CMR Export Declaration Hints

• The EDN number is also known as a "CAN number"
• Only send messages with a REPLACE or WITHDRAWAL action if you have received an EDN number back from Customs. Otherwise any changes need to be sent with an ORIGINAL status again. I.e., always send ORIGINAL unless you have received an EDN/CAN from Customs.
• The Exporter Client ID field, replaces the Owner details from the old EXIT system. Instead of putting in ABN=62672727111, you just need to put the ABN number in directly. If the ABN number is not registered with Customs, it must be registered. Register the number at Customs if you have your own PKI or call the help desk if you don’t have your own PKI.

For any client that doesn’t have an ABN number, they must have a CCID number. Call the help desk to arrange for one otherwise if you have your own PKI, you can do this yourself in the Customs Interactive.

• If the goods are containerised regardless of whether they are LCL or FCL, the total amount of containers needs to be included in the declaration header.
• If the goods being exported are ‘Stores’ or ‘Spares’, you need to change the ‘Goods Type’ option from ‘General Export’ to ‘Stores’ or ‘Spares’. The details for the aircraft or vessel must also be entered.
• For ‘Accompanied Baggage’ declarations, there are a few rules that apply.

If the mode of transport = AIR, then the following fields must be entered:
        Carrier Code (Airline IATA Code) e.g. QF=Qantas
        Flight Number
        
If the mode of transport = SEA, then the following fields must be entered:
        Vessel IMO Number (Lloyds Number)
        Voyage No

• If an export declaration is indicated as ‘excisable’, they might also need to be flagged as ‘prescribed’. Excisable goods are used to identify that the goods are subject to Customs and/or excise duty. Prescribed goods are a subset of Excisable goods. These are goods that are subject to Customs duty and are contained in a list of Customs Regulations
• The correct method for exporting goods that have been imported but have a cargo hold (HELD either by Customs/ABF or AQIS) is to report the import goods as a transhipment. This can be doing either by amending the Destination of the Cargo Report to an overseas port or lodging a Transhipment Underbond. In both cases the ICS will allocate a Transhipment CAN that can be used exchange of the EDN in the PRA and / or Export Manifest.