CSMS Message: 94-000464

THE ABI CARGO RELEASE QUERY TRANSACTION ANNOUNCED ON JULY 7, 1993 IN
ADMIN MESSAGE 93-0633 SAVES ABI FILERS TIME AND IMPROVES DATA INTEGRITY.
WITH THIS TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CODE "IN") THE FILER REQUESTS THE MOST
RECENT CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS ON FILE FOR AN ENTRY. THE QUERY
RETURNS THE RELEASE STATUS AND DATE. STATUS MESSAGES FOR SOME OTHER
PROCESSING ARE ALSO RETURNED WHEN THEY APPLY. THESE INCLUDE OTHER
GOVERNMENT AGENCY STATUS, PAPERLESS SUMMARY STATUS, AMS HOLD STATUS, AND
AIR AMS STATUS.

AT BORDER PORTS, NO RELEASE STATUS INFORMATION WILL BE RETURNED IF THE
QUERY DATE IS LESS THAN FIVE DAYS FROM THE CUSTOMS RELEASE/EXAM DATE AND
THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS RAIL OR TRUCK (MOT CODES 12, 20, 21, 30,
31, 32, 33, AND 34).

THE USE OF THIS TRANSACTION REDUCES THE NEED TO CALL CUSTOMS TO FIND A
RELEASE DATE, OR ASK THE ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE TO REROUTE CARGO
RELEASE RESULTS. INSTEAD, USE THIS QUERY TO RECEIVE THE MOST RECENT
CARGO RELEASE RESULTS ELECTRONICALLY.

THE CARGO RELEASE QUERY PROVIDES A DATE PROCESSING ADVANTAGE COMPARED TO
REROUTES BY THE CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE. WHEN RELEASE RESULTS ARE
REROUTED BY THE CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE, IT IS ON A BATCH TRANSMISSION
BASIS. THE DESIRED ENTRY'S RESULTS MAY BE REROUTED IN A BATCH WITH
SEVERAL OTHER ENTRIES, POSSIBLY INCLUDING THOSE OF OTHER PORTS.
UNLESS THE FILER'S ABI SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO IGNORE THE EXTRANEOUS
ENTRIES, THESE ENTRIES MAY BE UPDATED WITH OUTDATED CARGO RELEASE
RESULTS.

BY USING THE CARGO RELEASE QUERY TRANSACTION, THE FILER AVOIDS THIS
SITUATION. THE CARGO RELEASE QUERY RETURNS INFORMATION FOR ONLY THOSE
ENTRIES THE FILER REQUESTS.

IF YOUR FIRM DOES NOT HAVE THIS CAPABILITY, CONTACT YOUR ABI SOFTWARE
PROVIDER. PROGRAMMING INFORMATION IS IN THE CARGO RELEASE QUERY CHAPTER
OF THE CUSTOMS AND TRADE AUTOMATED INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS (CATAIR)
DOCUMENT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CONTACT YOUR ASSIGNED CLIENT
REPRESENTATIVE.