENTED.

1) BELOW IS A LIST OF THE FIRST 10 EXPANSION PORTS WITH THE APPROPRIATE
PARTICIPATING PORT CODES WITHIN EACH DISTRICT. THE PORT CODE
LISTINGS FOR THE REMAINING 8 EXPANSION PORTS WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO YOU
BY ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE AT A LATER TIME.

EXPANSION LOCATION PARTICIPATING PORTS REG/PORT CODE

SAVANNAH SAVANNAH 41703
ATLANTA 41704
MIAMI MIAMI 45201
MIAMI AIRPORT 45206
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT 72801
SAN FRANCISCO 72809
PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA 11101
CHESTER PA 11102
WILMINGTON DE 11103
PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT 11108
NEW YORK NEW YORK 21001
NEWARK 24601
JFK AIRPORT 24701
BOSTON BOSTON 10401
LOGAN AIRPORT 10417
BUFFALO *BUFFALO 10901
SAN DIEGO *CALEXICO 72503
*OTAY MESA 72504
NOGALES *NOGALES 62604
LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES 72704
LOS ANGELES AIRPORT 72720

2) PORTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK (*) ARE BORDER PORTS. PROGRAMS WILL
DIFFER AT THE BORDER PORTS TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT TIMING FOR
TRANSMISSION OF FDA PROCESSING MESSAGES, AND TO ALLOW FOR THE
TRANSMISSION OF FDA DATA FOR MERCHANDISE PROCESSED THROUGH LINE RELEASE
WHERE APPROPRIATE. ABI FILER REQUIREMENTS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSMISSION
OF FDA DATA AT BORDER PORTS WILL BE PUBLISHED AT LEAST 90 DAYS PRIOR
TO IMPLEMENTATION. THE FIRST BORDER PORT IS TARGETED
FOR IMPLEMENTATION ON JUNE 20, 1994.

3) PROGRAMMERS SHOULD NOTE THAT PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTED AT THE 18 EXPANSION
PORTS WILL BE IDENTICAL TO THOSE PROGRAMS CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL IN
SEATTLE, PORTLAND, OREGON, AND BLAINE WASHINGTON. HOWEVER, PROGRAMMERS
SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE ONLY MESSAGES RETURNED TO THE FILER
PERTAINING TO FDA IN THE R6 RECORD FOR THE 18 EXPANSION PORTS WILL BE
"FDA REVIEW" (CODE 01) AND "FDA MAY PROCEED" (CODE 05).
THESE CODES WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO THE FILER AT THE
ENTRY LEVEL ONLY, AT THE TIME OF PROVISIONAL/CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING,
AND WILL APPEAR ONLY IN POSITIONS 20-21 OF THE R6 RECORD FOLLOWED BY
THE APPROPRIATE MESSAGE IN POSITIONS 22-54.

THERE WILL BE NO SUBSEQUENT FDA PROCESSING MESSAGES RETURNED TO THE
AUTOMATED FILER AT ANY OF THE 18 EXPANSION PORTS.

THERE WILL BE NO STATUS OR DISPOSITION MESSAGES TRANSMITTED FROM FDA AT
THE LINE LEVEL AT ANY OF THE 18 FDA EXPANSION PORTS.

FDA DATA REJECT MESSAGES WILL CONTINUE AT ALL EXPANSION PORTS USING
APPLICATION IDENTIFIER "DT". ELECTRONIC FILERS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE
THE CAPABILITY TO TRANSMIT CORRECTIONS AND/OR UPDATES TO THE FDA DATA
REJECT USING APPLICATION IDENTIFIER "CP".

ABI FILERS WILL BE GIVEN SUFFICIENT ADVANCE NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES
TO THE TRANSMISSION OF THESE MESSAGES AT ANY OF THE EXPANSION PORTS.
ALL FDA PROCESSING MESSAGES WILL CONTINUE TO BE TRANSMITTED AT EXISTING
OPERATIONAL FDA PROCESSING PORTS: SEATTLE (73001), TACOMA (73002),
SEATAC AIRPORT (73029), PORTLAND (72904), LONGVIEW (72905), BOISE IDAHO
(72907), PORTLAND AIRPORT (72910), BLAINE (73004), SUMAS (73009), AND
UPS CARRIER HUB SEATTLE (73071).

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Referenced By

CSMS #94-000185