Census Import Parameter Change Request Form Now Available Online
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Port of Chicago has issued a Pipeline announcing the automation of Census' import (i.e., Automated Broker Interface/Automated Commercial Environment) parameter change request form.
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After completing the Census import parameter change request form online, the form can be emailed or printed and faxed to Census.
Once the form is submitted, Census will research the request and respond directly to the submitting party.
Although the Pipeline states that all requests for import parameter changes must be sent to the Census Web site, a Census source stated that use of the online form is strongly encouraged, but is not mandatory.
(According to Appendix H (Census Warning Messages) of the Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR), census warning messages result when discrepancies occur between what Census usually finds for a particular commodity and the data given on an individual entry summary. Census warnings do not always mean an entry summary is in error, but rather that the information given is unlikely to be true. If the warnings do indicate errors, the entry summary information must be corrected. If, however, the "unlikely" information is true, no changes need to be made to the entry summary.
Census sources have previously stated that if a company/broker experiences Census warnings over a period of time, they can request a parameter change, which is forwarded to Census' Commodity Analysis Branch where an analyst will research and make a determination if the parameter needs to be changed.)
Online Export Parameter Change Form Has Been Available Since 2009
According to Census sources, the export (i.e., Automated Export System) parameter change request form has been available online since 2009.
Port of Chicago Pipeline 10-10 (dated 03/18/10) available by emailing documents@brokerpower.com.
ABI/ACE parameter change form available at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/imports/importsparameterchangerequestform.pdf.
AES parameter change form available at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/parameterchangerequestform.pdf.