CBP to Allow ABI Filers to Submit/Modify In-Bond Movements for Air AMS Starting November 22, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a new Air In-Bond Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) chapter to its Web site.
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CBP states that this new chapter will allow ABI filers to submit and modify in-bond movements for Air AMS (Automated Manifest System) beginning on November 22, 2008.
ACS Air Will Use QX/WX (Instead of QP/WP) Beginning Nov 22nd
According to a CSMS message and an attached PowerPoint presentation on the air in-bond program, effective November 22, 2008, the QP and WP application identifiers will not be used in the Automated Commercial System (ACS). Instead, QX and WX will be used for the air application in ACS.
QX/WX is functionally similar to QP/WP but with additional field data elements such as carrier flight number and scheduled date of arrival.
QX/WX Benefits for Air AMS In-Bond Movements
QX/WX will allow filers to: establish an in-bond, delete an in-bond, arrive an in-bond by bill of lading (BOL) or in-bond number, and/or export and in-bond by BOL or in-bond number.
QP/WP Will be Used Again When ACE M2.1 is Deployed
Once ACE M2.1 (e-Manifest: Air, or MMM-AIR) is deployed,all ABI in-bond functionality will be included in the QP and WP messages and the QX and WX messages will become obsolete.
(CBP's CSMS message states that M2.1 will not be deployed any sooner than Spring 2009. An earlier ACE update presentation stated that M2.1 was scheduled for deployment in the February - April 2010 timeframe.)
CATAIR Chapter (dated August 2008) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/automated_systems/abi/catair/chapters/air_inbond.ctt/air_inbond.doc
Air QP Inbond Program PowerPoint presentation available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/docs/17306_153872794/AIR_QP_INBOND_PROGRAM.ppt
CSMS 08-000280 (dated 10/24/08) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17306&page=&srch_argv=08-000280&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby