CSMS Message: 95-000243

Title:NEW CARGO RELEASE MESSAGES: ELECTRONIC ENTRIES
Date:1995-03-20
To:abi
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TWO NEW MESSAGES WILL BE ADDED TO THE LIST OF POSSIBLE CARGO
RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS MESSAGES, ABI APPLICATION 'RR'. BOTH
MESSAGES PERTAIN TO ENTRIES (CF3461) FILED UNDER THE ELECTRONIC
INVOICE PROGRAM (EIP), ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE AUTOMATED INVOICE
INTERFACE (AII), WHETHER THE DATA IS SUBMITTED USING THE ABI 80
CHARACTER RECORD SYNTAX OR THE U.N. EDIFACT SYNTAX. FOLLOWING
ARE THE NEW NARRATIVE TEXT AND DISPOSITION ACTION CODES TO BE
USED IN THE R5 RECORD POSITIONS 15-47 AND 13-14 RESPECTIVELY.

NARRATIVE DISPOSITION ACTION CODE
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PENDING CUSTOMS REVIEW 16
ELECTRONIC INVOICE REQUIRED 17

THESE TWO MESSAGES WILL REPLACE THE PROVISIONAL CARGO RELEASE
"ENTRY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED" MESSAGE FOR EIP ENTRIES ONLY.
"PAPERLESS" WILL REMAIN THE ONLY OTHER PROVISIONAL CARGO RELEASE
POSSIBILITY FOR EIP ENTRIES, THOUGH THE TERM IS SOMEWHAT
MISLEADING CONSIDERING THAT PAPER IS NEVER SUBMITTED FOR EIP
ENTRIES UNLESS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY CUSTOMS TO CORRECT
PROBLEMS.

WHENEVER PROVISIONAL RELEASE PROCESSING FOR AN EIP ENTRY
DETERMINES THAT A PAPERLESS RESULT IS NOT APPLICABLE, THE
"PENDING CUSTOMS REVIEW" MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IF THE ELECTRONIC
INVOICE WAS PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED BY ACS, OR THE "ELECTRONIC
INVOICE REQUIRED" MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IF THE ELECTRONIC
INVOICE HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED BY ACS.

ALL OTHER CARGO RELEASE MESSAGES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. THE TIME
AT WHICH CARGO RELEASE MESSAGES ARE ISSUED WILL NOT BE ALTERED.
THE PROCESSING 'WINDOW' (5 DAYS BEFORE EDA FOR VESSEL ENTRIES AND
SAME DATE AS EDA FOR AIR ENTRIES) WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR EIP
ENTRIES. THE REQUIREMENT FOR CUSTOMS TO RECORD THE PHYSICAL
SHIPMENT ARRIVAL FOR LAND BORDER ENTRIES WILL ALSO REMAIN IN
EFFECT (SEE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NUMBER 94-0234, DATED
03/08/94).

THE CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS QUERY, APPLICATION 'IN',
WILL ALSO BE MODIFIED AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE CHANGES IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IN EARLY
JUNE OF THIS YEAR. AT THAT TIME THE CHANGES DESCRIBED IN
ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NUMBER 94-0881, DATED 08/29/94, WILL ALSO
BE IMPLEMENTED. YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
WHEN AN EXACT DATE IS KNOWN. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE
CONTACT YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.

Related CSMS No. 94-000234, 94-000881

Referenced By

CSMS #95-000523