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CBP Adds Appendix to CATAIR on PGA Hold Messages, Etc.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated its Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements (CATAIR) for entry summary and related information filed through the Automated Commercial System (ACS) in order to add a new Appendix U on PGA Manifest Hold Status Messages, among other changes.

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CBP has posted three Change Notices on these CATAIR changes, as follows:

Amendment 4 Changes (August 2011)

Air In-bond

  • Record Identifier QX30 -- Made edits in description of “In-bond Quantity” data element.

Entry Summary

  • Record Identifier 30 -- Made edits in description of “Periodic Statement Month” data element.

Amendment 4 (changes since June 27, 2011) available here.

Amendment 5 Changes (November 2011)

Table of Contents

  • Listed new Appendix U - Disposition Codes and Narrative messages - PGA Manifest Hold Status Messages

Cargo Release

  • Made edits on page CRL-4, paragraph 7.
  • Made edits to Record Identifier R5 (Output) Note 1.
  • Edits made to Record Identifier R7 (Output).

Cargo/Manifest Status Query

  • New Record Identifier R7 (Output) added to chapter.

Entry Summary

  • Made edits to Unified Entry Filing (Entry Summary -- EI) Loop Definitions.

Harmonized Tariff Schedule

  • New Record Identifier VL and Record Identifier WL added to chapter.

Appendix Table of Contents

  • Listed new Appendix U - Disposition Codes and Narrative messages - PGA Manifest Hold Status Messages.

Appendix A

  • Codes added/deleted due to changes made to Record Identifier R7 (Output) of the Cargo Release chapter.
  • Codes added due to new Record Identifier R7 (Output) of the Cargo/Manifest Status Query chapter.
  • Codes added due to new Record Identifier VL and Record Identifier WL of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule chapter.

Appendix B

  • Added new codes to Shipping/Packaging Unit codes.

Appendix U

  • Added new Appendix - Disposition Codes and Narrative messages - PGA Manifest Hold Status Messages

Amendment 5 changes (since August 11, 2011) available here.

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Amendment 6 Changes (December 2011)

Entry Summary

  • Record Identifier 89 (Input) -- made edits to Note 1.

Appendix O

  • Added new code “K” to Note 8.

Amendment 6 changes (since November 8, 2011) available here.

CATAIR home page is available here.