X12 355 U.S. Customs Acceptance/Rejection
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the U.S. Customs Acceptance/Rejection Transaction Set (355) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by U.S. Customs to report errors and discrepancies discovered in the U.S. Customs transaction sets to ocean carriers, terminal operators, port authorities and service centers.
- ~ Segment
- * Element
- > Component
- None included
Interchange Control Header
To start and identify an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments
Code to identify the type of information in the Authorization Information
- 00
- No Authorization Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I02)
Information used for additional identification or authorization of the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Authorization Information Qualifier (I01)
Code to identify the type of information in the Security Information
- 00
- No Security Information Present (No Meaningful Information in I04)
This is used for identifying the security information about the interchange sender or the data in the interchange; the type of information is set by the Security Information Qualifier (I03)
Qualifier to designate the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified
Identification code published by the sender for other parties to use as the receiver ID to route data to them; the sender always codes this value in the sender ID element
Qualifier to designate the system/method of code structure used to designate the sender or receiver ID element being qualified
Identification code published by the receiver of the data; When sending, it is used by the sender as their sending ID, thus other parties sending to them will use this as a receiving ID to route data to them
Code to identify the agency responsible for the control standard used by the message that is enclosed by the interchange header and trailer
- U
- U.S. EDI Community of ASC X12, TDCC, and UCS
This version number covers the interchange control segments
- 00401
- Draft Standards for Trial Use Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1997
A control number assigned by the interchange sender
Code sent by the sender to request an interchange acknowledgment (TA1)
- 0
- No Acknowledgment Requested
- 1
- Interchange Acknowledgment Requested
Code to indicate whether data enclosed by this interchange envelope is test, production or information
- I
- Information
- P
- Production Data
- T
- Test Data
Type is not applicable; the component element separator is a delimiter and not a data element; this field provides the delimiter used to separate component data elements within a composite data structure; this value must be different than the data element separator and the segment terminator
- >
- Component Element Separator
Functional Group Header
To indicate the beginning of a functional group and to provide control information
Code identifying a group of application related transaction sets
- SO
- Ocean Shipment Information (304, 306, 309, 311, 317, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 361)
Code identifying party sending transmission; codes agreed to by trading partners
Code identifying party receiving transmission. Codes agreed to by trading partners
Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)
Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender
Code used in conjunction with Data Element 480 to identify the issuer of the standard
- T
- Transportation Data Coordinating Committee (TDCC)
- X
- Accredited Standards Committee X12
Code indicating the version, release, subrelease, and industry identifier of the EDI standard being used, including the GS and GE segments; if code in DE455 in GS segment is X, then in DE 480 positions 1-3 are the version number; positions 4-6 are the release and subrelease, level of the version; and positions 7-12 are the industry or trade association identifiers (optionally assigned by user); if code in DE455 in GS segment is T, then other formats are allowed
- 004010
- Draft Standards Approved for Publication by ASC X12 Procedures Review Board through October 1997
Heading
Transaction Set Header
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
Code uniquely identifying a Transaction Set
- The transaction set identifier (ST01) used by the translation routines of the interchange partners to select the appropriate transaction set definition (e.g., 810 selects the Invoice Transaction Set).
- 355
- U.S. Customs Acceptance/Rejection
Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set
Manifest Identifying Information
To transmit manifest identifying information
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
CARRIER CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: M01 - Carrier Code.
Code specifying the method or type of transportation for the shipment
MODE OF TRANSPORTATION CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: M01 - Mode of Transportation Code.
Code identifying the country
- M1003 is the code identifying the country in which the ship (vessel) is registered.
COUNTRY CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: M01 - Vessel Country Code.
Identifying designator for the particular flight or voyage on which the cargo travels
VOYAGE NUMBER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: M01 - Voyage Number.
Numeric value of quantity
- M1008 is used for number of bills lading. (Maximum five-digits.)
TOTAL NUMBER OF BOOKINGS/BILLS OF LADING
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element:M01 - Number of Bookings or Bills
of Lading.
Code identifying the type of manifest transmitted
APPLICATION IDENTIFIER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: ACR - Application Identifier.
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
- M1012 is a unique identification number for the manifest assigned by the originator of the manifest with a maximum length of 15.
CARRIER ASSIGNED NUMBER
Optional, carrier assigned number, 1-23 positions. There is no editing on the
format and it is returned as received in the CBP output.
Acceptance/Rejection Transaction Set (355) to the carriers. This is not used in
the Status Information Transaction Set (350) returned from CBP to the carriers.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: M01 - Carrier Assigned Number
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01ACR - Control Number;
W01M01 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01ACR - Error Message;
W01M01 - Error Message.
U.S. Port Information
To transmit identifying information for a U.S. port
Code which identifies a specific location
- P401 is used for customs district and port code (census schedule D).
PORT OF LADING CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: P01 - CBP Port of Lading Code.
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
- P402 is the estimated date of arrival.
ESTIMATED DATE OF DEPARTURE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: P01 - Estimated Date of Departure.
Numeric value of quantity
- P403 is used for number of bills of lading.
NUMBER OF BOOKINGS/BILLS OF LADING FOR PORT
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: P01 - Number of Bookings or Bills
of Lading for Port.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01P01 - Control Number
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01P01 - Error Message.
Assigned Number
To reference a line number in a transaction set
Number assigned for differentiation within a transaction set
Manifest Amendment Details
To correct a manifest record prior to conveyance arrival or to amend a manifest record after conveyance arrival
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
- M1301 is the conveyance operator's Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC).
CARRIER CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: A01 - Carrier Code.
Code which identifies a specific location
- M1302 is used for discharge port (four-digit numeric census schedule D).
CONTROL NUMBER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: A01 - Control Number.
Code identifying type of manifest amendment
ACTION CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: A01 - Action Code.
Identification number assigned to the shipment by the carrier or consolidator
BILL OF LADING SEQUENCE NUMBER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: A01 - Bill of Lading Number.
Identification number assigned to the shipment by the carrier or consolidator
- M1308 is used to report individual portions of a consolidated shipment.
QUALIFIER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: A01 - Qualifier.
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
- M1309 is the bill of lading issuer code.
PORT CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: A01 - CBP Port.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01A01 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01A01 - Error Message.
Manifest Bill of Lading Details
To transmit bill of lading detail information for a manifest
Identification number assigned to the shipment by the carrier or consolidator
- M1101 is the unique bill of lading number.
CONTROL NUMBER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B01 - Bill of Lading Control
Number.
Code which identifies a specific location
- M1102 is used for port of lading (five-digit numeric census schedule K).
FOREIGN PORT
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: B01 - Foreign Port; B02 - Foreign
Port.
Numeric value of quantity
- M1103 is used for total number of pieces on a bill of lading using the smallest package unit (maximum eight-digits).
QUANTITY
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B01 - Manifest Quantity.
Code defining the smallest package unit for the bill of lading
- M1104 is the smallest package unit code.
QUANTITY - UNIT OF MEASURE CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B01 - Manifest Units.
Numeric value of weight
WEIGHT
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B01 - Weight.
Code specifying the weight unit
WEIGHT - UNIT OF MEASURE CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B01 - Weight Unit.
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
- M1112 is the unique bill of lading issuer code.
ISSUER CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: J01 - Carrier Master Booking/Bill of
Lading Issuer Code.
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
- M1113 is the issuer code of the consolidated shipment.
NVOCC HOUSE BOOKING ISSUER CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: J01 - NVOCC House Booking Issuer
Code.
Code identifying which Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) requirements are being met
EEI FLAG
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B01 - EEI Flag.
Code specifying why a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) is not required
EXPORT INFORMATION CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B01 - Export Information Code.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01B01 - Control Number;
W01J01 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01B01 - Error Message; W01J01
- Error Message.
Reference Identification
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
- BN
- Booking Number
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
CONTROL NUMBER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: B02 - Control Number.
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
ESTIMATED DATE OF DEPARTURE
The last accepted, estimated departure date of the booking.
Format is YYYYMMDD.
Returned from AESTIR Proprietary Element: A01 - Estimated Date of
Departure.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01B02 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01B02 - Error Message.
Name
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
Code identifying an organizational entity, a physical location, property or an individual
PARTY TYPE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N01 - Party Type.
Free-form name
PARTY NAME
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N01 - Party Name.
Code designating the system/method of code structure used for Identification Code (67)
PARTY ID TYPE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N01 - Party ID Type.
Code identifying a party or other code
- This segment, used alone, provides the most efficient method of providing organizational identification. To obtain this efficiency the "ID Code" (N104) must provide a key to the table maintained by the transaction processing party.
PARTY ID NUMBER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N01 - Party ID Number.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01N01 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01N01 - Error Message.
Address Information
To specify the location of the named party
Address information
MAILING ADDRESS, LINE 1
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N02 - Address, Line 1.
Address information
MAILING ADDRESS, LINE 2
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N02 - Address, Line 2.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01N02 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01N02 - Error Message.
Geographic Location
To specify the geographic place of the named party
Free-form text for city name
- A combination of either N401 through N404, or N405 and N406 may be adequate to specify a location.
CITY
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N03 - City.
Code (Standard State/Province) as defined by appropriate government agency
- N402 is required only if city name (N401) is in the U.S. or Canada.
STATE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N03 - State.
Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States)
POSTAL CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N03 - Postal Code.
Code identifying the country
COUNTRY CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: N03 - Country.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01N03 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01N03 - Error Message.
U.S. Customs Events Advisory Details
To notify U.S. Customs of in-bond cargo movement or of a conveyance arrival or departure, or of transfer of custodial liability when an in-bond movement involves multiple legs
Code indicating type of notifications
MESSAGE CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: H01 - Message Code.
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
- M1503 is the date of cargo movement, transfer of liability, or conveyance arrival or departure.
DATE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: H01 - Date.
Code which identifies a specific location
- M1504 is the Schedule D code for place of cargo movement, transfer of liability or conveyance arrival or departure.
- For M1504 use Schedule D for port of arrival.
PORT OF DEPARTURE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: H01 - Port of Departure.
Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)
- M1506 is the time of cargo movement, transfer of liability, or conveyance arrival or departure.
TIME
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: H01 - Time.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01H01- Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01H01 - Error Message.
Conveyance Identification
To identify a conveyance and its attributes
Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number
CONTAINER SCAC
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: C01 - Container SCAC.
Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)
CONTAINER NUMBER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: C01 - Container No.
Unique number on seal used to close a shipment
SEAL NUMBER 1
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: C01 - Seal Number 1.
Unique number on seal used to close a shipment
SEAL NUMBER 2
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: C01 - Seal Number 2.
Length (in feet and inches) of equipment ordered or used to transport shipment (The format is FFFII where FFF is feet and II is inches; the range for II is 00 through 11)
CONTAINER/EQUIPMENT LENGTH
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: C01 - Container/Equipment Length.
Code identifying equipment type
CONTAINER/EQUIPMENT TYPE CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: C01 - Container/Equipment Type.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01C01 - Control Number;
W01B03 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01C01 - Error Message; W01B03
- Error Message.
Motor Vehicle Control
To define motor vehicle identification and logistics
Unique identification number stamped on the vehicle by the manufacturer
VIN
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: C02 - VIN.
- VIN
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01C02 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01C02 - Error Message.
Quantity and Description
To indicate line item quantity, description, marks and numbers, commodity code, weight, and customs value
Numeric value of quantity
PIECE COUNT
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: D01 - Piece Count.
Free-form descriptive text
CARGO DESCRIPTION
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: D01 - Description.
Marks and numbers used to identify a shipment or parts of a shipment
MARKS AND NUMBERS
This data element is used to report Marks and Numbers. It is mandatory, as it is
also used to report ITNs (Internal Transaction Numbers) and/or
exemptions/exclusions. Diagrams, drawings, figures and other representations
appearing on packaging may be described in writing. The exporting carrier must
include the Internal Transaction Numbers (ITN) or exemption/exclusion
statements, for each container in the Marks and Numbers data element in
“N1003” (Marks and Numbers Data Element), one per data element (see
Appendix D to 15 CFR Part 30, Foreign Trade Regulations). A prefix of “ITN”
with a trailing space character should be used if the ITN is to be entered or
“EXC” with a trailing space character if an exemption statement is to be entered.
“EXC” with a trailing space should be the prefix used for all non-ITN values
except Marks and Numbers. The Marks and Numbers data, if any, needs to be
entered, with no prefix, one per data element, after all ITN or
exemption/exclusion data has been entered.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: D02 - Marks and Numbers.
Code describing a commodity or group of commodities
LINE IDENTIFIER
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: D01 - Line Number.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01D01 - Control Number;
W01D02 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01D01 - Error Message; W01D02
- Error Message.
Hazardous Material
To specify information relative to hazardous material
Code relating to hazardous material code qualifier for regulated hazardous materials
HAZMAT CODE
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: V01 - Hazardous Material Code.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01V01 - Control Number;
W01V02 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Elements: W01V01 - Error Message; W01V02
- Error Message.
Additional Hazardous Material Description
To specify free-form hazardous material descriptive data in addition to the information provided in the H1 segment
Material name, special instructions, and phone number if any
HAZMAT DESCRIPTION
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: V03 - Hazardous Material
Description.
Free-form description of hazardous material classification or division or label requirements
HAZMAT CLASSIFICATION
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: V03 - Hazardous Material
Classification.
Remarks
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
Free-form information
CONTROL NUMBER
A number representing the Booking, Bill of lading, or house bill number.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01V03 - Control Number.
Free-form information
ERROR MESSAGE
A narrative explaining the error.
Equivalent AESTIR Proprietary Element: W01V03 - Error Message.
Detail
File Information
To transmit a fixed-format record or matrix contents
Data in fixed format agreed upon by sender and receiver
Summary counts for the transmission as per AESTIR listed in W02 record in
Export Manifest Error Response Record Data Set.
Transaction Set Trailer
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
Total number of segments included in a transaction set including ST and SE segments
Identifying control number that must be unique within the transaction set functional group assigned by the originator for a transaction set
Functional Group Trailer
To indicate the end of a functional group and to provide control information
Total number of transaction sets included in the functional group or interchange (transmission) group terminated by the trailer containing this data element
Assigned number originated and maintained by the sender
Interchange Control Trailer
To define the end of an interchange of zero or more functional groups and interchange-related control segments
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