CSMS Message: 97-000410

ABI TEST PHASE REQUIREMENTS
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AFTER SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL COMMUNICATION TEST,
THERE ARE SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS REQUIREMENTS WHICH MUST BE DEMONSTRATED
DURING THE TEST PHASE OF ABI IMPLEMENTATION. YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE
WILL REVIEW YOUR ABI TRANSMISSIONS TO ENSURE THAT EACH OF THE REQUIRE-
MENTS HAS BEEN MET PRIOR TO YOUR BEING CONSIDERED READY FOR A FINAL
EVALUATION FOR OPERATIONAL STATUS.

YOU MUST BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ENTRY
SUMMARIES THROUGH ABI:
A. CONSUMPTION
B. WAREHOUSE
C. QUOTA/VISA
D. ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY
E. DCMCI (FORMERLY DCASR)
F. INFORMAL

YOU MUST ALSO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF ABI
APPLICATIONS:
A. ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES
B. IMPORTER/BOND QUERIES
C. CF-5106 UPDATES (ADDING NEW CLIENTS ONLY - NO CORRECTIONS)
D. ADD MANUFACTURER NAME/ADDRESS (MID)
E. TARIFF QUERIES
F. TARIFF UPDATES
G. CF-7501 PROCESSING
1. ADDING NEW ABI SUMMARIES
2. REPLACING PREVIOUS SUMMARIES
3. DELETING EXISTING SUMMARIES
4. CORRECTING SUMMARIES IN 'CUSTOMS REJECT' STATUS
H. CARGO SELECTIVITY (RECOMMENDED)
I. STATEMENT PROCESSING AND AUTOMATED CLEARINGHOUSE PAYMENT
(RECOMMENDED)

IT IS ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU HAVE THESE ADDITIONAL QUERY
CAPABILITIES AVAILABLE FOR USE AT THE TIME YOU BECOME OPERATIONAL.
A. ENTRY SUMMARY QUERY
B. FIRMS CODE QUERY
C. M.I.D. QUERY
D. ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY QUERY

AFTER DEMONSTRATING YOUR ABILITY TO USE THE IMPORTER/BOND QUERY
AND THE CF-5106 UPDATE, YOU SHOULD QUERY YOUR ENTIRE CLIENT FILE TO
VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF BOTH YOUR FILES AND CUSTOMS' FILES.

YOU SHOULD ALSO DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO HANDLE THE FOLLOWING
TYPES OF TARIFF LINE ITEMS:
A. CHAPTER 98 AND 99 NUMBERS WITH THEIR ASSOCIATED TARIFF NUMBERS
(INCLUDING THE USE OF AD VALOREM EQUIVALENTS)
B. TEXTILES (INCLUDING ENSEMBLES)
C. STEEL ALLOYS
D. WATCHES/CLOCKS
E. SETS

YOUR ABILITY TO USE THE AUTOMATED TARIFF DATA WILL BE SHOWN BY THE
CORRECT:
A. COMPUTATION OF DUTY
B. USE OF SPECIFIED UNITS OF MEASURE (UOM)
C. VALIDATION FOR VALUE, QUANTITY, COUNTRY AND DATE EDITS.

OFFICE PROCEDURES MUST BE ESTABLISHED TO ENSURE THAT THE ABI
ERROR-FREE RESPONSE IS RECEIVED BEFORE THE ENTRY IS PRINTED AND GIVEN
TO CUSTOMS. THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES SHOULD BE USED:
A. SEND THE FIRST OCCURRENCE OF A SUMMARY AS AN "ADD" TRANSACTION..
B. TO CORRECT OR CHANGE THE ABI DATA, TRANSMIT THE SUMMARY AS A
"REPLACE" TRANSACTION.
C. TO TOTALLY REMOVE THE SUMMARY TRANSACTION FROM ABI, TRANSMIT A
"DELETE" TRANSACTION.
D. ONLY USE THE "CORRECT" TRANSACTION WHEN THE SUMMARY HAS BEEN FILED
AT CUSTOMS AND HAS BEEN PLACED IN A "REJECTED" STATUS. PLEASE
NOTE THAT QUOTA ENTRIES CANNOT BE "CORRECTED" THROUGH ABI ONCE
THEY HAVE BEEN PROCESSED BY THE QUOTA SYSTEM.

FATAL REJECTIONS OF ABI TRANSACTIONS WILL KEEP AN ABI
PARTICIPANT IN A "TEST" STATUS. ALSO, A PARTICIPANT MUST BE
TRANSMITTING AT LEAST 90% OF HIS REGULAR DAILY VOLUME OF SUMMARIES
THROUGH ABI BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO BECOME "OPERATIONAL."

PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
ON THE ABI TEST PROCEDURES OR REQUIREMENTS.