CSMS Message: 94-000915

TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.

FROM : ISCELLA WITTICH

SUBJECT : FORMAT OF FLOPPY DISK

DATE : 09/08/94

ABI-TENTATIVE FORMAT LAYOUT--FLOPPY DISK SUBMISSION OF DRAWBACK CLAIMS

CLAIM HEADER DATA

ELEMENT DEF POS M? DEFINITION

ACTION CODE 1AN (01,01) M ADD('A') OR DELETE ('D')

CLAIM HEADER 2AN (02,03) M CLAIM HEADER INDICATOR. MUST
BE 'CH'

CLAIM NUMBER 11AN (04,14) M CONSISTS OF FILER CODE/ENTRY
NUMBER(INCLUDING CHECK-DIGIT)
IN FFFNNNNNNNN FORMAT.

CLAIM TYPE 2AN (15,16) M ENTRY TYPE '41', '42', '43',
'44', OR '45'

CLAIM PORT 4AN (17,20) M DDPP WHERE CLAIM FILED:
(0401 BOSTON), (1001 NY), (3901
CHICAGO), (5201 MIAMI), (2002 NEW
ORLEANS, (5301 HOUSTON), (2704
LA), (2809 SAN FRAN)

EST CLAIM DTE 6AN (21,26) M VALID DATE IN YYMMDD FORMAT

CLAIMANT ID 12AN (27,38) M EIN, SS, ORCUSTOMS-ASSIGNED
NUMBER OF ACTUAL CLAIMANT. THIS
IS THE PARTY TO WHOM CHECK WILL
BE ISSUED.

DBK TEAM 3AN (39,41) M MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
1DA(BOSTON), 2DB(NY),
3DR(CHICAGO), 4LA(MIAMI),
5LB(NEW ORLEANS), 6D0(HOUSTON),
7D0(LONG BEACH), 7D7(SAN FRAN)

BOND TYPE 1N (42,42) M MUST BE '0'(NO BOND REQ'D)
'8'(CONTINUOUS BOND)
'9'(SINGLE ENTRY BOND)

NAFTA CLAIM 1AN (43,43) M MUST BY 'Y' OR 'N'. DENOTES
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A NAFTA
CLAIM.

GOV CLAIM IND 1AN (44,44) M MUST BE 'Y' OR 'N'. INDICATES
GOVT CLAIM MADE.

ACCEL. CLAIM 1AN (45,45) M MUST BE 'Y' OR 'N'. INDICATES
INDICATOR WHETHER CLAIM IS MADE FOR
ACCELERATED DRAWBACK. IF 'Y',
BOND TYPE CANNOT = '0' UNLESS
GOV'T CLAIM INDICATOR = 'Y'.

EXP SUMMARY 1AN (46,46) M MUST BE 'Y' OR 'N'. INDICATES
INDICATOR WHETHER EXPORTER SUMMARY
PROCEDURE BEING CLAIMED. IF 'Y',
BOND TYPE CANNOT = '0' UNLESS
GOVT CLAIM INDICATOR = 'Y'.

WAIVER OF 1AN (47,47) M MUST BE 'Y' OR 'N'. INDICATES
PRIOR NOTICE WHETHER WAIVER OF PRIOR
INDICATOR NOTICE IS CLAIMED. IF 'Y', BOND
TYPE CANNOT = '0' AND ENTRY TYPE
CANNOT = '41' OR '44'.

INSPECT IND 1AN (48,48) M MUST BE 'Y' OR 'N'. INDICATES
PRE-CLAIM INSPECTION REQUESTED.

SURETY CODE 3N (49,51) C IF BOND TYPE = '8' OR '9', SURETY
CODE REQ'D.

AGENT/BROKER 12AN (52,63) O 4811 REFERENCE NUMBER FOR
AGENT/BROKER IF CHECK IS TO BE
SENT "IN CARE OF".

BRKR REF NBR 9X (64,72) O FREE FORM REF. FIELD FOR
CONVENIENCE OF BROKER/FILER.

CONTRACT NBR 10AN (73,82) O VALID DBK CONTRACT IN
NNNNNNNNNN FORMAT. THIS WOULD
BE THE FIRST CONTRACT NUMBER IF
THERE ARE MULTIPLES. ADDITIONAL
NUMBERS WOULD GO ON CONTRACT
TRAILER.

DESCRIPTION 35AN (83,117) O BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF EXPORTED
PRODUCT AGAINST WHICH DRAWBACK
IS CLAIMED.
CONTRACT TRAILER DATA - (OPTIONAL RECORD) UP TO 99 OCCURRENCES
POSSIBLE FOR A GIVEN CLAIM

ELEMENT DEF POS M? DEFINITION

CONTRACT 2AN (01,02) M CONTRACT TRAILER INDICATOR. MUST
TRAILER BE 'CN'.

TRAILER NBR 2N (03,04) M MUST BE THE TRAILER RECORD
NUMBER FOR THE GIVEN CONTRACT.
COUNT MUST BE > 0. EXAMPLE, IF
THIS IS THE 3RD CONTRACT, COUNT
WOULD SHOW 03. THE NEXT
CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD WOULD BE
04, ETC.

CONTRACT NBR 10AN (05,14) M VALID DBK CONTRACT IN
NNNNNNNNNN FORMAT.
IMPORT TRAILER DATA - (CONDITIONAL RECORD) UP TO 9,999
OCCURRENCES POSSIBLE FOR A GIVEN CLAIM

ELEMENT DEF POS M? DEFINITION

IMPORT 2AN (01,02) M IMPORT TRAILER INDICATOR. MUST
TRAILER BE 'IT'.

TRAILER NBR 4N (03,06) M MUST BE THE TRAILER RECORD NUMBER
FOR THE GIVEN IMPORT DESIGNATION.
COUNT MUST BE > 0. EXAMPLE, IF
THIS IS THE 3RD IMPORT TRAILER
DESIGNATION, COUNT WOULD SHOW
0003. THE NEXT IMPORT TRAILER
RECORD WOULD BE 0004, ETC.

IMPORT ENTRY 11AN (07,17) M VALID ENTRY NUMBER. MUST BE
EITHER IN FFFNNNNNNNN OR
FYNNNNNNN (NEW OR OLD) ENTRY
NUMBER FORMAT.

ENTRY PORT 4N (18,21) M DDPP OF IMPORT ENTRY

ENTRY DATE 6N (22,27) M DATE OF ENTRY IN YYMMDD FORMAT

CM/CD IND 1AN (28,28) M INDICATOR TO ADVISE THAT IMPORT
ENTRY ISEITHER A DIRECT
DESIGNATION (IND WILL = 'E'), HAS
BEEN DESIGNATED ON A CD (IND WILL
= 'D'), OR HAS BEEN DESIGNATED ON
A CM (IND WILL = 'M').

CLAIM DUTY 12N (29,40) C MONETARY AMOUNT OF DUTY CLAIMED
AGAINST THIS IMPORT ENTRY IN
9(10)V9(2) FORMAT (IMPLIED
DECIMAL). IF ZERO, ENTER ZEROES.
AMOUNT WILL BE NET 99 OF THE
CLAIMABLE AMOUNT.

CLAIM TAX 12N (41,52) C MONETARY AMOUNT OF TAX CLAIMED
AGAINST THIS IMPORT ENTRY IN
9(10)V9(2) FORMAT (IMPLIED
DECIMAL). IF ZERO, ENTER ZEROES.
AMOUNT WILL BE 100 OF THE
CLAIMABLE AMOUNT.
CERTIFICATE OF MANUFACTURE TRAILER - (CONDITIONAL RECORD) UP TO
9,999 OCCURRENCES POSSIBLE FOR A GIVEN CLAIM

ELEMENT DEF POS M? DEFINITION

CM TRAILER 2AN (01,02) M CERTIFICATE OF MANUFACTURE
TRAILER INDICATOR. MUST BE 'CM'.

TRAILER NBR 4N (03,06) M MUST BE THE TRAILER RECORD NUMBER
FOR THE GIVEN CM DESIGNATION.
COUNT MUST BE > 0. EXAMPLE, IF
THIS IS THE 3RD CM TRAILER
DESIGNATION, COUNT WOULD SHOW
0003. THE NEXT CM TRAILER
RECORD WOULD BE 0004, ETC.

CM NUMBER 8AN (07,14) M MUST BE VALID CM NUMBER IN
AANNNNNN FORMAT. FIRST 2
CHARACTERS MUST = "CM".

CM PORT 4N (15,18) M DDPP WHERE CM FILED.

CLAIM DUTY 12N (19,30) C MONETARY AMOUNT OF DUTY CLAIMED
AGAINST THIS CM IN 9(10)V9(2)
FORMAT (IMPLIED DECIMAL). IF ZERO,
ENTER ZEROES. AMOUNT WILL BE NET
99 OF THE CLAIMABLE AMOUNT.

CLAIM TAX 12N (31,42) C MONETARY AMOUNT OF TAX CLAIMED
AGAINST THIS IMPORT ENTRY IN
9(10)V9(2) FORMAT (IMPLIED
DECIMAL). IF ZERO, ENTER ZEROES.
AMOUNT WILL BE 100 OF THE
CLAIMABLE AMOUNT.

DESCRIPTION 35AN (43,77) O BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MANUFACTURED
PRODUCT AGAINST WHICH DRAWBACK IS
CLAIMED.

QUANTITY 12AN (78,89) O QUANTITY OF CLAIMED PRODUCT.

UNIT MEASURE 2AN (90,91) O VALID UM FOR EXPORTED PRODUCT.
EXPORT TRAILER RECORD - (OPTIONAL RECORD) UP TO 9,999 OCCURRENCES
POSSIBLE ON A GIVEN CLAIM

ELEMENT DEF POS M? DEFINITION

EXPORT 2AN (01,02) M EXPORT TRAILER INDICATOR. MUST
TRAILER BE 'ET'.

TRAILER NBR 4N (03,06) M MUST BE THE TRAILER RECORD NUMBER
FOR THE GIVEN EXPORT DESIGNATION.
COUNT MUST BE > 0. EXAMPLE, IF
THIS IS THE 3RD EXPORT TRAILER
DESIGNATION, COUNT WOULD SHOW
0003. THE NEXT EXPORT TRAILER
RECORD WOULD BE 0004, ETC.

MOT IND 2AN (07,08) M MOT CODE FOR THE EXPORT.

EXPORT/ 1AN (09,09) M 'D' = DESTROYED/USCS SUPERVISION.
DESTRUCTION 'W' = USCS SUPERVISION WAIVED.
INDICATOR 'E' = EXPORTED

EXPORT/ 6N (10,15) M EXPORT/DESTRUCTION DATE IN YYMMDD
DESTRUCTION FORMAT.
DATE

EXPORTER 32AN (16,47) M NAME OF EXPORTER/ OR PARTY
RESPONSIBLE FOR DESTRUCTION.

DESTINATION 2AN (48,49) C DESTINATION FOR EXPORTED
ITEM. THIS IS THE ISO
COUNTRY CODE TO WHICH MDSE
IS SHIPPED, IF IT IS NOT
DESTROYED.

B/L, AWB 12AN (50,61) C BILL OF LADING OR AWB NUMBER
IF MOT = '10', '11', '20', '21',
'40', OR '41'.

CARRIER CDE 4AN (62,65) C EITHER 4 CHARACTER SCAC CODE OR
THE 2 CHARACTER AIR CARRIER CODE.

VESSEL NAME 20AN (66,85) C IF SCAC CODE IS USED, PROVIDE
VESSEL NAME.

SCHEDULE B 10AN (86,95) O SCHEDULE B OR HTS NUMBER
(FUTURE).

DESCRIPTION 35AN (96,130) O BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF
MANUFACTURED PRODUCT AGAINST
WHICH DRAWBACK IS CLAIMED.

QUANTITY 12AN (131,142) O QUANTITY OF CLAIMED PRODUCT.

UNIT MEASURE 2AN (143,144) O VALID UM FOR EXPORTED PRODUCT. CLAIM
TRAILER DATA

ELEMENT DEF POS M? DEFINITION

CLAIM TRAILER 2AN (01,02) M CLAIM HEADER INDICATOR. MUST
BE 'CT'.

CLAIM NUMBER 11AN (03,13) M CONSISTS OF FILER CODE/ENTRY
NUMBER(INCLUDING CHECK-DIGIT)
IN FFFNNNNNNNN FORMAT.

CLAIM DUTY 12N (14,25) C MONETARY AMOUNT OF DUTY CLAIMED
IN 9(10)V9(2) FORMAT (IMPLIED
DECIMAL). IF ZERO, ENTER ZEROES.
THIS AMOUNT WILL BE = TO THE
TOTAL CLAIMED DUTY AMOUNTS FROM
ALL ASSOCIATED IMPORT AND CM
TRAILERS, AND WILL BE NET 99 OF
THE CLAIMABLE AMOUNT.

CLAIM TAX 12N (26,37) C MONETARY AMOUNT OF TAX CLAIMED
IN 9(10)V9(2) FORMAT (IMPLIED
DECIMAL). IF ZERO, ENTER ZEROES.
THIS AMOUNT WILL BE = TO THE
TOTAL CLAIMED TAX AMOUNTS FROM
ALL ASSOCIATED IMPORT AND CM
TRAILERS, AND WILL BE 100 OF
THE CLAIMABLE AMOUNT.

IMPORT TRAILER 4N (38,41) C TOTAL COUNT OF ALL IMPORT ENTRIES
COUNTER ASSOCIATED WITH CLAIM. COUNT
MUST MATCH TOTAL NUMBER OF IMPORT
TRAILER RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH
CLAIM.

CM TRAILER 4N (42,45) C TOTAL COUNT OF ALL CM'S
COUNTER ASSOCIATED WITH CLAIM. COUNT
MUST MATCH TOTAL NUMBER OF CM
TRAILER RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH
CLAIM.

EXPORT TRAILER 4N (46,49) C TOTAL COUNT OF ALL EXPORTS
COUNTER ASSOCIATED WITH CLAIM. COUNT
MUST MATCH TOTAL NUMBER OF EXPORT
TRAILER RECORDS ASSOCIATED WITH
CLAIM.

CONTRACT TRAIL 2N (50,52) C TOTAL COUNT OF ALL CONTRACTS
COUNTER ASSOCIATED WITH CLAIM.
DRAWBACK SYSTEM DISKETTE REQUIREMENTS

THE FOLLOWING RULES APPLY TO DISKETTES CONTAINING DRAWBACK
CLAIMS SUBMITTED TO CUSTOMS:

1. DISKETTES MUST BE IN IBM HD 1.44 MEGABYTE FORMAT.

2. THE FILE NAME OF A FILE CONTAINING CLAIMS MUST BE CLXXXYY.TXT
WHERE XXX IS THE DRAWBACK FILER CODE AND YY IS A NUMBER FROM
01 TO 99. THE NUMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE CONSECUTIVE (E.G., 01,
03, 04 IS OKAY) AND DO NOT HAVE TO START AT 01 FOR EACH
DISKETTE. THERE CANNOT BE DUPLICATE NAMES ON THE SAME DISKETTE
AND IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO AVOID DUPLICATE FILE NAMES WITHIN ONE
SET OF CLAIM DISKETTES.

3. A FILE CAN BE COMPRESSED USING ZIP FORMAT UP TO VERSION 2.0.
THE FILE NAME STRUCTURE FOR ZIPPED FILES WILL BE CLXXXYY.ZIP
WHERE XXX IS THE FILER CODE AND YY IS THE SEQUENTIAL NUMBER.
THERE CAN BE A CLABC01.TXT AND A CLABC01.ZIP.

4. A FILE CAN CONTAIN ANY NUMBER OF CLAIMS BUT MUST CONTAIN
COMPLETE CLAIMS UNLESS THE FILE IS ZIPPED USING 2.0 FORMAT. DO
NOT SUBMIT CLAIMS THAT SPAN MORE THAN ONE FILE OR ONE DISK
UNLESS ZIP 2.0 IS USED. BREAK UP LARGE CLAIMS TO FIT WITHIN
ONE UNZIPPED FILE ON ONE DISK.

5. CHARACTERS CONTAINED ON THE DISKETTE MUST BE FORMATTED USING
THE ASCII STANDARD. LINES MUST END IN CARRIAGE RETURN / LINE
FEED. END OF FILE MARKS ARE NOT REQUIRED AND ARE PROBABLY BEST
LEFT OFF. THESE ARE THE DEFAULTS FOR ALL KNOWN PACKAGES THAT
PRODUCE 'FLAT' TEXT FILES.

6. PROCESSING RESULTS FOR CLAIMS WILL BE FORMATTED USING THE SAME
STANDARDS USED FOR SUBMITTING CLAIMS. FILE NAMES WILL BE IN
THE FORMAT REXXXYY.TXT WHERE XXX IS THE FILER CODE AND YY IS
A SEQUENTIAL NUMBER FROM 01 TO 99 INDICATING MULTIPLE RESULTS
FILES ON A DISKETTE OR SET OF DISKETTES.

7. RESULTS FILES WILL CONTAIN COMPLETE CLAIMS BUT THE FILES MAY
BE NUMBERED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE SET OF FILES USED TO SUBMIT
THE CLAIMS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE RESULTS OF PROCESSING
CLABC01.TXT, CLABC03.TXT, AND CLABC04.TXT MAY BE CONTAINED IN
ONE FILE (REABC01.TXT), OR ANY NUMBER OF FILES. THE RESULTS
MAY EVEN BE ON DIFFERENT DISKETTES.

8. RESULTS WILL BE WRITTEN TO THE SAME SET OF DISKETTES AS THE
USER SUPPLIED FOR SUBMISSION OF THE CLAIMS. THE CL FILES WILL
BE DELETED FIRST. IT IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA FOR BROKERS TO
SEND ONE OR TWO EXTRA DISKETTES IN CASE THE RESULTS EXCEED THE
SPACE OCCUPIED BY THE SUBMITTED CLAIMS.

9. IT IS RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED, THAT BROKERS CONSIDER
DEDICATING TWO SETS OF DISKETTES FOR SUBMITTING CLAIMS. THIS
WILL ALLOW THE BROKER TO USE ONE SET OF DISKETTES FOR NEW
CLAIMS WHILE WAITING FOR CUSTOMS TO RETURN THE OTHER SET WITH
RESULTS.