CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements

1 June 30, 2015 DRAFT - Entry Summary Create/Update ESF-1 CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirements Entry Summary Create/Update September 2018 ACE ABI CATAIR - Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements September, 2018 DRAFT - Entry Summary Create/Update ESF-2 Entry Summary Create/Update This chapter provides record formats and processing instructions to submit entry summary and related information to ACE.

2 The reader should be advised that this technical document is considered final. However, the document retains the DRAFT designation in the footer until such time that an official OPA (Office of Public Affairs) publication number has been assigned to the new ACE ABI CATAIR publication. For your information, subsequent revisions to this document will be controlled through the official CBP document amendment process. Be Advised: A filer who transmits data or information through any electronic means to CBP certifies, by the act of transmitting such data or information, that the data or information transmitted is true and correct to the best of the filer s knowledge and belief.

3 The filer also declares that all statements in an electronically transmitted entry, entry summary, invoice, claim, other filing, and all other information or data filed with the entry are true and correct to the best of the filer s knowledge and belief, and that the filer will produce at once any data or information showing that the statements are not true and correct. ACE ABI CATAIR - Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements September, 2018 DRAFT - Entry Summary Create/Update ESF-3 Table of Contents Table of Changes.

4 6 Introduction .. 13 Record Layout Key .. 14 Input Record Structure Maps .. 16 Input Structure Map Submission Notes .. 16 Block Control Input Structure Map .. 16 ES Transaction Input Structure Map .. 17 ES Line Grouping Input Structure Map .. 19 PGA Grouping Input Structure Map .. 21 Entry Summary Filing INPUT Record Layouts .. 22 Entry Summary Filing - Usage Notes .. 102 a) Entry Summary Filing 102 b) Data Elements Required in Every Filing Scenario .. 103 c) Header/Totals Data Elements Required to Establish or Correct an Entry Summary.

5 103 d) Line Data Elements Required to Establish or Correct an Entry Summary .. 103 e) Entry Type Data Reporting Considerations .. 104 f) Party Reporting .. 106 Importer of Record .. 106 Consignee (Header Level) .. 106 Designated Notify (4811) Party .. 107 Manufacturer/Supplier .. 107 Delivered To Party .. 107 Sold To Party .. 108 Foreign Exporter .. 108 Cargo Entity Parties (Header and Line) .. 109 g) Transportation Data Reporting .. 110 Vessel Shipments .. 110 Border Water-Borne Shipments .. 111 Rail Shipments .. 112 Truck Shipments.

6 113 Air Shipments .. 114 All Other Shipments (Known Modes) .. 115 MOT Not Required/Not Reported .. 116 h) Reporting Cargo Manifest Detail .. 117 In-Bond/In-Transit Number .. 117 Master Bill Number / Issuer .. 117 House Bill Number / Issuer .. 117 Sub-House Bill Number .. 117 Vessel Shipments .. 118 Rail Shipments .. 119 Truck & Border Water Borne Shipments .. 121 Air Shipments .. 123 All Other Shipments .. 124 Further In-Bond/In-Transit Reporting Guidelines .. 125 i) Bond & Surety Reporting .. 126 Basic and Additional Coverage Guidelines.

7 126 Continuous Bond Claim .. 127 ACE ABI CATAIR - Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements September, 2018 DRAFT - Entry Summary Create/Update ESF-4 Single Transaction Bond (STB) Claim .. 128 Bond Waiver Claim .. 128 j) Basic Article Classification and Tariff Considerations .. 129 Duty Rate Date Matrix Hierarchy .. 129 Reporting Value, Quantity, & Unit of Measure .. 129 Classifying a Temporary Article Imported Under a Bond (TIB) .. 129 k) Reporting Article Sets.

8 130 l) Duty Reporting .. 130 m) Articles Exempt from a Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) .. 130 n) Formal Entry Article Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) .. 131 o) Article Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) .. 131 p) Dutiable Mail Fee .. 133 q) Informal Entry Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) .. 133 r) Manual Entry Surcharge .. 134 s) License, Certificate, and Permit Reporting .. 135 t) Electronic Invoice Processing (EIP) Program Reporting Requirements .. 140 u) Non-EIP Program Classification Ruling Reporting .. 140 v) Article Charges .. 140 w) Determining the Formal Entry Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) Min / Max.

9 141 x) Grand Total Reporting .. 141 y) Payment Intent & Statements .. 142 Individual Payment (Non-Statement) .. 142 Daily Statement .. 142 Periodic Monthly Statement (Broker) .. 142 Periodic Monthly Statement (Importer) .. 143 Correcting a Rejected Entry Summary Once Payment Has Been Made .. 143 z) Consolidating Releases Under One Entry Summary .. 144 aa) Claiming Future Reconciliation .. 144 bb) Warehouse, Re-Warehouse, & Warehouse Withdrawal Entry Summaries .. 145 Making a Warehouse Entry Claim .. 145 Making a Re-Warehouse Claim.

10 145 Making a Warehouse Withdrawal Claim .. 145 cc) Preemptively Overriding a Census Warning .. 147 dd) Reporting PGA Form Data .. 147 *RETIRED* Articles Subject to FCC Regulation .. 147 Articles Subject to FDA Regulation .. 147 Articles Subject to DOT/NHTSA Regulation .. 147 Articles Released Via Expedited Release / Weekly FTZ Subject to PGA Reporting .. 148 ee) Certifying for Cargo Release .. 148 *RETIRED* Certifying for ACS Cargo Release .. 148 Certifying for ACE Cargo Release .. 148 ff) Articles Subject to Anti-Dumping / Countervailing Duty.