M20 Permit to Transfer Request Details

To provide Customs with Permit to Transfer details

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Position: M20-01 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the Standard Carrier Alpha Code

M2001 is used to identify the bill of lading issuer.

Position: M20-02 · Element: 598 · Name: Bill of Lading/Waybill Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 50 · Repeat: 1

Identification number assigned to the shipment by the carrier or consolidator

Position: M20-03 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: 1

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number

Position: M20-04 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: 1

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred)

Position: M20-05 · Element: 309 · Name: Location Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 2 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying type of location

Position: M20-06 · Element: 310 · Name: Location Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: 1

Code which identifies a specific location

Position: M20-07 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Identification Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: 1

Code identifying the Reference Identification

Position: M20-08 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Identification · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 80 · Repeat: 1

Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier

Position: M20-09 · Element: 369 · Name: Free-form Description · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 45 · Repeat: 1

Free-form descriptive text

Position: M20-10 · Element: 761 · Name: Equipment Number Check Digit · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 1 · Repeat: 1

Number which designates the check digit applied to a piece of equipment

Position: M20-11 · Element: 380 · Name: Quantity · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: 1

Numeric value of quantity

M2011 is the number of pieces in the permit to transfer request.