| Title: | NEW VISA NBR QUERY INPUT #3 |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1996-11-05 |
| To: | abi |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : SELMA E ZZ-LARSON
SUBJECT : NEW VISA NBR QUERY INPUT #3
DATE : 11/05/96
RECORD IDENTIFIER U1 (INPUT)
THIS IS A MANDATORY INPUT RECORD THAT REQUESTS QUOTA DATA
ON A SPECIFIC COUNTRY, TARIFF NUMBER, VISA REQUIREMENTS,
TEXTILE CATEGORY NUMBER, OR VISA NUMBER. A VISA NUMBER
QUERY IS ALLOWED ONLY FOR COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE
ELECTRONIC VISA VERIFICATION PROGRAM (ELVIS). EACH QUERY
REQUEST REQUIRES ONE U1 RECORD.
DATA ELEMENT LENGTH/CLASS POSITION STATUS
DESCRIPTION
CONTROL IDENTIFIER 1A 1 M
MUST ALWAYS EQUAL U
RECORD IDENTIFIER 1N 2 M
MUST ALWAYS EQUAL 1
TARIFF NUMBER OR 10AN 3-12 C
TEXTILE CATEGORY
NUMBER OR VISA
NUMBER
AN 8 TO 10 POSITION CODE LOCATED IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ANNOTATED (HTS) REPRESENTING
THE TARIFF NUMBER OR A 3-POSITION TEXTILE CATEGORY NUMBER
OR A 9 -POSITION VISA NUMBER. NUMBERS ARE LEFT JUSTIFIED.
ONLY WHOLE CATEGORIES CAN BE QUERIED, AN ERROR MESSAGE IS
SYSTEM GENERATED. OUTPUT DATA FOR PART AND MERGED
CATEGORIES IS AUTOMATICALLY SYSTEM GENERATED AS A
RESULT OF QUERING THE WHOLE CATEGORY. RECORD IDENTIFIERS
U2 AND U3 RETURN QUOTA DATA FOR WHOLE, PART, AND MERGED
CATEGORIES. IF EITHER NUMBER CONTAINS LESS THAN
10-PSITIONS, LEFT JUSTIFY. OUTPUT FOR VISA NUMBER QUERY
IS RETURNED IN RECORD U0 (UZERO)
SECOND TARIFF 10AN 13-22 O
NUMBER
AN 8-10 POSITION CODE LOCATED IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES ANNOTATED (HTS) REPRESENTING
THE SECOND TARIFF NUMBER. IF QUERY IS BY SINGLE TARIFF,
TEXTILE CATEGORY OR A VISA NUMBER QUERY, SPACE FILL.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 2A 23-24 C
A CODE REPRESENTING THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR
STANDARDIZATION (ISO) COUNTRY CODE. VALID ISO CODES ARE
LISTED IN APPENDIX B. IF VISA NUMBER QUERY, SPACE FILL
VISA QUERY INDICATOR 1AN 25 M
A CODE INDICATING IF QUOTA AND/OR VISA OR VISA NUMBER
INFORMATION RECORDS ARE RETURNED. VALID QUERY
INDICATOR CODES ARE:
B = QUOTA AND VISA RECORDS
C = ALL VISA RECORDS FOR THE COUNTRY. DO NOT
SUBMIT TARIFF OR CATEGORY NUMBER.
D = VISA NUMBER ON FILE REQUEST
V = ALL VISA RECORDS FOR THE COUNTRY AND
CATEGORY OR COUNTRY AND TARIFF NUMBER.
SPACE FILL = ONLY QUOTA RECORDS.
FILLER 55AN 26-80 M
SPACE FILL