CBP Announces Air In-Bond Deployment Now Tentatively Scheduled for Jan. 14th
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the ABI air in-bond deployment that was scheduled to be implemented on November 22, 2008 has been delayed and is tentatively scheduled for January 14, 2009.
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In October 2008, CBP posted a new Air In-Bond Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) chapter to its Web site and stated this new chapter would 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
According to a previously issued CSMS message and attached PowerPoint presentation on the air in-bond program, the QP and WP application identifiers will not be used in the Automated Commercial System (ACS) for the air application. 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.
QP/WP Will be Used When ACE M2.1 is Deployed
CBP also previously stated that 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 earlier CSMS message stated that M2.1 will not be deployed any sooner than spring 2009. However, an earlier ACE update presentation stated that M2.1 was scheduled for deployment in the February 2010 - April 2010 timeframe.)
CBP notes that it will continue to update the trade if there are further delays.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/28/08 news, 08102810, for BP summary of CBP announcing the air in-bond deployment and CATAIR chapter.)
CSMS 08-000307 (dated 11/19/08) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17333&page=&srch_argv=08-000307&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby
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