M20 Permit to Transfer Request Details

To provide Customs with Permit to Transfer details

Sequence

Element

Name

Type

Requirement

Min

Max

Repeat

01

140

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

2

4

1

Code identifying the Standard Carrier Alpha Code

M2001 is used to identify the bill of lading issuer.

02

598

Bill of Lading/Waybill Number

String (AN)

Mandatory

1

50

1

Identification number assigned to the shipment by the carrier or consolidator

03

206

Equipment Initial

String (AN)

Mandatory

1

4

1

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

04

207

Equipment Number

String (AN)

Mandatory

1

15

1

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

05

309

Location Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

1

2

1

Code identifying type of location

Codes (184)

06

310

Location Identifier

String (AN)

Mandatory

1

30

1

Code which identifies a specific location

07

128

Reference Identification Qualifier

Identifier (ID)

Mandatory

2

3

1

Code identifying the Reference Identification

Codes (1904)

08

127

Reference Identification

String (AN)

Mandatory

1

80

1

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

09

369

Free-form Description

String (AN)

Optional

1

45

1

Free-form descriptive text

10

761

Equipment Number Check Digit

Numeric (N0)

Optional

1

1

1

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

11

380

Quantity

Decimal number (R)

Optional

1

15

1

Numeric value of quantity

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