Reminder on CBP's Scheduled In-Bond Container/Equipment ACE e-Manifest: Truck Update
In early March 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Truck Manifest CSMS message on the Automated Commercial Environment electronic manifest update that is currently scheduled to be implemented on April 5, 2008.
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The update will be limited to EDI (ANSI x12 and UN/EDIFACT) users (ACE Portal users will not be affected) and will expand the capability of ACE participants in the truck environment to:
arrive in-bonds at destination by equipment (trailer/container, etc.),
export in-bonds that have previously arrived by in-bond bills of lading and container/equipment, and
cancel in-bond arrivals and exports.
(While earlier CBP notices stated that this update would allow brokers, via the ABI WP function, to arrive and export in-bonds, this CBP notice and more recent CBP notices do not mention this capability.
According to CBP sources, customs brokers currently have the ability to do in-bond updates via the ABI WP, and this functionality will not be affected by the update.)
In-Bond Number or BOL Number Associated with Container Required
The Truck Manifest CSMS message states that ACE participants who arrive, export, and cancel in-bonds by container/equipment are advised they must provide either an in-bond number or bill of lading (BOL) number associated with the container/equipment. This is necessary because containers/equipment enter and exit the country constantly and without this added information, ACE would not be able to uniquely reference the in-bond movement and trip.
ACE participants who choose to use their BOL numbers as in-bond control numbers are encouraged to arrive, export, and cancel using either a BOL number or container/equipment number, citing the bill number as a reference to the container/equipment.
Arrival of in-bonds. A request from ACE participants who choose to arrive an in-bond by container/equipment will be rejected if one or more in-bonds or BOLs associated with the container/equipment are destined for a port other than the one in which the container/equipment is being arrived. An error code of '530' 'no cn arr if mult dest ib' will be returned in the ANSI x12 355 set or the UN/EDIFACT CUSRES accept/reject set erc0120 c901 9321.
Export of in-bonds. A request from ACE participants who choose to export in-bonds by in-bond number, BOL number or container/equipment number will be rejected if the in-bond has not been previously arrived, or a hold exists on at least one shipment associated with the in-bond. An error code of '532' 'inbond export rej' will be returned in the ANSI x12 355 set or the UN/EDIFACT CUSRES accept/reject set erc0120 c901 9321.
In-bonds destined for other ports. A request from ACE participants who choose to export an in-bond by container/equipment will be rejected if one or more in-bonds or BOLs associated with the container/equipment are destined for a port other than the one from which the container/equipment is being exported. An error code of '531' 'no cn exp if mult dest ib' will be returned in the ANSI x12 355 set or the UN/EDIFACT CUSRES accept/reject set erc0120 c901 9321.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 03/25/08 news, 08032555 1, for most recent BP summary on this ACE update, with links to previous summaries.)
CSMS 08-000022 (dated 03/03/08) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17023&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=truck&sortby=&sby