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Article Excerpt
Subject: Foreign Military Sales (FMS), Pseudo FMS, and Iraqi Security Forces Fund (ISFF) Funded Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) Shipments to Iraq
Purpose: To update the shipping community on a new requirement for additional documentation when submitting Levy Exemption Waivers (LEWs)
Be Advised: For further shipping guidelines, see Customer Advisory (CA) CA-08-01/29-0020. The information provided herein supersedes the guidance provided in previous FMS CAs to Iraq (CA-08-03/26-0056, CA-07- 08/24-0172, and CA-08-10/23-0271)
Booking Terms
All FMS cargo booked through the Integrated Booking System (IBS) has the following additional mandatory items on the Export Traffic Release Request (ETRR). Blocks 1 through 9 must be included when processing the ETRR.
1. Document Identifier: The full FMS Case Designator (E.G., IQ-B-AAA or E4-B-XXX) or the Direct Commercial Sales Contract Number
2. FMS Delivery Term Code (DTC): DTC 7 FMS cargo will be shipped in accordance with the Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR) 4500.9-R-Part II, Appendix E, for DTC 7 (delivery to an inland point in the recipient country). The Department of Defense (DoD) is responsible for transportation, including over ocean and inland overseas movement, from point of origin to a specified inland point overseas. Purchasing country is responsible for unloading overseas inland carrier's equipment at the inland named point and any subsequent movement, if required. Ocean-lifted FMS and Pseudo FMS cargo destined for Iraq will not be booked to Kuwait.
Pseudo FMS will be booked door-to-door through the Umm Qasr, Northport (PL2) to the Commercial Logistics Distribution Agency Warehouse, DoD Activity Address Code (DODAAC) W90SVS. They will execute onward movement to its final destination. Pseudo FMS is funded under the ISFF program and is identified by a country code and congressional appropriation year of E4, B3, B7, Y6, Y7 or Y9 or appearing in the second and third positions of a shipment unit's transportation control number (TCN) (TE4, BB3, DB7 or PY9) and the Military Standard Requisitioning & Issue Procedures...
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