This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Customs Manifest Transaction Set (309) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by carriers, terminal operators, port authorities, or service centers to provide Customs with manifest data on cargo arriving in or departing from oceangoing vessels, railroad trains, or other types of conveyances. The transaction set can be also used by carriers to provide terminal operators, port authorities, or service centers with manifest data on cargo arriving at their facilities via the conveyances mentioned above.
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 port
To reference a line number in a transaction set
To correct a manifest record prior to conveyance arrival or to amend a manifest record after conveyance arrival
To transmit bill of lading detail information for a manifest
To transmit identifying information as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
To specify the location of the named party
To specify the geographic place of the named party
To specify pertinent dates and times
To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed
To transmit in-bond information
Contractual or operational port or point relevant to the movement of the cargo
To identify a conveyance and its attributes
To define motor vehicle identification and logistics
To record seal numbers used and the organization that applied the seals
To indicate line item quantity, description, marks and numbers, commodity code, weight, and customs value
To specify information relative to hazardous material
To specify free-form hazardous material descriptive data in addition to the information provided in the H1 segment
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
