CBP Posts Additional ACE ABI CATAIR Chapter on ABI Batch & Block Control
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an additional chapter to the ACE ABI CATAIR1 entitled "ABI Batch & Block Control."
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According to the ACE ABI CATAIR Change Record, the Table of Contents has also been updated to list the added chapter.
New Chapter Provides Interface Information
According to CBP, this chapter provides trade participant interface information for the revised ACE-version of an ABI electronic data submission.
Presented in the chapter are the Batch and Block input records used by an ABI filer and the Batch and Block output records returned in response to an input or an ACE generated notification.
CBP's CSMS message announcing the availability of this chapter notes that currently these rules apply only to the ABI application identifiers specified in this chapter. As the number of application identifiers is expanded, they will be added to the chapter.
(CBP notes that this technical document is considered final. However, the document retains the "draft" designation in the footer until such time that an official Office of Public Affairs publication number has been assigned to the new ACE ABI CATAIR publication. Subsequent revisions to this document will be controlled through the official CBP document amendment process.)
List of Currently Posted ACE ABI CATAIR Documents
The following is a list of ACE ABI CATAIR documents that are currently posted to CBP's Web site (posting dates in parenthesis):
Table of Contents (11/21/08)
Introduction and Getting Started (05/27/08)
ACS to ACE Transition Topics (05/27/08)
ABI Batch & Block Control (11/21/08)
Cargo Release Certified from an Entry Summary (06/05/08)
Census Warning Override (05/27/08)
Census Warning Query (05/27/08)
Entry Summary Create/Update (11/07/08)
ACS to ACE Entry Summary Condition Cross Reference (11/07/08)
ACS to ACE Entry Summary Record Layout Cross Reference (11/07/08)
ACE ABI CATAIR Entry Summary Create/Update Filing and Response Scenarios (07/03/08)
ACE Entry Summary Examples (11/07/08)
ACS EI to ACE AE Feature Comparison (06/05/08)
Entry Summary Status Notification (11/07/08)
Entry Summary Query (07/11/08)
Importer/Bond Query (05/08/08)
Importer/Consignee Create/Update (05/08/08)
Appendix H - Census Warning Messages and Override Codes (06/05/08)
Appendix Q - Record Layout Key (03/07/08)
ACE ABI CATAIR Change Record (11/21/08)
1Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Automated Broker Interface (ABI) Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 11/12/08 news, 08111215, for most recent BP summary of updates to the ACE ABI CATAIR)
ABI Batch & Control chapter (posted 11/21/08) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/abi_catair_main/abi_catair/catair_chapters/
CSMS message (08-000324, dated 11/21/08) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17350&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby
ACE ABI CATAIR information, chapters, appendices, etc. available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/abi_catair_main/abi_catair/