CBP Issues CATAIR Amendment 11 (August 2006)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site Amendment 11, dated August 2006, to the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) document.
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The CATAIR documentation provides complete information on how importers and/or their agents can become ABI participants, as well as how they can provide electronic import information to ABI, and receive transmissions from ABI once they have become a participant. The CATAIR begins with general information about ABI participation along with instructions on how to become an ABI participant. The main body of the CATAIR consists of the data record formats used for conducting electronic data interchange (EDI) between the participant's computer system and CBP's ABI.
According to CBP, the following CATAIR sections have been amended as follows:
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Record Identifier 2B - Changed to "conditional".
Deleted Record Identifier 3B
Record Identifiers NS05, NS10, NS30, NS40, NS50, and NS60 - Made edits in introduction paragraphs.
Record Identifier 1M (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 2M (Output) - Made edits in introduction paragraph.
Record Identifier 1P (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 1A (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 1B (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 2B (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 3B (Output) - Record removed.
Record Identifier 4B (Output) - Made edits in Note 1.
Record Identifier 0N (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 4N (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 1I (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 2I (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 1C (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 2C (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 0D (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 1D (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 2D (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 1V (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 2V (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier 3V (Output) - Made numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier NS05 (Output) - Made edits in introduction and numerous edits in the data elements throughout the record.
Record Identifier NS10 (Output) - Made edits in introduction.
Record Identifier NS30 (Output) - Made edits in introduction.
Record Identifier NS40 (Output) - Made edits in introduction.
Record Identifier NS50 (Output) - Made edits in introduction.
Record Identifier NS60 (Output) - Made edits in introduction.
Entry Summary
Record Identifier 43 (Input) - Made edits in introduction paragraph and in description of "Pre-Importation Review Program (PIRP)/Rulings Number" and "Type Indicator" data elements.
Foreign Trade Zone
Record Identifier FT20 (Input) - Changed data element "SCAC Identifier of Importing Carrier" to "SCAC Identifier or Airway Bill Prefix of Importing Carrier" and made edits in description.
Record Identifier FT40 (Input) - Changed data element "Bill of Lading or Airway Bill of Lading" to "Bill of Lading or Airway Bill" and made edits in the description. Also made edits in description of data element "House Bill".
Appendix A (Cross Reference)
Made numerous changes throughout chapter.
(In late July 2006, CBP posted CATAIR Amendment 10. See ITT's Online Archives or 08/04/06 news, 06080405, for BP summary of Amendment 10.)
CATAIR, as amended by Amendment 11 (dated August 2006) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/operations_support/automated_systems/abi/catair/.
List of changes made by Amendment 11 available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/operations_support/automated_systems/abi/catair/changes/changes_112006.ctt/change_112006.doc.