| Title: | ELVIS IMPLEMENTATION - CHINA |
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| Date: | 1994-07-28 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : ROBERT DORSETT
SUBJECT : ELVIS IMPLEMENTATION - CHINA
DATE : 07/27/94
4202051
JULY 21, 1994
SPE-CO:TO:TC:T RA
CATEGORY: TEX
TO: ALL ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS (OPERATIONS),
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS OF CUSTOMS
FROM: DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
PASS TO: ALL REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGERS, NATIONAL IMPORT
SPECIALISTS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS, ENTRY OFFICERS,
INSPECTORS, BROKERS, AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SUBJECT: VBT-94-37--ELECTRONIC VISA INFORMATION SYSTEM
(ELVIS) IMPLEMENTATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR CHINA
COUNTRY: CHINA
ACTION: EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 1994, ALL TEXTILE MERCHANDISE
PRODUCED OR MANUFACTURED IN CHINA AND EXPORTED FROM
CHINA ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1994, AND ENTERED FOR
CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER AUGUST 1, 1994, IN CATEGORIES
200-239, 300-369, 400-469, 600-670, 733-736, 738-748,
750-752, 758-759, AND 800-899 IS SUBJECT TO ELVIS
VERIFICATION. TEXTILE MERCHANDISE IN THE CATEGORY
NUMBERS LISTED ABOVE WHICH ARE EXPORTED FROM CHINA
PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1994, ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ELVIS
VERIFICATION.
A. REJECTION OF ENTRY IF VISA NUMBER DOES NOT MATCH OR
IS NOT ON FILE.
WHEN THE VISAED LINE ITEM IS PROCESSED THROUGH THE ACS
QUOTA SYSTEM, AND THE VISA NUMBER IS NOT ON THE ACS
VISA MASTER FILE, OR IT DOES NOT MATCH ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING CRITICAL FOUR DATA ELEMENTS, THEN THE QUOTA
ENTRY WILL BE IN A QUOTA REJECT STATUS AND THE
MERCHANDISE WILL NOT, REPEAT, WILL NOT BE RELEASED. IT
IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE IMPORTER OF RECORD TO
CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA (OR HAVE THEIR
MANUFACTURER SELLER CONTACT THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA) TO
RESOLVE ANY DISCREPANCIES.
B. CRITICAL ELEMENTS
1) VISA NUMBER. THE VISA NUMBER WILL BE THE NINE
CHARACTER DIGIT THAT APPEARS ON THE VISA STAMP. IT
WILL BEGIN WITH ONE NUMERICAL DIGIT FOR THE LAST DIGIT
OF THE CALENDAR YEAR OF EXPORT, FOLLOWED BY CN,
FOLLOWED BY A SIX-DIGIT NUMERICAL SERIAL NUMBER
IDENTIFYING THE SHIPMENT. IT WILL BE REPORTED ON THE
CF 7501 IN COLUMN 34, UNDER THE RATE OF DUTY FOR EACH
LINE NUMBER AFFECTED. FOR CHINA, ALL VISA NUMBERS
WHICH BEGIN WITH A FOUR (4) WILL BE SUBJECT TO ELVIS
VERIFICATION.
2) MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (MID). THE MID
IS THE NUMBER PLACED IN BLOCK 21, OR BLOCK 30, OF THE
CF 7501. ON THE CHINA VISAED COMMERCIAL INVOICE IT IS
PLACED IN BLOCK 13 UNDER THE "MID". IT IS EXTREMELY
CRITICAL THAT THE MID CALCULATION PROVIDED FOR IN BLOCK
13 OF THE VISAED COMMERCIAL INVOICE FROM CHINA BE
REPORTED IN THE EXACT FORMAT IN BLOCK 21 OR BLOCK 30 OF
THE CF 7501. AN ENTRY WILL NOT BE PROCESSED IF AN
EXACT MATCH DOES NOT OCCUR.
3) CATEGORY NUMBER. CATEGORY NUMBERS ARE IDENTIFIED
IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S "CORRELATION", AND
ALSO IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS). NO MORE
THAN FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORY NUMBERS (INCLUDING PART
CATEGORIES) CAN BE USED PER VISA NUMBER. EACH CATEGORY
NUMBER WILL BE SHOWN AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM ON THE CF
7501. CHINA SHOULD NOT TRANSMIT (ISSUE) ANY VISAS
SHOWING MORE THAN FIVE DIFFERENT CATEGORY NUMBERS
(EXCLUDING MERGED CATEGORIES). CATEGORY NUMBERS ARE
REPORTED IN BLOCK 30 OF THE CF 7501, DIRECTLY BELOW THE
HTS NUMBER. PART CATEGORIES MUST MATCH THEIR
APPROPRIATE HTS NUMBER IN ORDER FOR MERCHANDISE TO BE
RELEASED.
4) QUANTITY AND UNIT OF MEASURE. QUANTITY AND UNIT OF
MEASURE ARE THOSE THAT APPEAR IN THE HTS. QUANTITY AND
UNIT OF MEASURE APPEAR IN BLOCK 32 OF THE CF 7501. IF
THE QUANTITY BEING ENTERED EXCEEDS THE QUANTITY
TRANSMITTED, ENTRY WILL BE DENIED. QUANTITIES ON
INDIVIDUAL LINES WILL BE ACCUMULATED. IF THE QUANTITY
AS TOTALED EXCEEDS THE QUANTITY TRANSMITTED, ENTRY WILL
BE DENIED. IF THE QUANTITY BEING ENTERED IS LESS THAN
THE VISAED QUANTITY TRANSMITTED, ENTRY WILL BE
ACCEPTED.
C. MATCHING OF NONCRITICAL ELEMENTS
1) TRANSMISSION OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR VISA DATA
ELEMENTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF CHINA FOR AN ELVIS
TRANSMISSION IS NOT REQUIRED. HOWEVER, IF ANY OF THESE
FOUR DATA ELEMENTS DIFFER WITH THE INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN THE ENTRY PACKAGE, CUSTOMS OFFICERS MAY
QUESTION THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE VISA AND DELAY THE
RELEASE OF THE MERCHANDISE.
A) MANUFACTURER NAME AND ADDRESS. THIS IS THE NAME AND
ADDRESS OF THE COMPANY IDENTIFIED UNDER THE MID
(CREATED IN BLOCK 21 OR BLOCK 30 OF THE CF 7501), AND
SHOULD BE THE NAME AND ADDRESS THAT APPEARS ON THE
VISAED COMMERCIAL INVOICE UNDER MARKS AND NUMBERS
(BLOCK 9 OF THE VISAED COMMERCIAL INVOICE FROM CHINA).
THE FILER IS NOT REQUIRED TO SHOW THIS INFORMATION ON
THE CF 7501.
B) IMPORTER NAME AND ADDRESS. THIS SHOULD BE THE NAME
AND ADDRESS OF THE IMPORTER THAT APPEARS IN BLOCK 11 OF
THE CF 7501, AND UNDER THE CONSIGNEE BLOCK (BLOCK # 6)
OF THE CHINA VISAED COMMERCIAL INVOICE. IF THE
IMPORTER OF RECORD ON THE CF 7501 DIFFERS FROM THE NAME
SHOWN ON THE CONSIGNEE BLOCK OF THE CHINA VISAED
COMMERCIAL INVOICE, THEN AN EXPLANATION IS REQUIRED
FOR THE DISCREPANCY, E.G. SALE OF MERCHANDISE
AFTER EXPORT FROM CHINA.
C) IMPORTER NUMBER. THE IRS, SOCIAL SECURITY OR
CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER OF THE IMPORTER OF RECORD SHOWN
IN BLOCK 11 OF THE CF 7501. THE IMPORTER OF RECORD
NUMBER APPEARS IN BLOCK 12 OF THE CF 7501.
D) DATE OF ISSUANCE. THIS IS THE DATE THE VISA WAS
ISSUED AND APPEARS ON THE VISA STAMP. THE FILER WILL
NOT PRINT THIS INFORMATION ON THE CF 7501.
INFO: ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE IMPORTING COMMUNITY REGARDING
THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL
CUSTOMS DISTRICT. CUSTOMS DISTRICTS CAN REFER THEIR
QUESTIONS THROUGH E-MAIL ATTRIBUTE HQ TPB, OR CALL THE
TEXTILE PRODUCTS BRANCH AT (202) 927-0001 OR 927-0705.
PHILIP METZGER