CSMS Message: 94-001261

THE ENDING OF ONE YEAR AND BEGINNING OF A NEW YEAR CAN CAUSE A
NUMBER OF "DATE PROBLEMS" FOR ABI PARTICIPANTS. THESE PROBLEMS
CAN BE RESOLVED RATHER EASILY AS LONG AS ABI PARTICIPANTS
UNDERSTAND WHAT DATES THE ACS SYSTEM CHECKS FIRST.

LISTED BELOW ARE SOME HELPFUL HINTS OR REMINDERS WHICH MAY BE USEFUL
AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS A REMINDER TO ALL ABI TRADE PARTICIPANTS OF THE ACS DATE
HIERARCHY FOR DUTY COMPUTATION AND FEES. IT BEGINS WITH THE
"I.T. DATE" AND CONTINUES TO THE ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL AND
SYSTEM DATE. SEE PAGE ENS-10-05 OF THE CATAIR FOR THE ENTIRE
ACS DATE HIERARCHY. THE FILER MAY, HOWEVER, USE THE "ESTIMATED
ENTRY DATE" FIELD LOCATED IN THE 10 RECORD POS. 50-55, WHICH
IS DOMINANT OVER THE "PAYMENT DUE DATE" FIELD. ABI WILL USE THIS
DATE TO VERIFY HARMONIZED NUMBERS AND DUTY RATES, EVEN IF A
RELEASE DATE HAS NOT YET OCCURRED.

IF AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY REJECTS DUE TO SOME TYPE OF A DATE
SCENARIO, WE SUGGEST YOU RESEARCH THE REJECT AND CHECK THE
DATE FIELDS AGAINST THE ACS DATE HIERARCHY OR THE EFFECTIVE
DATES FOR THE HARMONIZED NUMBER. IF THIS DOES NOT HELP
SOLVE THE PROBLEM, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ASSIGNED CLIENT REP.

PLEASE NOTE: THE DATE HIERARCHY IS FOR DUTY COMPUTATION AND
FEE VALIDATION FOR NON-QUOTA ENTRIES.

IF ANY QUESTIONS ARISE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ASSIGNED CLIENT REP.
ACS WISHES EVERYONE A HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON.