Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements

Foreign Trade Zone

This chapter provides information on a Foreign Trade Zone
submission that is transmitted via ABI.

TABLE OF CHANGES...... FTZ4

The Foreign Trade Zone submission will be transmitted via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).

PROCESSING OVERVIEW...... FTZ5

The Foreign Trade Zone submission will be transmitted via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).

REGULAR ADMISSION...... FTZ5

For a regular admission, the CBPF-214 data will be submitted to CBP prior to the delivery of the merchandise to the zone.

DIRECT DELIVERY...... FTZ6

For zones authorized for direct delivery processing, the cargo will be allowed to move into the zone from the CBP port via in-bond authorization for inter-port movements or PTT authorization for intra-port movements.

CARGO SELECTIVITY PROCESSING...... FTZ6

Cargo selectivity will be performed on all FTZ Admissions Data.

MOVEMENT AUTHORIZATION...... FTZ6

It is the responsibility of the FTZ to initiate the EPTT to transfer goods to the zone. A regular admission (non-direct delivery) must be on file, the goods accepted by the zone operator and the admission authorized prior to the submission of the EPTT. A Direct Delivery zone may submit the EPTT prior to submission of the admission.

CONSOLIDATED FILING...... FTZ6

IMPORTER SECURITY FILING INFORMATION (ISF-10)...... FTZ7

UNIFIED FT FILING (FOREIGN TRADE ZONE – FT) LOOP DEFINITIONS...FTZ9

RECORD DESCRIPTIONS

Record Identifier FT10 (Input)...... FTZ11

A mandatory record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data. This record is used by the submitter-filer to transmit basic information on the FTZ admission.

Record Identifier FT20 (Input)...... FTZ14

A mandatory record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT40 (Input)...... FTZ17

A mandatory record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT41 (Input)...... FTZ18

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT42 (Input)...... FTZ19

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT43 (Input)...... FTZ20

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT50 (Input)...... FTZ22

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT51 (Input)...... FTZ25

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT60 (Input)...... FTZ26

A mandatory record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FT61 (Input)...... FTZ27

An optional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier SF10 (Input)...... FTZ28

A mandatory record that provides the ISF Importer number to which the ISF submission is related.

Record Identifier SF20 (Input)...... FTZ31

A conditional input record that provides reference data.

Record Identifier SF30 (Input)...... FTZ32

A mandatory record that identifies the commercial entity being reported.

Record Identifier SF31 (Input)...... FTZ35

An optional record that provides the secondary name of the commercial entity.

Record Identifier SF35 (Input)...... FTZ36

A conditional record that is used to report the street number, street name and additional addressing information, such as the suite/floor number and building name.

Record Identifier SF36 (Input)...... FTZ36

A conditional record that is used to report geographical data pertaining to the city, state/province, postal code and country.

Record Identifier SF90 (Output)...... FTZ38

A mandatory output record used to provide acceptance/rejection information to the entity that filed the ISF-10 or ISF-5 data set.

Record Identifier FZ10 (Input)...... FTZ38

This record is used by the zone operator to set up a permit to transfer (PTT), arrive the PTT at the zone and confirms the piece count of the admission quantity

Record Identifier FZ11 (Input)...... FTZ48

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier FZ20 (Input)...... FTZ49

An optional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier NF90 (Output)...... FTZ50

A mandatory record that contains the necessary header data to identify the admission for which the status information is being transmitted.

Record Identifier NF91 (Output)...... FTZ51

A mandatory record that contains the notification information relating to a particular bill of lading.

Record Identifier NF95 (Output)...... FTZ50

A conditional record that contains remarks relating to the posting of a bill of lading or the status of the importing conveyance.

Record Identifier ZD10 (Output)...... FTZ53

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD20 (Output)...... FTZ55

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD30 (Output)...... FTZ56

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD40 (Output)...... FTZ57

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD41 (Output)...... FTZ58

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD42 (Output)...... FTZ59

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD43 (Output)...... FTZ60

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD50 (Output)...... FTZ61

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD51 (Output)...... FTZ63

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD60 (Output)...... FTZ64

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Record Identifier ZD61 (Output)...... FTZ65

A conditional record used to transmit Foreign Trade Zone admission document data.

Table of Changes

Revision Number / Date of Change / Section(s) Affected / Brief Description of Change
30 / March 27, 2015 / (A)FZ11 Record / (A)Correction to field length and position listed for Filler
29 / March 17, 2015 / (A)Table of Changes
(B)FT20 Record
(C)FZ11 Record / (A)Revised IG to add a Table of Changes
(B)Name of data element “SCAC Identifier or Airline Carrier Code of Importing Carrier” and descriptive text updated to clarify that it is the air carrier code required.
(C)FZ11 Record Processing and Input explanatory text has been updated to support the ability to request a PTT on a split part of an air shipment.
Added three new data elements to support the ability to request a PTT on a split part of an air shipment: Airline Carrier Code of Importing Carrier; Flight Number; Actual Date of Arrival.
Added Note 1

Foreign Trade Zone Project

Processing Overview

The Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) submission will be transmitted via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI). The data transmission will contain a single submission for a conveyance or it can be a consolidated submission, which encompasses multiple conveyances. For each conveyance there can be multiple bills of lading on the document. Only one AB/YZ set is allowed. Whenever there is a change to the CBPF-214 a complete retransmission of the entire submission will be required.

Line numbers will be implemented at the description level. These line numbers will relate to a particular harmonized number and will be reset at each new bill of lading. When a particular line item is deleted from a CBPF-214 admission document the number will not be reused. Because of this requirement there may be gaps in the line number sequencing for a particular bill of lading. Whenever new tariffs are added they will be represented at the next highest line number previously used on the doc.

The merchandise may arrive at the zone via an in-bond movement and this information will be received in the NF90. Upon arrival at the zone the in-bond may be arrived based upon the zone operator’s acknowledgement that the cargo has arrived. The carrier’s bill of lading will be closed upon the zone operator’s acceptance of all the merchandise into the zone. In addition to in-bond movements there is new functionality to allow zone operators to electronically initiate Permit To Transfer (PTT) movements to move cargo to an FTZ.

This project provides the operator with a transaction set to report discrepant shipments to the carrier and to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Until the operator gives their concurrence the shipment liability is still with the importing carrier.

A transaction history will be maintained for the admission.

Regular Admission (not Direct Delivery)

For a regular admission, the CBPF-214 data will be submitted to CBP prior to the delivery of the merchandise to the zone.

The ‘Admission Authorized’ message will be generated upon the successful completion of all the required processing of the FT data set electronically presented to CBP. It will be sent to the appropriate parties upon the receipt of a paperless admission response from selectivity or in the advent of a ‘Doc’s required’ message, it will be sent after the inspector acknowledges receipt of the docs and determines that all is in order. The message will read ‘Admission Authorized’.

Direct Delivery

For zones authorized for direct delivery processing, the cargo will be allowed to move into the zone from the CBP port via in-bond authorization for inter-port movements or PTT authorization for intra-port movements. The CBPF-214 data will then be submitted within 24 hours of receipt of the merchandise into the FTZ inventory and recordkeeping system.

Cargo Selectivity Processing

Cargo selectivity is performed on all FTZ Admissions Data.

Bio Terrorism Act(BTA) Processing

Prior notice must be filed at the bill of lading level for FTZ and be in the system at the time of submission of the CBPF-214 data.

Movement Authorization

It is the responsibility of the FTZ to initiate the EPTT to transfer goods to the zone. A regular admission (non-direct delivery) must be on file, the goods accepted by the zone operator and the admission authorized prior to the submission of the EPTT.

A Direct Delivery zone may submit the EPTT prior to submission of the admission.

Once the EPTT has been authorized a “PTT MESSAGE DATA ACCEPTED” will be sent to the FTZ and the party in possession of the cargo; either the Carrier or a Deconsolidator/CFS will receive authorization to allow the cargo to move to the FTZ.

In the air environment, if the cargo is moving from the Carrier to a Deconsolidator/CFS prior to movement to the FTZ, the Deconsolidator/CFS must arrive the local transfer at the master level prior to the submission of the EPTT by the FTZ. Failure to do so will result in the notification of the movement authorization routing to the Carrier and not the Deconsolidator/CFS.

Consolidated Filing

An Importer Security Filing (ISF) can be included with an FTZ submission by inserting the SF10 to SF36 records immediately following the last FTZ data record.

Importer Security Filing Information (ISF-10)

  1. Consignee identification number
  2. Manufacturer Name and Address
  3. Seller Name and Address
  4. Buyer Name and Address
  5. Ship to Name and Address
  6. Scheduled Container Stuffing Location
  7. Consolidator name and address

The following are required ISF data elements but are not reported in the SF10 to SF36 records because they will be extracted from the required FTZ data.

  1. Importer of Record (For FTZ purposes, this is the FTZ applicant)*
  2. Country of origin
  3. Harmonized Tariff Schedule

* The ISF Importer and the Importer of Record are treated as two separate entities although they will most likely be the same entity. The ISF Importer must be reported in the SF10 record. The Importer of record will be extracted from the required FTZ data. Importer of Record is not always reported with the FTZ data in record FT60. If the Importer of Record is not reported in record FT60, it must be reported in record SF30.

To delete a previously accepted Importer Security Filing, only the SF10 record is required containing the ISF transaction number previously provided in the SN output transaction. The Mandatory/Conditional status indicated for all other records applies to “Add” or “Replace” actions only.

Response to an Importer Security Filing included with FTZ data will be issued separate from the FTZ Response. The output application will be SN and one SN output set will be returned for each conveyance included in the FTZ submission.

General Rules

Unused fields, which are defined as numeric, should not be zero-filled. These fields should be space filled or data errors may result.

Data should not be placed in fields defined as filler. If data is present in filler fields, an error message may be system generated.

When transmitting data, all letters must be upper case. While some applications may not return specific error messages when detecting lowercase letters, CBP cannot guarantee the consistency of processing results for data transmitted in lower case.

Data Elements

The data element descriptors are defined as:

CodeDescription

AThe data element is alphabetic only.

ANThe data element is alphanumeric only.

CThe data element is special characters.

NThe data element is numeric only.

X The data element is alphanumeric or special characters.

All data elements are in fixed-length format. If all positions are not filled, the formatting rules are:

CodeDescription

ALeft justify and space fill.

ANLeft justify and space fill.

CLeft justify and space fill.

NRight justify and zero-fill.

XLeft justify and space fill.

Note: If there is no data to insert in a field, space fill.

Unified FT Filing (Foreign Trade Zone – FT) Loop Definitions

Record Identifier / Description / Requirement / Max Occurrence
FT10 (Input) / Used by the submitter-filer to transmit basic information on the FTZ admission, such as Admission Number / M / 1
FT20 (Input) / Provides Admission Type and Conveyance information / M / 1 / 999
FT40 (Input) / Provides the Bill of Lading and House Bill numbers. / M / 1 / 9,999
FT41 (Input) / Provides the In-bond number / C / 9,999
FT42 (Input) / Provides IRS number of bonded carrier responsible for custodial Permit To Transfer within port movement / C / 9,999
FT43 (Input) / Provides Container Number / C / 9,999
FT50 (Input) / Provides Line Item data, such as HTS Number, Country of Origin, Quantities and Units of Measure / C / 1 / 9,999
FT51 (Input) / Provides Weight, Value, Charges, Zone Status and Harbor Maintenance Fee / C / 1

FT10 Record Processing

The following processing will occur on the FT10 record:

The Application will perform a lookup to ensure the FTZ Admission number is not already on file. If already present and the action code is not ‘D’ or ‘R’ generate error ‘Duplicate Admission on File’. If action code is ‘D’ and Admission is already in deleted status generate error message ‘Admission Already in Deleted Status’. If action is ‘D’ or ‘R’ and the Admission is not on file generate error message ‘Admission not on File’

The Application will perform a lookup to ensure that the Zone Identification (ID) is a valid one. If Zone ID is not on file generate error message ‘Invalid Zone ID”.

The Application will perform a lookup to ensure the Port Code is valid. If the Port Code is not on file generate error message ‘Invalid Port Code’.

The Application will verify that the zone is in the port specified in the FT10 record. If the Zone is not in the port specified in the FT10 record generate error message ‘Zone/Port Mismatch’.

Record Identifier FT10 (Input)

This is a mandatory record used to transmit foreign trade zone admission document (CBPF-214) data. This record is used by the submitter-filer to transmit basic information on the FTZ admission.

Record Identifier FT10 (Input)
Data Element / Length/Class / Position / Status / Description / Note
Control Identifier / 2N / 1-2 / M / Must always equal 10.
Action Code / 1A / 3 / M / A code representing the action to be taken. Valid action codes are:
A = Add
D = Delete
R = Replace
CBP will send electronic record of any changed items to Census. / 1
Zone ID / 7AN / 4-10 / M / The Zone ID is composed of the following:
FTZ ID = 3 numeric
Sub zone ID = 2 Alpha-numeric
Site ID = 2 numeric
Calendar Year / 2N / 11-12 / M / Calendar year in YY (year) format.
Control Number / 8AN / 13-20 / M / Open format, controlled by Applicant. The zone ID + calendar year + control number = the standardized admission number. Must be a minimum of 2 characters.
Port Code / 4N / 21-24 / M / U.S Census Schedule D Code (port code) in which the FTZ is located.
Direct Delivery Indicator / 1A / 25 / M / N = Not Direct Delivery
Y = Direct Delivery
ABI Filer Code / 3AN / 26-28 / M / Filer code of submitter/filer transmitting the data.
ABI Routing Code / 9AN / 29-37 / O / ABI Routing code and optional office extension if filer of 214 wants copy sent to another ABI participant via this routing information (broker download). CBP will send electronic copy of FT data set to designated ABI participant following error free acceptance of FT input. The format will be DDPPFLROF (district port code, filer code, office code).
IRS Identifier / 12AN / 38-49 / M / IRS number of applicant. IRS number with embedded hyphen in format NN-NNNNNNNXX. XX=optional CBP assigned suffix, leave blank or fill with zeroes (0) if no suffix.
Filler / 31AN / 50-80 / M / Space fill.

Note1

The ADD (A) function must be used on Admission type O, Overage.

The REPLACE (R) function must be used when a change is needed on an Admission from a previous calendar year.

FT20 Record Processing

The following processing will occur on the FT20 record:

The application will perform a lookup to ensure the Bill of Lading is on file in AMS.

The application will record the Conveyance Name, Export Date, Import Date, and Port of Unlading in the FTZ database.

The application will perform standard date validation on the export date and import date present on the FT20 record.

The Export Date must precede or be equal to the Import Date.

The application will validate the Port of Unlading in the FT20 record.

The admission type indicator will be stored on the database and displayed to the user. This field will contain one of the following values:

D=Domestic

T=Temp Deposit

The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) code will be validated against the carrier file. If the code is not present or is in deleted status generate error message ‘Invalid SCAC’.

The Voyage Trip will be required for modes 10, 20, 40. If the trip is not on file generate error message ‘Invalid Voyage/Flight/Trip Number’.

Record Identifier FT20 (Input)

This is a mandatory record used to transmit foreign trade zone admission document (CBPF-214) data. Record can be repeated up to 999 times. This record is a continuation of the FT10 record.