Vincent Annunziato

ACE Business Office

NCBFAA/ACE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SESSION

PGA Message Set Process Overview

February 25, 2014

• The PGA Message Set is the harmonized set of data representing over 120+ forms required by 30+ PGAs during the cargo importation and exportation process.

• The data is collected from Trade by CBP via a Single Window on behalf of all PGAs and dispersed to each per their legal jurisdiction and ownership

• PGA Message Set data can be submitted by Trade on ACE Entry Summaries (Certified for release);and ACE Cargo Release (Simplified Entries)

• Over the course of the past several months, PGAs have worked with Trade to define the data set (i.e. forms) that need to be submitted when certain cargo (HTS Codes) is imported into the country

• Operational pilots are initially being conducted with EPA, FSIS and APHIS

• CBP is at Increment 5 out of 12 Increments in its formal Agile development approach to implement ACE Cargo Release

PGA Message Set Background

• AE and SE submissions with PGA data allowed; including within single step filing

• Over 90 rules with detailed spec validations and rules that ensure early detection of erroneous data.

• All rules, with unique ID numbers are available to Trade on CBP.GOV to ensure compliance (PGA Business Rule Document)

• Single unified Accept/Reject back to trade regarding PGA data and its parent submission (AX, SX)

• Ability to provide the status of the Entry and PGA data submission in a single response back to the trade in ACE Cargo Release (SO)

• Support for Header level data (P00) to reduce data redundancy

Summary of New Features

• Ability to enforce HTS Flagging only for Pilot participants. • Send PGA data and evaluation results to other PGA systems in

real time

• Electronically receive PGA Hold Requests, Holds, Docs Required requests, etc. in real time

• Real time GUI level view with PGA Hold coordination capability for CBP officer.

• Single Step filing: Certify an ACE Cargo Release from an ACE Entry Summary with PGA data within the Air, Ocean and Rail environments

• Ability to submit Lacey Act data via the PGA data message for ACE

transactions (to be deployed into production by Q4 2014)

Summary of New Features: Cont’d

10 AS02 20130049 1101109577 0140 XY P 5022813 …… PG00 01

PG19 IM ELEMENT IMPORTERS 1718 Edison Lane PG20 INDUSTRIAL PARK #2 STERLING VA 20165 PG21 CI JANE SIMMONS 2020551212 JSIMMONS@ELEMENTALIMPORTERS.COM

PG00 40 001 … 50 2903799030 …

OI MONOCHLOROTETRAFLUOROETHANE PG01001EP 130.840-025 ODS PG00 01

PG24 Remark text 1 PG25 10000

PG01001EP 130.840-026 VNE PG00 01 PG18 ----

PG24 Remark text 2 40 002 … 50 2903799020 …

OI MONOCHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE PG01001DTP 130.840-025 ODS PG18 PG00 01 ----

PG24 Remark text 3

The repeating Entity Info block PG19; PG20; PG21 is moved to the header and given a unique ID (PG00 01) Only the Header block ID is referenced in each desired actual data location

Sample of Inherited Header Level Data Approach (After)

PGA Message Set Pilot for EPA Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) and Vehicle and Engine Programs (V&E) includes

• EPA Reference data and business rules maintained with CBP • Upfront evaluation of submitted data, saving round-trip time • Data transfer to EPA • Bi-directional messaging between CBP and EPA • Unified Single response to Trade on AE and SE

PGA Message Set Pilot for USDA FSIS Program

• Upfront evaluation of submitted data, saving round-trip time • Includes data transfer to FSIS • Unified Single response to Trade

PGA Message Set Certification Testing in Progress

Trade Participants are encouraged to sign up for EPA and FSIS Pilots.

TRADE CBP PGA

Initial Submission AE + PGA + SE Data

PGA Reference Data and Rules

Parent Txn Validation; PGA Data Validation;

Unified Summary Response (AX)

PGA Business Checks; Cargo Release Generation

PGA Notification

PGA Requested Action

PGA Action Coordination within CBP Systems

Unified Status Response (SO)

Unified Entry Response (SX)

Trade – CBP – PGA Interaction Diagram

• CBP is automating the entire workflow between CBP APTL Agriculture specialists and their USDA counterparts.

• Should result in significant cost savings in data processing; Inspection Scheduling and Food Wastage

• PPQ280 findings module deployed nationwide and data being transmitted to USDA APHIS in near real time

• 309 (Pest Identification Request) to USDA; and EAN (Emergency Action Notice) to Trade are scheduled for deployment later this year

• In talks with CBP Policy and Legal to see if EAN interaction with Trade can be automated via CATAIR or DIS.

Support for Agriculture Programs

• Versatile PGA Data Filter leveraged to automatically generate ACE Cargo Release (i.e. Simplified Entries) from AEs

• Updated AE Spec published to require additional data

• Every 10 record should have the 40th position (Certified for Release) set to ‘A’ instead of ‘Y’

• Updates to SE portion can be done independently of AE

• IOR and Consignee can continue to be filed by ID

• All other Entities require Name and Address for usage in Cargo Release

Single Step Filing –

AE Certified for Cargo Release Trade Partners are encouraged to sign up for Certification Testing

Code Description MF Manufacturer/Supplier SE Selling Party BY Buying Party ST Ship To Party LG Scheduled Container Stuffing Location CS Consolidator CN Consignee

• An Entity can be supplied at the Header Level (SE30) if it is applicable to all Lines in the Entry

• An Entity is to be supplied at the Line Level if it is applicable to that Line only

• New SE30; SE35 and SE36 records to be used for Header level Entities (in addition to current AE47 Entity ID record meant for AE)

• New SE50; SE55 and SE56 records to be used for Line level Entities (in addition to current AE47 Entity ID record meant for AE)

Single Step Filing – Cont’d

Single Unified Accept/Reject back to trade regarding PGA

Validation details and its parent submission (AX, SX)

A0906SSH 080113 AX A2.2 STRING5 Demo B 0906SSHAX A2.2 S5 Demo E0 SUMMRY 000001 REF ID: CCL 13200229 109577 E0 LINITM 000001 REF ID :001 E0 TARIFF 000001 REF ID :3105600000 E0 PGOI REF ID: MONOCHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE RITA E0 PG02 REF ID: CAS 75-69-4 E1 F010 INVALID ITEM TYPE E0 PG07 REF ID: XX E1 FP28 MISSING PG07 RECORD E0 PG19 REF ID: M E0 PG22 REF ID: 942 CI EP4 Y01272012 E1 FP38 MISSING CODE IN REMARKS TYPE E0 LINITM 000001 REF ID: 002 E1 W27A *CENSUS* IMPROBABLE COUNTRY SSH 80952662 109577 E0 TARIFF 000001 REF ID: 3105600000 E1 I465 ARTICLE MAY BE SUBJECT TO AD/CVD SSH 80952662 109577 E1 W27D *CENSUS* OR-HI VAL/QTY (1) SSH 80952662 109577 E0 PSTLIN 000001 REF ID: E6G 89123432 001577 E1 FPGA PGA DATA REJECTED E6G 89123432 001577 E1RF998 TRANSACTION DATA REJECTED SSH 8095266200100109577 Y 0906SSHAX00007 Z0906SSH 080113

SO70EPA122613115303PGA DATA UNDER REVIEW

• Generic SO70 Record for all PGAs with Agency Code identified specific Agency

• One SO70 Record per Agency Response

• PGA SO70 record is Integrated into same SO response message that contains the status of the Simplified Entry itself.

Single Unified ACE Cargo Release Status Message (SO)

Now, on to Individual

PGAs