ABI Air In-Bond Functionality to be Available for Testing on July 13, 2009
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that ABI air in-bond functionality (application identifier QX/WX) will be available for testing in the Automated Commercial System on July 13, 2009. Another CSMS message will be issued when the functionality is available in ACS Production.
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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, stating that it would allow ABI filers to submit and modify in-bond movements for Air AMS (Automated Manifest System) beginning on November 22, 2008. Since then, CBP has delayed the deployment a number of times, most recently in May 2009, when CBP announced that ABI air in-bond functionality deployment was scheduled for summer 2009.)
Those Interested in Testing Need to Contact Their Client Rep
Those interested in testing this functionality should contact their ABI Client Representative.
ACS Air Will Use QX/WX
According to a previously issued CSMS message and attached presentation on the air in-bond program, the current QP and WP application identifiers will not be used in 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 e-Manifest: Air 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 application identifiers and the QX and WX application identifiers will become obsolete.
(Various communications from CBP have given different deployment dates for M2.1. An earlier CSMS message stated that M2.1 would not be deployed any sooner than Spring 2009; and an ACE update presentation stated that M2.1 was scheduled for deployment in the February 2010 - April 2010 timeframe.)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 10/28/08 news, 08102810, for BP summary of CBP announcement that ABI air in-bond deployment was scheduled for November 22, 2008, and the posting of a related CATAIR chapter.
See ITT's Online Archives or 05/29/09 news, 09052910, for most recent delay of the deployment.)
CSMS 09-000261 (dated 07/09/09) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17651&page=&srch_argv=09-000261&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby