CBP Hopes to Re-Deploy ABI Air In-Bond in Spring
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it hopes to re-deploy ABI air in-bond functionality (ABI Application identifiers QX/QT and WX/WT) in late Spring 2010.
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CBP Previously Disabled Air In-Bond Application Identifiers
CBP previously deployed ABI air in-bond functionality after multiple prior deployment delays. CBP subsequently disabled the application identifiers due to output message issues.
(Prior to disabling the application identifiers, CBP asked the trade to halt air in-bond transmissions until the message problem was resolved.)
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.
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.
CBP Will Notify the Trade When Definitive Date is Available
CBP states that a CSMS message will be sent out once a definitive deployment date is available.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/02/09 news, 09120210, for BP summary of CBP disabling the ABI application identifiers.
See ITT's Online Archives or 08/19/09 news, 09081910, for BP summary of CBP asking the trade to halt air in-bond transmissions.
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.)
CSMS 09-000360 (dated 12/01/09) available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17752&page=&srch_argv=09-000360&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby