The Customs Filing Module (CFM) functions with BluJay Solutions Parcel for export filing. CFM processes international shipments originating in the United States through the Automated Export System (AES). CFM submits US Customs data for a shipment to AES and polls for responses, processing data and returning status messages accordingly.

For information on configuring CFM with BluJay Solutions Parcel, see the following Help topic: Location Settings - Customs Filing Module Integration.

Using CFM for International Shipments

To use CFM with international shipments, carry out the following steps:

1.From the Workstation Menu, select Customs Workstation Setup to display the Customs Workstation screen, and then, from the Operating Mode drop-down list, select one of the following options:

•Ship and Continue

•Ship and Wait

Note: For more information on these options see the following Help topic: Workstation - Customs Workstation Setup.

2.When adding an item to a shipment, in addition to the Details and Producer sub-tabs, click on the Customs sub-tab and fill out the required fields on this sub-tab. See the following Help topic: Items Tab - Customs Sub-tab.

3.When filling out the International (INTL) tab for the shipment, click on the Customs sub-tab and fill out the required fields on this sub-tab. See the following Help topic: INTL Tab - Customs Sub-tab.

4.Ship the shipment. Depending on the operating mode selected in step 1, continue shipping ("Ship and Continue" option) or wait for the shipment to be processed by AES and status messages to be returned ("Ship and Wait").

5.If a status message indicates that shipment data was not successfully validated by CFM or was rejected by AES, make whatever modifications are necessary based on the response messages and resubmit the shipment. Otherwise, complete the shipment. See the following Help topic: CFM - Responses and Status Messages.

Exchange Rate Files

US Customs requires that AES filing to be in US Dollars (USD). Therefore, all Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) Schedule B amounts are reported in USD as the declared values to the nearest dollar. For customers with invoices that are sent through CFM as shipments and that have the commercially shipped product information in a currency other than USD, you must create a set of exchange rate tables in the form of Excel spreadsheets for converting specified currencies to USD. All that is required is to copy these files into the appropriate directory.

CFM then automatically checks the specified currency for the shipment against the required currency (USD) and makes any necessary conversion. For example, for a shipment originating in the US the value of which is stated in the currency of the UK (GBP), CFM will check to determine that this value needs to be converted to USD, lookup the conversion rate in the appropriate Excel file, and then make the conversion for submission. See the CFM Installation Guide for more information.

Note: You must create a separate exchange rate file for each location, with the file name pointing to the location. See the CFM Installation Guide for formatting details.