COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY
ELECTRONIC CUSTOMS INTERFACE

REVISION A

for the

DoD CALS IDE PROJECT

April 1998

Submitted by
ManTech Advanced Systems International, Inc.
West Virginia Technology Applications Operations Center
1000 Technology Drive, Suite 3310
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554

In support of
Contract DASW01-97-D-0006
and in compliance with
CDRL Sequence Number D004

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES
1.0  INTRODUCTION
2.0  COMMERCIAL AND MILITARY FOREIGN CUSTOMS ACCEPTANCE PROCESSES

2.1  Commercial Foreign Customs Acceptance Processes
2.2  Military Foreign Customs Acceptance Processes

3.0  GENERIC FOREIGN CUSTOMS INTERFACE FEASIBILITY

3.1  Web-based Foreign Customs Clearance System
3.2  UN/EDIFACT-based Foreign Customs Clearance System
3.3  Conclusions on Feasibility

4.0  ORGANIZATIONS FOR CUSTOMS ISSUES

4.1  World Customs Organization

4.1.1  World Customs Organization Electronic Commerce Advisory Group
4.1.2  Kyoto Convention

4.2  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
4.3  UN/EDIFACT and Participating Organizations

4.3.1  UN/EDIFACT Messages Related to Customs and Transport
4.3.2  Pan-American EDIFACT Board
4.3.3  European Board for Electronic Data Interchange Standardization
4.3.4  Asia EDIFACT Board
4.3.5  International Joint Customs Message Design Group
4.3.6  International Air Transport Association

4.4  Japan External Trade Organization

5.0  CURRENT CUSTOMS ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE INITIATIVES

5.1  Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight
5.2  North American Trade Automation Prototype
5.3  United States/United Kingdom Prototype Trans-Atlantic Initiative
5.4  European Community Initiatives
5.5  United Kingdom's Simpler Trade Procedures Board

5.5.1  United Nations Aligned Trade Documents
5.5.2  United Kingdom International Trade Transaction Model

5.6  The Netherlands
5.7  Japan
5.8  South Korea

6.0  SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX A  REFERENCES
APPENDIX B:  ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.2-1  MTMC, AMC, and MSC Units in Countries of Interest
Table 4.1.2-1  Annexes Accepted by Countries of Interest
Table 4.3.1-1  Customs Messages
Table 4.3.1-2  Transport (General Transport Messages)
Table 4.3.1-3  Transport (Container Movement Messages)
Table 4.3.1-4  Transport (Dangerous Goods Movement Messages)
Table 4.3.1-5  Transport (Forwarding Messages)
Table 4.3.2-1  Fair Share Member Countries
Table 4.3.2-2  Associate Member Countries
Table 4.3.2-3  Company Members That Pay Dues Directly to PAEB Rather Than Their National Standards Body
Table 4.3.2-4  PAEB DLTG Message Design Groups
Table 4.3.5-1  September JM5 Meeting Attendees
Table 4.3.6-1  IATA Cargo EDI Messages
Table 4.3.6-2  IATA Border Control EDI Messages
Table 5.1-1  CHIEF Transaction Flow