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Spotlight PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 The EU e-invoicing mandate is here — France Sept 2026, Belgium Jan 2026, Germany 2025.

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X12 350 — Customs Status Information

The 350 transmits the customs status of a cargo shipment: release, hold, examination, refusal of entry, bond placement, return to origin.

Purpose

The 350 documents the customs authority decision (CBP in the US, CBSA in Canada) on a cargo referenced by a prior manifest or entry: status code (released, hold, intensive exam, dock exam), decision date / time, reason for hold, lifting conditions.

Typically issued from a 309 manifest or 311 ACI, it is the operational response that drives drayage planning. Acknowledged by 997, it may be followed by additional release transactions or 353 (Customs Events Advisory Details) for granular events.

Envelope structure

The 350 travels within the three X12 envelope levels (ISA/IEA, GS/GE with functional group CS, and ST/SE). Didactic example in release 004010:

x12 example-350.x12 
ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*CBP           *ZZ*ACMECARRIER   *260514*1200*U*00401*000000350*0*P*>~
GS*CS*CBP*ACMECARRIER*20260514*1200*1*X*004010~
ST*350*0001~
M10*ACMECARRIER*M*1*ACMECARRIER**20260514*1200*USNYC**~
N9*CN*CCN-7741230-026~
P5*1H*20260514*1145*1RR~
N7*ULD*HLCU8741230*40HC~
M15*1H*USNYC*20260514*HLCU8741230~
MSG*Released — no examination required~
SE*8*0001~
GE*1*1~
IEA*1*000000350~

Common segments

  • Header — ST, M10, N9*CN.
  • Status — P5 (Port Information: status code, date, time, release code).
  • Equipment — N7, M15 (Equipment Status Update: status code, port, date, container).
  • Free description — free-text MSG.
  • Summary — SE.

Common pitfalls

  • CBP vs CBSA status code: P5 status code differs between US and Canada — use the authority code book, not a generic alias.
  • Cargo reference: N9*CN must point to the CCN from the 311 (Canada) or entry number on the US side; a mismatch flips the release to an administrative hold.
  • Hold without reason: encode the reason via MSG or a bilaterally-agreed REF*ZZ code; an unmotivated hold raises operational cost without traceability.

Documentation

The code 350 and the name Customs Status Information are public and listed on x12.org/products/transaction-sets. The complete structure of loops, qualifiers and code lists is distributed by DISA via the proprietary Implementation Guides (TR3). ediverse.io covers only public concepts, the envelope and didactic examples.