CSA (Customs Self Assessment) Data Elements
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NON-EDI Highway Carriers:
Highway carriers who do not use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to
meet customs clearance requirements.
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CSA-EDI Carriers:
Carriers who use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to meet customs
clearance requirements.
Mandatory
Data Elements:
CSA Approved Carrier's Carrier Code
(NON-EDI):
The unique four character
bond number issued by the CBSA to a carrier. It is used to
identify a specific carrier as CSA approved participant.
Conveyance Report Number (CSA-EDI
only):
This is a unique reference tracking number which
links all the multiple shipments (LTL) on board a conveyance. It
must begin with the four digit carrier code of the primary
carrier. This number can not be longer than 25 characters and can
not be duplicated for a three year period. Customs will capture
the four digit carrier code and conveyance number at the border.
This one number will list all the shipments on board that conveyance in
the custom system.
CSA Approved Importer's Business
Number (NON-EDI):
The unique 15 character
number issued by the CBSA to an importer. It is comprised of 9
numbers, the letters "RM" and four numbers. This number is used
to identify a specific importer as CSA approved participant.
Carriers should contact their CSA approved importer clients or the
logistics company working on behalf of the importer to obtain importer
bar codes or the importers business number so that the carrier may
produce bar codes.
Secondary Carrier Code (NON-EDI &
CSA-EDI):
The unique four character bond number
issued by the CBSA to a carrier.
It is used to identify a specific carrier as CSA approved
participant. This is only mandatory is the carrier has
sub-contracted the transportation of CSA eligible goods to another CSA
approved carrier. In this case the carrier code of the secondary
carriers must also be provided upon arrival of the goods.
The registered driver's CDRP
photo-identification card provided by the
CBSA (NON-EDI & CSA-EDI):
A separate bar coded photo identification card provided to
registered drivers by the CBSA.
Optional Data
Elements:
CSA Service Option (NON-EDI & CSA-EDI):
This is a five digit code
used by the CBSA to
identify the service option being used to clear shipments. WIth
most service options (e.g. PARS), the Customs inspector keys in the
service option code upon arrive of the goods. This will continue
to be the case with the CSA clearance process. However is a
carrier chooses to prepare and present the service option in barcode
format for CSA clearances, it may facilitate the clearance of
goods. For NON-EDI Carriers using the CSA clearance in
highway mode the CSA Service option number is 00497.
For EDI carriers using the CSA clearance, the CSA Service option number
is 00547.
Owner-Operator Carrier Code (NON-EDI & CSA-EDI):
; The unique four character bond number issued by the CBSA to a carrier.
It is used to identify a specific owner-operator contracted by the CSA
approved carrier. While this is optional, the owner-operator may
want to provide this bar coded element if interested in establishing a
history with the CBSA.
Transport Document Number (NON-EDI):
This is a unique reference number
generated by the CSA approved carriers who want to track CSA shipments
by distinctly numbering the shipments. This is an option which
is necessary to receive a release notification system (RNS) messages
for individual shipments. The total number of characters that can
be included in the transportation document number is 25 and the first
4 characters must be the carrier code. Each transportation
document number can not be duplicated for a 3 year period. While
is data element is optional, if a carrier chooses to use a transport
document number a separate barcode showing the carrier code is not
required.
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