This specification provides the definition of the Customs declaration message (CUSDEC) to be used in Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in administration, commerce and transport.
This Customs Declaration Message (CUSDEC) permits the transfer of data from a declarant to a customs administration for the purpose of meeting legislative and/or operational requirements in respect of the declaration of goods for import, export or transit. The message may also be used, for example :
governments agencies and/or interested administrations.
This message may be applied for both national and international trade. It is based on universal practice and is not dependent on the type of business or industry.
This message incorporates the necessary transport, statistical and customs information. Provision has also been made for the inclusion of appropriate commercial information which may be accepted by customs in lieu of supporting documentation.
The design principles adopted allow for referencing one or more commercial documents pertaining to the same declaration and for the grouping of document lines into a single customs item. A customs item consists of the grouping of those document lines having the same customs characteristics (e.g. tariff number, declared use, etc). The message correspondingly permits the use of single or multi-packaging concepts and their identification to a customs item.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 1.
See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction, Section 2.
This section should be read in conjunction with the Segment Table which indicate mandatory, conditional and repeating requirements.
A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message. The message type code for the Customs declaration message is CUSDEC.
Note: Customs declaration messages conforming to this document must contain the following data in segment UNH, composite S009:
A segment identifying the declaration type and reference.
A segment identifying the customs procedure and status of the goods relevant to the whole message.
A segment identifying a place or location relevant to the entire message. For example, port of loading, office of entry, etc.
A segment identifying dates, times or periods relevant to the whole message. For example, actual date of arrival, elected date of presentation, etc.
A segment identifying the various indicators required by a customs system. For example, special programs, release certification, duty free eligibility under GSP, etc.
A segment identifying an account and a related financial institution relevant to the whole message.
A segment identifying various measurement factors where these are required for the whole declaration (message).
A segment identifying the equipment (e.g. container id.) used to transport all the goods related to the whole declaration (message).
A segment identifying Customs seals used in the transport of goods related to the whole declaration (message).
A segment explaining the reasons or actions undertaken in processing a message.
A service segment placed at the beginning of the detail section to indicate the beginning of that section.
A service segment placed at the beginning of the summary section to indicate the start of that section.
A segment specifying control totals. For example, the number of commercial documents, the total number of customs item, values, and packages reported in the message.
| ├─UNH Message header | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─BGM Beginning of message | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─CST Customs status of goods | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─LOC Place/location identification | ×99 | (C) |
| ├─DTM Date/time/period | ×15 | (C) |
| ├─GIS General indicator | ×25 | (C) |
| ├─FII Financial institution information | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─MEA Measurements | ×5 | (C) |
| ├─EQD Equipment details | ×999 | (C) |
| ├─SEL Seal number | ×999 | (C) |
| ├─FTX Free text | ×99 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 1 | ×99 | (C) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 2 | ×10 | (C) |
| │───├─PAC Package | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─Segment Group 3 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─────├─PCI Package identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 4 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─├─TDT Details of transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─TPL Transport placement | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 5 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×2 | (C) |
| │─└─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 6 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─RFF Reference | ×10 | (C) |
| │─├─CTA Contact information | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─COM Communication contact | ×5 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 7 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─TOD Terms of delivery or transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×2 | (C) |
| │─└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 8 | ×25 | (C) |
| │─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (M) |
| │─└─Segment Group 9 | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (M) |
| │───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─UNS Section control | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─Segment Group 10 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─├─DMS Document/message summary | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─MEA Measurements | ×5 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 11 | ×25 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 12 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 13 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TOD Terms of delivery or transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×2 | (C) |
| │─│─└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 14 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─│─├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 15 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─│───├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─DTM Date/time/period | ×2 | (C) |
| │─│───└─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 16 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PAC Package | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 17 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─│───├─PCI Package identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───├─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───└─RFF Reference | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 18 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PAT Payment terms basis | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 19 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─│─├─ALC Allowance or charge | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─RTE Rate details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─QTY Quantity | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 20 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 21 | ×9999 | (C) |
| │───├─LIN Line item | ×1 | (M) |
| │───├─PIA Additional product id | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─QTY Quantity | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─PRI Price details | ×2 | (C) |
| │───├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─MEA Measurements | ×5 | (C) |
| │───├─QVR Quantity variances | ×5 | (C) |
| │───├─MOA Monetary amount | ×15 | (C) |
| │───├─NAD Name and address | ×10 | (C) |
| │───├─GIR Related identification numbers | ×9999 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 22 | ×10 | (C) |
| │───│─├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─└─DTM Date/time/period | ×2 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 23 | ×10 | (C) |
| │───│─├─ALC Allowance or charge | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─├─RTE Rate details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─QTY Quantity | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─└─Segment Group 24 | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│───├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 25 | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─TOD Terms of delivery or transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─└─LOC Place/location identification | ×2 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 26 | ×5 | (C) |
| │───│─├─PAT Payment terms basis | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│─└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 27 | ×5 | (C) |
| │───│─├─IMD Item description | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │───└─Segment Group 28 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─────├─PAC Package | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────└─Segment Group 29 | ×999 | (C) |
| │───────├─PCI Package identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │───────├─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │───────└─RFF Reference | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─Segment Group 30 | ×9999 | (C) |
| │─├─CST Customs status of goods | ×1 | (M) |
| │─├─FTX Free text | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×25 | (C) |
| │─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×5 | (C) |
| │─├─MEA Measurements | ×20 | (C) |
| │─├─NAD Name and address | ×5 | (C) |
| │─├─TDT Details of transport | ×9 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 31 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─│─├─PAC Package | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 32 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─│───├─PCI Package identification | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 33 | ×25 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 34 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 35 | ×999 | (C) |
| │─│─├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─GIN Goods identity number | ×99 | (C) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 36 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─IMD Item description | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─FTX Free text | ×5 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 37 | ×25 | (C) |
| │─│─├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×2 | (C) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─└─NAD Name and address | ×5 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 38 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TOD Terms of delivery or transport | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─LOC Place/location identification | ×2 | (C) |
| │─│─└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 39 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─GDS Nature of cargo | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─└─FTX Free text | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 40 | ×25 | (C) |
| │─│─├─GIS General indicator | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─PCD Percentage details | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─└─RFF Reference | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 41 | ×10 | (C) |
| │─│─├─TAX Duty/tax/fee details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×2 | (C) |
| │─│─└─GIS General indicator | ×1 | (C) |
| │─├─Segment Group 42 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─├─QVR Quantity variances | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│─├─QTY Quantity | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│─└─Segment Group 43 | ×1 | (C) |
| │─│───├─RFF Reference | ×1 | (M) |
| │─│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │─└─Segment Group 44 | ×50 | (C) |
| │───├─GIR Related identification numbers | ×1 | (M) |
| │───├─GIS General indicator | ×10 | (C) |
| │───├─NAD Name and address | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─MEA Measurements | ×5 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 45 | ×10 | (C) |
| │───│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─└─Segment Group 46 | ×1 | (C) |
| │───│───├─CUX Currencies | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│───└─DTM Date/time/period | ×1 | (C) |
| │───├─Segment Group 47 | ×10 | (C) |
| │───│─├─TAX Duty/tax/fee details | ×1 | (M) |
| │───│─├─MOA Monetary amount | ×2 | (C) |
| │───│─└─GIS General indicator | ×1 | (C) |
| │───└─Segment Group 48 | ×5 | (C) |
| │─────├─DOC Document/message details | ×1 | (M) |
| │─────├─DTM Date/time/period | ×2 | (C) |
| │─────└─LOC Place/location identification | ×1 | (C) |
| ├─UNS Section control | ×1 | (M) |
| ├─CNT Control total | ×5 | (C) |
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