This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the U.S. Customs Status Information Transaction Set (350) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by the U.S. Customs Service (USCS) to supply carriers, terminal operators, port authorities and service providers with cargo release and cargo hold information for import shipments. It can also be used by the USCS to provide exporters or their agents, carriers, and service providers with information pertaining to export shipments.
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
To transmit manifest identifying information
To transmit identifying information for a U.S. port
To specify information about a specific event
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
To identify items for release
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
To identify the equipment
To transmit identifying data for an export shipment
To identify items for release
To transmit information in a free-form format for comment or special instruction
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
