This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the U.S. Customs In-Bond Information Transaction Set (357) 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 request authorization for in-bond movements and to add additional legs on to pre-existing in-bond movements.
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 transmit data relating to a U.S. Customs in-bond movement
To transmit in-bond information
To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)
