EDI 309 U.S. Customs Manifest

Functional Group SO

X12I Transportation Subcommittee

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the U.S. Customs Manifest Transaction Set (309) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by carriers, terminal operators, port authorities, or service centers to provide U.S. Customs with manifest data on cargo arriving in or departing from the U.S. on oceangoing vessels, railroad trains, or other types of conveyances. The transaction set can be also used by carriers to provide terminal operators, port authorities, or service centers with manifest data on cargo arriving at their facilities via the conveyances mentioned above.

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Position
Segment
Name
Max use
  1. To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

  2. To transmit manifest identifying information

  3. P4 Loop Mandatory
    Repeat 20
    1. To transmit identifying information for a U.S. port

    2. LX Loop Mandatory
      Repeat 9999
      1. To reference a line number in a transaction set

      2. To correct a manifest record prior to conveyance arrival or to amend a manifest record after conveyance arrival

      3. To transmit bill of lading detail information for a manifest

      4. To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

      5. N1 Loop Optional
        Repeat 5
        1. To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code

        2. To specify the location of the named party

        3. To specify the geographic place of the named party

        4. To specify pertinent dates and times

        5. To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

      6. M12 Loop Optional
        Repeat 1
        1. To transmit in-bond information

        2. To indicate port-related data

      7. VID Loop Optional
        Repeat 999
        1. To identify a conveyance and its attributes

        2. To define motor vehicle identification and logistics

        3. N10 Loop Optional
          Repeat 999
          1. To indicate line item quantity, description, marks and numbers, commodity code, weight, and customs value

          2. H1 Loop Optional
            Repeat 10
            1. To specify information relative to hazardous material

            2. To specify free-form hazardous material descriptive data in addition to the information provided in the H1 segment

  4. To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

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