R07.2 Update Notes Enhancements. Published: February 10, 2010

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1 R07.2 Update Notes Enhancements Published: February 10, 2010 Last Revision Date: February 6, 2010

2 Table of Contents Table of Contents...2 R07.2 Update Enhancement Summary...3 FTZ Processing...4 CBP Form 7501 (06/09) Switch Instructions...6 ACE Entry Summary Type 01 & 11, ABI Message changes...8 Customer/Deployment Instructions...9 Page 2

3 R07.2 Update Enhancement Summary Overview The following are the enhancements that have been made to the Alliance software for this update. FTZ Admissions The processing of Foreign Trade Zone shipments has been added to Alliance. EDI Uploading of Lacey PGA data Lacey PGA information has been added to the EDI repository. Uploading of the Lacey PGA data has been added to the standard EDI Upload program. New CF 7501 form Changes have been made to accommodate the new 7501 form. The effective date for the new form is April 1, As of April 1, 2010, the only official form that CBP will support is the CBP Form 7501 dated June ACE Entry Summary Type 01 & 11, ABI Message changes Note on Multiple Consignee ACE Entries As part of the ACE A2.3 deployment, CBP is modifying record layouts which will make the current entry types 01 & 11 stop functioning. As of the release of this patch, the CBP deployment of the new record layouts has not occurred, although it is imminent. When CBP confirms via a CSMS message that the Ace A2.3 changes have been loaded to Production, there is a change you will need to make to your system to indicate that ACE A2.3 formats should be used. Currently, Multiple Consignee ACE entries need to be entered within SuperQuick. This limitation will be removed with Patch 3. Page 3

4 FTZ Processing Overview FTZ Admission processing keeps track of merchandise being brought into and out of U.S. Foreign Trade Zones and updates this information to Customs. The Alliance FTZ screens allow you to enter the required data and process FTZ admissions. US Customs has automated the CBPF-214 process and Kewill s Alliance product fully supports two of the new ABI applications: FT and NF. Changes/Additions to Alliance The following changes to current screens and addition of new screens have been made to accommodate the FTZ Processing in Alliance: Shipment Processing screen changes: FTZ added to Shipment Processing Options screen FTZ File Number Assignment screen FTZ Conveyance screen FTZ Shipment ID screen FTZ Commodity screen FTZ Commodity Additional Description screen FTZ BTA Information screen FTZ BTA Submitter/Arrival screen FTZ BTA Importer/Consignee screen FTZ ABI Queue Update FTZ Admissions E-214 Form Print program FTZ Maintenances: FTZ Admission Type Codes Maintenance FTZ Disposition Codes Maintenance Customer Maintenance Import Defaults has a new pop-up screen, FTZ Defaults. New FTZ Validations added: 1940 (Tariff may require Prior Notice, not entered) (Prior Notice information missing or invalid) (Tariff requires Prior Notice, not entered) (Invalid Country code in Manufacturer ID) (Manufacturer ID not on file). Documentation [See the FTZ Processing section for more details.] Page 4

5 CBP Form 7501 (06/09) Overview CBP is transitioning to a revised 7501 form, based on an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requirement that CBP review public use forms every three years. As of April 1, 2010, the only official form that CBP will support is the new CBP Form 7501 dated June For a sample of the CBP 7501 form, click here. For detail instructions concerning the CBP 7501 form, click here. When you install R07 Patch 2, the new 7501 form is NOT automatically installed for use. You will still be printing to the old form until you are ready to start using the new form. In order to start using the new form you must run the 7501 Switch program from the Import System Management Menu. To make the switch, follow the instructions below. Page 5

6 7501 Switch Instructions Import System Management Menu: Step 1 Select 7501 Switch from menu To make the switch to the new 7501 form, first stop Immediate Printing, if you use it. Then go to the Import Systems Management Menu and select 7501 Switch from the menu. Page 6

7 7501 Switch screen: Step 2 Run the 7501 Switch program When you select the 7501 Switch option, the 7501 Switch screen displays. You must first verify that you have stopped Immediate Printing, if you use it. Enter Y to continue. The question will display: Switch to NEW 7501 or OLD Enter NEW to switch to the new form. Note: If you want to switch back to the old form for some reason, you would enter OLD. Page 7

8 ACE Entry Summary Type 01 & 11, ABI Message changes Overview As part of the ACE A2.3 deployment, CBP is modifying record layouts which will make the current entry types 01 & 11 stop functioning. The CBP deployment of the new record layouts is imminent. On that date CBP will be doing a cut over from one format to another without any downward compatibility. Once they deploy the new version, you must switch your system to begin transmitting record layouts in the new version. CBP will be taking a down-time to do the deployment, during that time you cannot submit any AE transactions to Customs because they will be rejected with invalid format when the CBP system starts to process the transactions in their queue. To prepare your system for this change and to prevent your system from formatting AE transactions during the down-time, the following Customer/Deployment Instructions must be followed. Page 8

9 Customer/Deployment Instructions Alliance System Parameters Control Maintenance: Step 1 Customer/Deployment Instructions At the start of the Customs down-time for the deployment of this format change, the following system parameters must be set as follows: Hold ACE AE Format = Y ACE AE Format = A2.3 Page 9

10 Alliance System Parameters Control Maintenance: Step 2 Customer/Deployment Instructions When CBP is done with their deployment, you must set the system parameter, as follows: Hold ACE AE Format = N Customer/Deployment Contingency Plan Important Note if something goes wrong during the Customs deployment: If CBP cannot move to the new format, you must set the system parameter ACE AE Format = A2.2. This will set the format back to the current A2.2 format, then wait for further instructions from Kewill. Copyright 2010 Kewill Inc. [Last revision date: 02/05/10] Page 10