| Title: | ABI QUOTA QUERY - CHANGES AND ENHANCEMENTS |
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| Date: | 1998-11-24 |
| To: | abi |
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SEVERAL ABI FILERS AND USERS OF THE ABI QUOTA QUERY REPORTED PROBLEMS WITHINCOMPLETE RESPONSES. ADDITIONALLY, A LOOPING PROBLEM EXISTED AND AN
ENHANCEMENT TO ALLOW A QUERY BY PART CATEGORY WAS ADDED.
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CHANGES AND ENHANCEMENTS TO THE ABI QUOTA QUERY WERE MOVED TO PRODUCTION
THIS MORNING. THE UPDATED ABI QUOTA QUERY IS AVAILABLE AFTER 12:00 P.M.
EST, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1998.
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O NO PROGRAMMING CHANGES ARE REQUIRED BY THE ABI FILER
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O AN ABI FILER MAY PROGRAM THE NEW QUERY OPTIONS, AS NEEDED
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O A QUERY, BY QUOTA CATEGORY CAN BE REQUESTED BY:
- WHOLE CATEGORY - INCLUDING PART CATEGORIES = NNN EXAMPLE: 369
- WHOLE CATEGORY - WITHOUT PART CATEGORIES = NNN##
- EXAMPLE: 369##
- PART CATEGORY ONLY = NNNA, NNNN, NNNA# OR NNNN#
- EXAMPLES: 369S , 3381 , 369S# OR 3381#
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O ALL OTHER QUOTA QUERY RULES REMAIN AS THEY CURRENTLY EXIST
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ABI RECORD INFORMATION:
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O ENHANCEMENT RELATES TO ABI U1 RECORDS ONLY
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O ENHANCEMENT RELATES TO U1 POSITIONS 3 - 7 ONLY (QUOTA QUERY BY CATEGORY)
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O QUERY QUOTA BY TARIFF NBR(S) REMAINS AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS
(POS. 3 - 12 AND POS. 13 - 22)
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O QUERY VISA NBR REMAINS AS CURRENTLY EXISTS (POS. 3 - 12)
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O EXISTING RULES FOR ALL OTHER QUOTA QUERY RECORDS REMAIN AS THEY
CURRENTLY EXIST
- EXAMPLE: U1 POS. 1 - 2 AND POS. 13 - 80
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O ABI QUOTA QUERY RECORD U1 POS. 3 - 7, NOW ALLOW THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:
- FORMATS: NNN NNN## NNNA NNNN NNNA# NNNN#
- EXAMPLES: 369 369## 369S 3381 369S# 3381#
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SAMPLE ABI QUOTA QUERY BY CATEGORY, QUOTA RECORDS ONLY, U1 RECORDS
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POS. 1 - 25 CONTAIN DATA OR FILLER AS REQUIRED BY QUERY RULES
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POS. 1 MANDATORY AND ALWAYS = U
2 MANDATORY AND ALWAYS = 1
3 - 12 OPTIONAL, AS NEEDED BY ABI FILER
13- 22 OPTIONAL, AS NEEDED BY ABI FILER
23- 24 MANDATORY, COUNTRY ISO CODE
25 USE SPACE FILLED OPTION - QUERY QUOTA RECORDS ONLY
26- 80 MANDATORY, SPACE FILL
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12345678901234567890123456-80
U1369 CN
U1369## CN
U1369S CN
U13381 HK
U1369S# CN
U13381# HK
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QUESTIONS REGARDING QUOTA INFORMATION, CALL CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS
QUOTA BRANCH: 202.927.5850
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TECHNICAL PROGRAMMING QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEW QUERY OPTIONS,
CALL CUSTOMS OIT: 703.921.7129
OR E-MAIL: SELMA.E.LARSON@CUSTOMS.TREAS.GOV