X4 Customs Release Information

To identify items for release

Position: X4-01 · Element: 598 · Name: Bill of Lading/Waybill Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 12 · Repeat: -

Identification number assigned to the shipment by the carrier or consolidator.

X401 is the unique bill of lading number.

Position: X4-02 · Element: 380 · Name: Quantity · Type: Decimal number (R) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Numeric value of quantity.

X402 is used for quantity released.

Position: X4-03 · Element: 581 · Name: Entry Type Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code defining the type of entry assigned by U.S. Customs.

X403 is used for quantity on the entry.

Position: X4-04 · Element: 601 · Name: Entry Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 15 · Repeat: -

Automated Commercial System Code Furnished by U.S. Customs Service

Position: X4-05 · Element: 494 · Name: Release Issue Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date that the authority for release of parts or material is issued.

Position: X4-06 · Element: 337 · Name: Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 4 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

Position: X4-07 · Element: 35 · Name: Disposition Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code advising the carrier or port authority about postings to a bill of lading.

Position: X4-08 · Element: 598 · Name: Bill of Lading/Waybill Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 12 · Repeat: -

Identification number assigned to the shipment by the carrier or consolidator.

P0810: If either X4-08 or X4-10 is present, then the other is required

X408 is the unique bill of lading number for consolidated shipments.

Position: X4-09 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

X409 is the unique bill of lading issuer code.

Position: X4-10 · Element: 140 · Name: Standard Carrier Alpha Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Standard Carrier Alpha Code

X410 is the issuer code for the consolidated shipment.

Position: X4-11 · Element: 206 · Name: Equipment Initial · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 4 · Repeat: -

Prefix or alphabetic part of an equipment unit's identifying number.

Position: X4-12 · Element: 207 · Name: Equipment Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 10 · Repeat: -

Sequencing or serial part of an equipment unit's identifying number (pure numeric form for equipment number is preferred).

Position: X4-13 · Element: 310 · Name: Location Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Code which identifies a specific location.

X413 is the U.S. Customs district port of transaction. Use Census Schedule D.

Position: X4-14 · Element: 310 · Name: Location Identifier · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Code which identifies a specific location.

X414 is the U.S. Customs Facilities Information and Resources Management System (FIRMS) code.

Position: X4-15 · Element: 128 · Name: Reference Number Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code qualifying the Reference Number.

R1516: At least one of X4-15 or X4-16 is required

Position: X4-16 · Element: 127 · Name: Reference Number · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 30 · Repeat: -

Reference number or identification number as defined for a particular Transaction Set, or as specified by the Reference Number Qualifier.

Position: X4-17 · Element: 623 · Name: Time Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time. Since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow.

C1706: If X4-17 is present, then X4-06 is required

X417 reflects the time zone which the time reflects.