This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the U.S. Customs Export Shipment Information Transaction Set (601) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set can be used by exporters or their agents, carriers, and service providers to transmit export shipment information to the U.S. Customs Service (USCS).
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To transmit identifying data for an export shipment
To identify and answer yes and no questions, including the date, time, and comments further qualifying the condition
To specify vessel code
To specify pertinent dates and times
To indicate port-related data
To specify identifying information
To transmit in-bond data for a master in-bond bill of lading
To identify a conveyance and its attributes
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify the commodity details
To indicate identifying marks and numbers for shipping containers
To transmit information contained on an export license
To provide descriptions that identify a specific vehicle
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify additional names or those longer than 35 characters in length
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
