This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the U.S. Customs Consist Information Transaction Set (358) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by transportation carriers, terminal operators, port authorities and service centers to provide a list of bills of lading to be carried on a specific conveyance and trip number for which an electronic manifest has been previously filed.
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 reference a line number in a transaction set
To identify a conveyance and its attributes
To specify a bill of lading number and associated information
To correct a manifest record prior to conveyance arrival or to amend a manifest record after conveyance arrival
To identify a conveyance and its attributes
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
