SCAC Carrier Codes

Overview

Every transportation movement for imports and exports involves at least one (1) carrier. Carrier codes are validated when transmitted as part of the entry transactions to ABI and must be accurate and valid. U.S. Customs maintains a list of SCAC carrier codes that should be used for entry transactions. Carrier codes are also validated against certain Modes of Transportation.

You should utilize the procedures found in the ABI Queries section, to perform a Carrier Codes Query via ABI. This is preferable to manually adding, changing or deleting carrier code records in CHB. The procedures to process the query results can be found in the ABI Data Exchange section and should be used to process the ABI query results.

CAUTION: The procedures described in this section should only be used in circumstances where access to ABI queries is temporarily not available and the need to edit the SCAC Carrier code file exists.

Screen Information

The following table describes the fields and field descriptions on this screen.

Field Name	Description	Comment
CODE	This is the SCAC Carrier code.	This code cannot be changed.
DESCRIPTION	Enter the SCAC Carrier description.	This is the SCAC Carrier name.
ATTR	Enter the associated Mode of Transportation.	The last column for Attributes is not required but can be used to store and cross reference the mode of transportation for each carrier. Valid modes of transportation: 10 = Vessel, Non-Container 11 = Vessel, Container 12 = Border, Water Borne (MX or CA) 20 = Rail, Non-Container 21 = Rail, Containerized 30 = Truck, Non-Container 31 = Truck, Containerized 32 = Automobile 33 = Pedestrian 34 = Road, Other 40 = Air, Non-Container 41 = Air, Containerized 45 = Air, Domestic 50 = Mail 60 = Passenger, Hand Carried 70 = Fixed Transport (Pipeline)
Close button	Click on the Close button to exit back to the main menu.	This button displays on the opening screen and indicates you would like to exit back to the main menu.
Add button	Click on the Add button if you are adding a new record.	This button displays on the opening screen and indicates you would like to add a new record.
Modify button	Click on the Modify button if you are modifying an existing record.	This button displays on the opening screen and indicates you would like to make a change to a data record.
Print button	Click on the Print button if you would like to print a listing.	This button displays on the opening screen and indicates you would like to print a listing of this table.
Show All button	Click on the Show All button to display all records. You can scroll through the data.	This button displays on the opening screen and indicates you would like to display all the records available.
Update button	Click on the Update button if you have added or changed a record and would like to update the additions or changes to the table.	This button displays on the Adding a New Record and the Editing current Record screens when you add or modify a record.
Cancel button	Click on the Cancel button to exit back to the main screen without saving any changes made.	This button displays on the Adding a New Record and the Editing current Record screens and indicates you would like to exit the screen without saving any additions or changes made.
Sort by	Select the order you would like the data to be sorted for display on the screen. Your options are: · By code = numeric ascending · By descr = alphanumeric ascending · By attr = alphanumeric ascending	You have three options for sorting and viewing data: by SCA C Carrier code, by description, or by attribute (mode of transportation).

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