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Subject: ABI CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS QUERY
I.   OBJECTIVE                                                            

THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE A NEW ABI APPLICATION ALLOWING FILERS           
TO QUERY THE CURRENT CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS STATUS FOR          
A SPECIFIED ENTRY.  THE STATUS NOTIFICATION MESSAGES RETURNED IN          
RESPONSE TO THIS QUERY WILL INCLUDE ANY AND ALL CURRENTLY                 
APPLICABLE MESSAGES WHICH WERE ISSUED AUTOMATICALLY AS ABI CARGO          
RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS (ABI APPLICATION RR), INCLUDING:               
SELECTIVITY RESULTS, AMS HOLD STATUS, CST APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS,          
PAPERLESS SUMMARY STATUS, AIR AMS NOTIFICATION STATUS, RELEASE            
DATE UPDATES, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY STATUS: FISH & WILDLIFE             
(FWS) AND FOOD & DRUG (FDA), AND 24-HOUR QUOTA STATUS.                    


II.  BACKGROUND                                                           

PRIOR TO THE INCLUSION OF OTHER AGENCY NOTIFICATIONS, THE ONLY            
MESSAGES ISSUED AS ABI CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS WERE              
THOSE WHICH INDICATED A SPECIFIC CHANGE IN STATUS FOR AN ENTRY.           
WITH THE ADDITION OF OTHER AGENCY NOTIFICATIONS, THE CARGO                
RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS APPLICATION WAS CHANGED SO THAT EACH           
TIME PROCESSING RESULTS ARE ISSUED, THE MESSAGES INDICATE BOTH            
THE NEW CHANGE IN STATUS AND A REITERATION OF ALL PREVIOUSLY              
ISSUED MESSAGES STILL APPLICABLE FOR THE ENTRY.                           

CUSTOMS HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE UNNECESSARY            
REITERATION OF SOME OF THESE MESSAGES, PARTICULARLY THE CST               
APPROVAL REQUIRED MESSAGE.                                                

THE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS FOR TWO RECENT PROJECTS: "ABI RELEASE           
DATE UPDATE NOTIFICATIONS" AND "AIR AMS NOTIFICATIONS", BOTH              
ADDED NEW CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS MESSAGES, BUT EXCLUDED         
THOSE MESSAGES FROM THE REITERATION PROCESS.  THIS REQUIRED A             
SIGNIFICANT REDESIGN OF THE PROGRAMS WHICH CREATE PROCESSING              
RESULTS MESSAGES.  TO FACILITATE THAT REDESIGN, AND TO PERMIT ABI         
FILERS TO DEFINE WHICH MESSAGES SHOULD BE REITERATED AND WHICH            
SHOULD NOT, THE STATUS OF ALL CURRENTLY APPLICABLE PROCESSING             
RESULTS FOR A GIVEN ENTRY ARE CODIFIED WITHIN A SEPARATE ACS              
RECORD, PROVIDING A SIMPLE MECHANISM FOR USE IN AN ABI QUERY.             

SUCH A QUERY WILL PROVIDE A RESEARCH TOOL FOR THOSE FILERS WHO DO         
NOT MAINTAIN A CONTINUING HISTORY OF THE CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING         
RESULTS MESSAGES ISSUED BY ACS.  THIS QUERY WILL ALSO ELIMINATE           
THE NEED FOR CUSTOMS PERSONNEL TO REROUTE PROCESSING RESULTS              
MESSAGES IF THE FILER, FOR WHATEVER REASON, DOES NOT RECEIVE THE          
ORIGINAL MESSAGES.                                                        


III. REQUIREMENTS                                                         

THE CUSTOMS AND TRADE AUTOMATED INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT           
(CATAIR) WILL BE AMENDED TO ADD A NEW APPLICATION TO THE CARGO            
RELEASE CHAPTER.  THIS NEW APPLICATION WILL INCLUDE BOTH AN INPUT         
AND AN OUTPUT TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIERS IN AND IS              
RESPECTIVELY.                                                             

THE NEW INPUT TRANSACTION (IN) WILL INCLUDE ONLY ONE RECORD, THE          
R1 (ONE) RECORD.  THIS IS A NEW RECORD AND WILL BE STRUCTURED AS          
DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT 1 AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT.  THE R1            
RECORD IS A MANDATORY RECORD.                                             

THE NEW OUTPUT TRANSACTION (IS) WILL INCLUDE 7 RECORDS: R0                
(ZERO), R1, R3, R4, R5, R6, AND R7.  THE R0 RECORD IS A NEW               
RECORD AND WILL BE STRUCTURED AS DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT 2 AT THE         
END OF THIS DOCUMENT.  THE REMAINING RECORDS USED IN THE OUTPUT           
TRANSACTION WILL BE STRUCTURED IDENTICAL TO THE R1, R3, R4, R5,           
R6, AND R7 RECORDS CURRENTLY USED BY THE CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING         
RESULTS OUTPUT TRANSACTION, APPLICATION RR.  DETAILS CONCERNING           
THE STRUCTURE OF THESE RECORDS CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES CRL-R1-01            
THROUGH CRL-R7-03 OF THE CATAIR.                                          

THE ONLY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NEW CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING             
RESULTS QUERY OUTPUT TRANSACTION (IS) AND THE EXISTING CARGO              
RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS OUTPUT TRANSACTION (RR) WILL BE:               

  1. USE OF THE DIFFERENT APPLICATION IDENTIFIER,                         

  2. THE IS APPLICATION WILL ONLY BE RETURNED IN RESPONSE TO A            
     FILER SUBMITTED QUERY (INPUT APPLICATION IN), WHILE THE RR           
     APPLICATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AUTOMATICALLY EACH            
     TIME THERE IS A CHANGE IN CARGO RELEASE STATUS,                      

  3. FAILURE TO PROCESS THE IN QUERY BECAUSE OF AN ERROR IN THE           
     INPUT TRANSACTION WILL BE REJECTED USING THE NEW R0 RECORD           
     TO DESCRIBE THE ERROR, AND                                           

  4. THE IS APPLICATION WILL RETURN MESSAGES DETAILING THE STATUS         
     FOR ALL CURRENTLY APPLICABLE CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING                
     RESULTS, WHILE APPLICATION RR MAY NOT REITERATE STATUS               
     MESSAGES WHICH HAVE NOT CHANGED.                                     


IV.  PROCESSING DEFINITION                                                

THROUGHOUT THIS DOCUMENT, EXCEPT IN TABLES, CERTAIN CONVENTIONS           
WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY VARIOUS DATA TYPES.  ABI RECORD FIELD            
NAMES WILL ALWAYS BE ENCLOSED IN SINGLE QUOTE MARKS (').  FIELD           
VALUES WILL ALWAYS BE ENCLOSED IN DOUBLE QUOTE MARKS (").                 


A.   VALIDATING AND REJECTING INPUT DATA                                  

VALIDATING THE STRUCTURE OF HEADER AND TRAILER RECORDS FOR THE            
NEW CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS QUERY WILL BE NO DIFFERENT           
THAN CURRENT ABI REQUIREMENTS, OTHER THAN THE USE OF IN OR IS AS          
THE INPUT AND OUTPUT APPLICATION IDENTIFIERS.                             

A SINGLE IN TRANSACTION (B THROUGH Y BLOCK) MAY CONTAIN ONE OR            
MORE R1 RECORD(S).                                                        

IF ANY RECORD WITHIN THE IN TRANSACTION CONTAINS ANYTHING OTHER           
THAN "R1" IN POSITIONS 1 AND 2, THAT RECORD WILL BE REJECTED AND          
AN R0 RECORD RETURNED CONTAINING AN APPROPRIATE ERROR MESSAGE.            
IF THIS ERROR IS ENCOUNTERED, PROCESSING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL R1            
RECORDS CONTAINED WITHIN THE BLOCK WILL CONTINUE NORMALLY.                

ONLY ENTRY NUMBERS CONFORMING TO THE NEW ENTRY NUMBER FORMAT              
(XXX-NNNNNNN-C) WILL BE ACCEPTABLE FOR APPLICATION IN; WHERE XXX          
IDENTIFIES THE FILER CODE, NNNNNNN IS THE SEQUENTIAL ENTRY NUMBER         
AND C IS THE CHECK DIGIT.  THE REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURING ENTRY         
NUMBERS CAN BE FOUND IN APPENDIX E OF THE CATAIR, PAGES APP-E-01          
AND APP-E-02.  IF THE FILER CODE/ENTRY NUMBER CONTAINED IN THE R1         
RECORD DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEW ENTRY              
NUMBER FORMAT, THE TRANSACTION FOR THAT ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED            
AND AN R0 RECORD RETURNED CONTAINING AN APPROPRIATE ERROR                 
MESSAGE.  THIS VALIDATION WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING                      
REQUIREMENTS:                                                             

1. THE FIRST TWO POSITIONS OF FILER CODE MUST BE ALPHA/NUMERIC,           
2. THE THIRD POSITION OF FILER CODE FIELD MUST BE NUMERIC,                
3. THE FIRST POSITION OF THE ENTRY NUMBER FIELD MUST BE A SPACE,          
4. ALL OTHER POSITIONS OF THE ENTRY NUMBER FIELD MUST BE NUMERIC.         

IF ALL OTHER VALIDATION OF THE FILER CODE/ENTRY NUMBER IS PASSED,         
BUT THE CHECK DIGIT IS NOT VALID BASED ON A MOD 10 CALCULATION,           
THE TRANSACTION FOR THAT ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED AND AN R0 RECORD          
RETURNED CONTAINING AN APPROPRIATE ERROR MESSAGE.  THE                    
REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURING ENTRY NUMBERS CAN BE FOUND IN                
APPENDIX E OF THE CATAIR, PAGES APP-E-01 AND APP-E-02.                    

IF THE FILER CODE IN ANY R1 RECORD DOES NOT MATCH THE FILER CODE          
IN THE PRECEDING B RECORD, THE TRANSACTION FOR THAT ENTRY WILL BE         
REJECTED AND AN R0 RECORD RETURNED CONTAINING AN APPROPRIATE              
ERROR MESSAGE.  IF THIS ERROR IS ENCOUNTERED, PROCESSING FOR ANY          
ADDITIONAL R1 RECORDS CONTAINED WITHIN THE BLOCK WILL CONTINUE            
NORMALLY.                                                                 

IF NO ENTRY (CF3461) RECORD IS FOUND IN ACS MATCHING THE FILER            
CODE/ENTRY NUMBER IN THE R1 RECORD, THE ENTRY ARCHIVE FILE WILL           
BE SEARCHED USING THE SAME FILER CODE/ENTRY NUMBER.  IF AN                
ARCHIVE RECORD IS FOUND, THE TRANSACTION FOR THAT ENTRY WILL BE           
REJECTED AND AN R0 RECORD RETURNED CONTAINING AN APPROPRIATE              
ERROR MESSAGE.  THIS EDIT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE CARGO RELEASE              
PROCESSING RESULTS RECORDS WILL BE DELETED WHEN ENTRIES ARE               
ARCHIVED.                                                                 

IF NO ENTRY OR ARCHIVE RECORD IS FOUND IN ACS MATCHING THE FILER          
CODE/ENTRY NUMBER IN THE R1 RECORD, THE TRANSACTION FOR THAT              
ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED AND AN R0 RECORD RETURNED CONTAINING AN            
APPROPRIATE ERROR MESSAGE.                                                


IF AN ENTRY RECORD IS FOUND MATCHING THE FILER CODE/ENTRY NUMBER          
IN THE R1 RECORD, BUT THE ORIGIN OF THE ENTRY RECORD IS NOT ABI,          
THE TRANSACTION FOR THAT ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED AND AN R0 RECORD          
RETURNED CONTAINING AN APPROPRIATE ERROR MESSAGE.                         

IF AN ABI ENTRY RECORD IS FOUND MATCHING THE FILER CODE/ENTRY             
NUMBER IN THE R1 RECORD, BUT THE ENTRY HAS NOT YET UNDERGONE              
PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY PROCESSING, THE TRANSACTION FOR THAT              
ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED AND AN R0 RECORD RETURNED CONTAINING AN            
APPROPRIATE ERROR MESSAGE.                                                


B.   RETURNING DATA                                                       

IF AN ABI ENTRY RECORD IS FOUND MATCHING THE FILER CODE/ENTRY             
NUMBER IN THE R1 RECORD, AND PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY PROCESSING           
FOR THE ENTRY HAS BEEN DONE, CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS             
STATUS MESSAGES WILL BE RETURNED AS DETAILED BELOW.                       

ALL DATA PERTAINING TO AN ENTRY'S CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING                
RESULTS WILL BE RETURNED USING THE R1, R3, R4, R5, R6 AND R7              
RECORD SET.  THIS IS THE SAME RECORD SET USED TO RETURN AUTOMATIC         
CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS MESSAGES, ABI APPLICATION RR.            
THE R1 THROUGH R7 RECORDS FOR EACH ENTRY WILL BE RETURNED IN AN           
ASCENDING SORT SEQUENCE.  DETAILS CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE OF             
THESE RECORDS CAN BE FOUND ON PAGES CRL-R1-01 THROUGH CRL-R7-03           
OF THE CATAIR.                                                            

THE R1 IS A MANDATORY OUTPUT RECORD CONTAINING HEADER INFORMATION         
IDENTIFYING THE ENTRY/SHIPMENT.  ONLY ONE R1 RECORD WILL BE               
RETURNED FOR EACH ENTRY.                                                  

THE R3 IS A CONDITIONAL RECORD CONTAINING LINE ITEM INFORMATION           
AND IS RETURNED ONLY WHEN A "CST APPROVAL REQUIRED" CONDITION             
EXISTS.  IT IS POSSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE R3 RECORDS TO BE RETURNED            
FOR A SINGLE ENTRY.                                                       

THE R4 IS A CONDITIONAL RECORD CONTAINING ALL OF THE BILL OF              
LADING/AIR WAYBILL/I.T. INFORMATION FOR THE ENTRY.  IT IS                 
POSSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE R4 RECORDS TO BE RETURNED FOR A SINGLE              
ENTRY.                                                                    

THE R5 IS A MANDATORY RECORD CONTAINING INFORMATION FOR ALL CARGO         
RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS EXCEPT OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY (FWS,           
FDA) AND 24-HOUR QUOTA.  IT IS POSSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE R5 RECORDS           
TO BE RETURNED FOR A SINGLE ENTRY.                                        

THE R6 IS A CONDITIONAL RECORD CONTAINING CARGO RELEASE                   
PROCESSING RESULTS INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO OTHER AGENCY AND 24-           
HOUR QUOTA.  IT IS POSSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE R6 RECORDS TO BE                 
RETURNED FOR A SINGLE ENTRY.                                              

THE R7 IS A CONDITIONAL RECORD CONTAINING LINE ITEM INFORMATION           
RELATED TO 24-HOUR QUOTA PROCESSING.  IT IS POSSIBLE FOR MULTIPLE         
R7 RECORDS TO BE RETURNED FOR A SINGLE ENTRY.                             

ACS RECOGNIZES ELEVEN DISTINCT GROUPS OF CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING         
RESULTS.  A CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS GROUP IS GENERALLY           
DEFINED AS A RELATED SET OF POSSIBLE RESULTS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH           
IS APPLICABLE AT ANY GIVEN POINT IN TIME.  THIS DEFINITION                
APPLIES TO ENTRY LEVEL RESULTS ONLY.  MULTIPLE LINE ITEM LEVEL            
RESULTS, SUCH AS FDA AND 24-HOUR QUOTA, MAY BE APPLICABLE FOR A           
SINGLE GROUP.  ALL FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PROCESSING RESULTS               
GROUPS IS PROVIDED AS INFORMATION ABOUT HOW ACS CATEGORIZES CARGO         
RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS, AND IS NOT PROVIDED TO INDICATE               
PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS FOR ABI USERS.  THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST          
OF THE ELEVEN GROUPS, GIVEN IN THE SAME ORDER USED BY ACS TO              
RETURN STATUS MESSAGES.                                                   

   1.  SELECTIVITY                                                        
   2.  CUSTOMS AMS HOLD                                                   
   3.  AGRICULTURE AMS HOLD                                               
   4.  OTHER AGENCY AMS HOLD                                              
   5.  CST APPROVAL                                                       
   6.  PAPERLESS SUMMARY                                                  
   7.  AIR AMS                                                            
   8.  RELEASE DATE                                                       
   9.  FISH & WILDLIFE                                                    
  10.  FOOD & DRUG                                                        
  11.  24-HOUR QUOTA                                                      

WHENEVER CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS ARE RETURNED, A STATUS          
MESSAGE FOR THE SELECTIVITY GROUP WILL ALWAYS BE RETURNED.  THIS          
IS THE ONLY GROUP WHICH MUST HAVE A PROCESSING RESULTS STATUS             
ALWAYS APPLICABLE.  EACH OF THE OTHER GROUPS MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE          
PROCESSING RESULTS APPLICABLE FOR A SPECIFIC ENTRY.  THE                  
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                     
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE SELECTIVITY               
GROUP.  THESE MESSAGES ARE RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                     

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
COND RELEASE GEN EXAM                            01                       
COND RELEASE SPEC DOCUMENT REVIEW                02                       
PENDING INTENSIVE EXAM                           03                       
INTENSIVE EXAM RELEASE COMPLETE                  04                       
PAPERLESS ENTRY                                  05                       
ENTRY DOCUMENTS REQUIRED                         06                       
OVERRIDE TO INTENSIVE                            07                       
OVERRIDE TO GENERAL                              08                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE CUSTOMS AMS HOLD          
GROUP.  THESE MESSAGES ARE RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                     

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
MANIFEST HOLD CUSTOMS                            51                       
CUSTOMS MANIFEST HOLD REMOVED                    54                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE AGRICULTURE AMS           
HOLD GROUP.  THESE MESSAGES ARE RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
MANIFEST HOLD AGRICULTURE                        52                       
AGRICULTURE MANIFEST HOLD REMOVED                55                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE OTHER AGENCY AMS          
HOLD GROUP.  THESE MESSAGES ARE RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
MANIFEST HOLD OTHER AGENCY                       53                       
OTHER AGENCY MANIFEST HOLD REMOVED               56                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE CST APPROVAL              
GROUP.  THIS MESSAGE IS RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                        

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
CST APPROVAL REQUIRED                            31                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE PAPERLESS SUMMARY         
GROUP.  THIS MESSAGE IS RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                        

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
NO CF7501 REQ.D FOR ENT SUMMARY                  35                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE AIR AMS GROUP.            
THESE MESSAGES ARE RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                             

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
AMS AIR CARRIER/CFS NOTIFIED                     71                       
INCOMPLETE AMS AIR WAYBILL                       72                       
AMS FLIGHT NOT DEPARTED/ARRIVED                  73                       

NOTE THAT AIR AMS IS THE ONLY GROUP FOR WHICH MORE THAN ONE ENTRY         
LEVEL PROCESSING RESULTS STATUS MAY BE APPLICABLE.  FROM THE              
TABLE ABOVE, BOTH OF THE MESSAGES: "INCOMPLETE AMS AIR WAYBILL"           
AND "AMS FLIGHT NOT DEPARTED/ARRIVED" CAN BE ISSUED                       
SIMULTANEOUSLY.                                                           

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE RELEASE DATE              
GROUP.  THIS MESSAGE IS RETURNED IN THE R5 RECORD.                        

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
RELEASE DATE UPDATE                              22                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE FWS GROUP.  THESE         
MESSAGES ARE RETURNED IN THE R6 RECORD.                                   

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
FWS PAPERLESS                                    00                       
FWS REVIEW                                       01                       
FWS RELEASE                                      02                       
FWS HOLD FEES                                    03                       
FWS HOLD LICENSE                                 04                       
FWS HOLD INSPECTION                              05                       
FWS HOLD FILE PAPER 3-177                        06                       
FWS HOLD OTHER                                   07                       
FW COND REL/FW POST CLEARANCE REQ                08                       
PENDING FWS PAPERLESS                            09                       

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR                 
CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION ACTION CODES, FOR THE FDA GROUP.  THESE         
MESSAGES ARE RETURNED IN THE R6 RECORD.                                   

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
FDA REVIEW                                       01                       
FDA HOLD                                         02                       
FDA DO NOT DEVAN                                 03                       
FDA EXAM/SAMPLE                                  04                       
FDA RELEASE                                      05                       
FDA MAY PROCEED                                  06                       

THE PRECEDING FDA MESSAGES ARE ENTRY LEVEL MESSAGES.  UNDER               
CERTAIN CONDITIONS IT WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY TO RETURN LINE ITEM          
LEVEL MESSAGES.  FDA LINE LEVEL MESSAGES WILL ALSO BE RETURNED            
USING R6 RECORDS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE R6 RECORD USED FOR THE         
FDA ENTRY LEVEL MESSAGE.  MULTIPLE FDA LINE LEVEL PROCESSING              
RESULTS STATUS MESSAGES CAN BE ISSUED FOR A SINGLE ENTRY.  THE            
FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF ALL POSSIBLE FDA LINE LEVEL PROCESSING             
RESULTS STATUS MESSAGES, AND THEIR CORRESPONDING DISPOSITION              
ACTION CODES.                                                             

NARRATIVE MESSAGE                      DISPOSITION ACTION CODE            
-----------------------------------    -----------------------            
FDA EXAM                                         01                       
FDA EXAM, NOTIFY                                 02                       
FDA EXAM DO NO DEVAN                             05                       
FDA EXAM, REDELIVER                              06                       
FDA MAY PROCEED                                  07                       
FDA RELEASED                                     08                       
FDA RELEASED W/COMMENT                           09                       
FDA DETAINED                                     10                       
FDA CANCEL DETENTION                             11                       
FDA REFUSED                                      12                       
FDA PARTIAL RELEASE/REFUSE                       13                       
FDA CANCEL REFUSAL                               14                       

24-HOUR QUOTA IS A FUTURE PROJECT AND WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED               
FURTHER IN THIS DOCUMENT.                                                 

THE "ENTRY DELETED BY CUSTOMS" MESSAGE (DISPOSITION ACTION CODE           
21), WHICH IS RETURNED AS PART OF AUTOMATIC CARGO RELEASE                 
PROCESSING RESULTS, APPLICATION RR, WILL NOT BE RETURNED IN               
RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS QUERY.  INSTEAD,           
AN R0 RECORD WILL BE RETURNED CONTAINING AN ERROR MESSAGE STATING         
THAT THE ENTRY IS NOT EXISTENT IN ACS.                                    

IV.  ADDITIONAL NOTES                                                     

UNLIKE AUTOMATIC CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS (APPLICATION            
RR), THE CARGO RELEASE PROCESSING RESULTS QUERY WILL NOT BE               
SUBJECT TO DELAYED SELECTIVITY PROCESSING; SEE ADMINISTRATIVE             
MESSAGE NO. 0688, DATED SEPT. 9, 1990.                                    

YOU WILL BE INFORMED IMMEDIATELY VIA ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE WHEN          
THIS NEW QUERY IS AVAILABLE TO ABI USERS.  IF YOU HAVE ANY                
QUESTION CONCERNING THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLIENT              
REPRESENTATIVE.                                                           


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DATA          LENGTH                                                      
ELEMENT       /CLASS  POSITION  STATUS  DESCRIPTION                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------  

CONTROL         1A        1       M     MUST ALWAYS EQUAL R.              
IDENTIFIER                                                                

RECORD TYPE     1N        2       M     MUST ALWAYS EQUAL 1.              

ENTRY           3AN     3-5       M     A UNIQUE CODE ASSIGNED BY U.S.    
FILER CODE                              CUSTOMS WHICH OCCUPIES THE FIRST  
                                        THREE POSITIONS OF THE ENTRY      
                                        NUMBER REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE    
                                        ENTRY IS FILED.  THIS CODE MUST   
                                        BE THE SAME AS THE ENTRY FILER    
                                        CODE IN THE BLOCK CONTROL HEADER  
                                        RECORD (RECORD IDENTIFIER B).     

ENTRY NUMBER    9N      6-14      M     THE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE        
                                        ENTRY.  ONLY NEW ENTRY NUMBER     
                                        FORMAT WILL BE ACCEPTED.  FOR     
                                        ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VALID   
                                        ENTRY NUMBER FORMATS, REFER TO    
                                        CATAIR APPENDIX E.                

FILLER         66AN    15-80      M     SPACE FILL.                       


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DATA          LENGTH                                                      
ELEMENT       /CLASS  POSITION  STATUS  DESCRIPTION                       
------------------------------------------------------------------------  

CONTROL         1A        1       M     MUST ALWAYS EQUAL R.              
IDENTIFIER                                                                

RECORD TYPE     1N        2       M     MUST ALWAYS EQUAL 0 (ZERO).       

ENTRY           3AN     3-5       M     A UNIQUE CODE ASSIGNED BY U.S.    
FILER CODE                              CUSTOMS WHICH OCCUPIES THE FIRST  
                                        THREE POSITIONS OF THE ENTRY      
                                        NUMBER REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE    
                                        ENTRY IS FILED.  THIS CODE MUST   
                                        BE THE SAME AS THE ENTRY FILER    
                                        CODE IN THE BLOCK CONTROL HEADER  
                                        RECORD (RECORD IDENTIFIER B).     

ENTRY NUMBER    9N      6-14      M     THE NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE        
                                        ENTRY.  ONLY NEW ENTRY NUMBER     
                                        FORMAT WILL BE ACCEPTED.  FOR     
                                        ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VALID   
                                        ENTRY NUMBER FORMATS, REFER TO    
                                        CATAIR APPENDIX E.                

FILLER         15AN    15-29      M     SPACE FILL.                       

ERROR MESSAGE   3AN    30-32      M     A CODE IDENTIFYING THE ERROR      
IDENTIFIER                              MESSAGE.                          

NARRATIVE      40X     33-72      M     A NARRATIVE MESSAGE INDICATING    
MESSAGE                                 THE ERROR CONDITION PREVENTING    
                                        PROCESSING OF THE QUERY.          

SPACE FILL      8AN    73-80      M     SPACE FILL.