Reminder - CBP Scheduled to Launch CSMS ( to Replace ABI Messages, Etc.) on February 11th
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently issued several documents announcing that it is scheduled to launch a new means of delivering information on its Automated Commercial Trade Interface Systems, called the Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS), on February 11, 2008.
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CSMS will be the official communication service between CBP and the trade community, and will include administrative messages that have been issued via the Automated Broker Interface (application identifier MR).
ABI Administrative Messages Scheduled to be Discontinued on February 11, 2008
Beginning Monday, February 11, 2008, no new administrative messages are scheduled to be issued via ABI application identifier MR, nor will ABI accept an administrative message query via application MI.
Messages issued under the ABI Administrative Message system will instead be converted to CSMS as of February 11, 2008. (However, one document states that CBP has only converted the significant administrative messages previously issued via ABI.)
CSMS to Provide Two Ways for Trade to Obtain Automated System Information
CSMS will function as both a database and as an email list serve, as follows:
cbp.gov. Information and messages will be able to be retrieved via a database linked to www.cbp.gov, based on a combination of keywords and filtering. All messages that have been issued will also be able to be viewed; and
email. An email list serve, will allow CBP to broadcast messages not only to ABI users, but to users of all CBP automated commercial systems, such as the Automated Commercial Environment and the Automated Commercial System.
Ten Subject Areas to be Available via CSMS
The following ten subject areas (or message groups) will be available via CSMS:
| Automated Broker Interface (ABI) | Ocean Manifest |
| ACE Outreach Events | Rail Manifest |
| ACE Portal Accounts | Truck Manifest |
| ACE Reports | Cuentas en el Portal de ACE |
| Air Manifest | Transportistas de Camion |
Trade Community Can Sign Up for CSMS Email Service Now
Interested members of the trade community can sign up for the CSMS email service now, via a link in CBP's announcement.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 01/17/08 and 11/06/07 news, 08011705 and 07110605, for previous BP summaries on CBP's plans to launch CSMS.)
For more information on the CSMS, email CBP.CBPCSPO@dhs.gov
CBP Adm: 08-0003 (dated 01/16/08), available at http://www.brokerpower.com/admmsgs/2008/08-0003.html
CBP announcement and links to sign up for email list serve (dated 01/28/08) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/whats_new/plans_launch_nmbs.xml
CBP press release on CSMS (dated 01/15/08), available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/01152008_3.xml