| Title: | YEAR 2000 HTS UPDATES |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1998-07-02 |
| To: | abi |
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TO: ALL ABI FILERS
FROM: OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
SUBJECT: CHANGE TO TARIFF ENDING DATES - UPDATE
IMPLEMENTATION DATE SCHEDULED FOR JULY 18, 1998.
TODAY'S ADMIN MESSAGE SERVES TO NOTIFY YOU THAT THE CHANGES NOTED
BELOW (AS PREVIOUSLY STATED IN ADMIN MESSAGE 98-0164 ON 2/24/98)
WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE ACS SYSTEM ON THE WEEKEND OF
JULY 18, 1998. ALL ABI FILERS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR ABI SOFTWARE
WILL PROPERLY HANDLE THE NEW FORM OF TARIFF EXPIRATION DATE;
(INFINITY DATE) NAMELY, 99999, FOR THOSE NUMBERS WITH NO EXPIRATION,
PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS EXPIRING ON 12/31/99.
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SOFTWARE VENDOR OR YOUR PROGRAMMING
DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT YOUR SYSTEM WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS CHANGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.
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THE FOLLOWING IS A REPEAT OF ADMIN MESSAGE NO. 98-0164.
PLEASE IGNORE THE DATE MENTIONED IN THE INFORMATION CITED BELOW.
THIS MESSAGE IS TO PROVIDE ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF A CHANGE
TO THE "ENDING DATE" FIELD ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE.
AS INITIALLY DESCRIBED IN ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 97-1105,
ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 25, 1997, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY TO
ACCOMMODATE THE YEAR 2000 REQUIREMENTS IN ALL OF CUSTOMS
RECORDS.
IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE, CUSTOMS CURRENTLY USES
A GENERIC "INFINITY DATE" OF 12/31/99 TO DESCRIBE THE EFFECTIVE
END DATE FOR THOSE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE NOT SCHEDULED TO EXPIRE
AT THE END OF THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR.
AS THE YEAR 2000 APPROACHES, THERE WILL BE SOME ACTIVE TARIFF
NUMBERS THAT EXPIRE ON DEC 31, 1999. THUS, IN ORDER TO
DISTINGUISH THOSE TARIFF NUMBERS FROM THE ONES WHICH WILL NOT
EXPIRE ON THAT DATE, THE ENDING DATE OF "999999" HAS BEEN
DEVELOPED TO BECOME THE NEW "INFINITY" END DATE.
THE SAME LOGIC FOR EXPIRATION DATES WILL APPLY TO THE COUNTRY
FILE.
CUSTOMS PLANS TO INSTALL THESE CHANGES ON OR ABOUT JUNE 1, 1998.
(NOW TO BE EFFECTIVE JULY 18, 1998).
WE ARE SUGGESTING THAT YOU CONVERT YOUR DATABASE TO REFLECT THIS
CHANGE.
CSMS #98-000551