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CBP Posts Revised ACE ABI CATAIR Chapters and Reference Documents

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted revised ACE ABI CATAIR1 chapters and reference documents to its Web site.

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According to the ACE ABI CATAIR Change Record, which summarizes changes made to the various chapters and other documents contained in the ACE ABI CATAIR, the ACE ABI CATAIR was amended on November 5, 2008 as follows:

Table of Contents

Revisions to Entry Summary Create/Update page numbers.

Added list of additional Entry Summary Create/Update reference material.

Entry Summary Create/Update Chapter

Revisions to incorporate new reporting requirements based on recent legislation.

Introduce "Electronic Signature".

Entry Summary Create/Update Reference Material

Added ACE entry summary examples for new/revised ACE entry summary reporting requirements.

Revised the ACS to ACE Record Layout Cross Reference.

Revised the ACS to ACE Entry Summary Condition Cross Reference.

Entry Summary Status Notification Chapter

Introduce Disposition Type Code 7 - Document Receipt Acknowledgement.

Revisions to Record E1 explanatory Note 1 for the option to upload scanned documents for Disposition Type Codes 2 and 3.

1Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Automated Broker Interface (ABI) Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR)

(See ITT's Online Archives or 07/16/08 news, 08071605, for most recent BP summary on ACE ABI CATAIR updates.)

Change record (posted 11/07/08) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/abi_catair/ace_change_rec08.ctt/ace_change_rec08.doc

CSMS message announcing the availability of these revised chapters, documents (08-000300, dated 11/07/08) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17326&page=&srch_argv=08-000300&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby

ACE ABI CATAIR Web page http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/abi_catair/