How to Create In-bond Split Shipment

Owned by Joshua Gonzalez (Unlicensed)
Mar 28, 2019
4 min read

There are several steps that have to be taken in order to verify and add a In-Bond split shipment. Before being able to start a split there are things that have to be done, such as query the airway bill. After reviewing that it is indeed a split we can start to work on the in-bond itself. The problem usually falls when trying to decipher the information in a query. This guide will explain the steps you should take when you first create your in-bond and how to understand the information sent to you by customs.

Instructions

Explained below are the two different methods used to query an AWB as well as how to apply the information learned.

  1. In order to first query the airway bill, you'll have to first go to the US Customs Clearance module and select the In-bonds options from the module. Once you've done that press the Transmit button this will open up the Inbond Transmission window.

  2. You will need to go to the Query tab on this window, and here you will be met with different fields to add information as well as information on a box to the right side of the window. Make sure to select any numbers on the right box and press the minus (minus) button on the ID field, this should promptly erase the selected number on the box. To start to the query process, change the Query Type to AWB, then enter the AWB Id, for the format you can check at the bottom of the window, press the enter button in order to add it to the box on the right side. Press the Transmit button and wait for a window confirming that the transmission went through, then close the Inbond Transmission window.

  3. The 2nd method used in order to query the airway bill is when you are creating the in-bond. On the New In-bond window there is a field labeled as MBL/AWB, if you fill out this field when the in-bond is created the information in that field will be queried and the results will appear in the In-bond window.

  4. Regardless which of the two methods you used in order to query the AWB you can check the results of that query by going to the Transmission Log option on the US Custom Clearance module.
  5. Here search for the Query result it will be labeled as a Application Type CQ. Below I will post an image of what a query will look like and what information is important to keep in mind.
  6. The important information that will be used from the query are the Flight number and the Arrival Date.
  7. You will utilize this information in the following fields of the In-bond: Trip No., Import Date, and Date. Under the Trip number field you will add the flight number found on the query, and on the Import Date and Date field you will add the Arrival Date.


There are a few things to keep in mind when it comes to split:
The First is that to know if it is a split the Query will have a line that says "Split: A" this is the primary identifier of how to find out if it is a split.
The Second bit of information is that each In-Bond you create can only handle a single Split part, so in the situation that there is a 4 part split, you would need to create a new In-bond for each part of that split.