MODCAR - MANIFESTS IN ASYCUDA++ Ó UNCTAD – SITE (V1.15) 5.5 Introduction to Manifest control in ASYCUDA The main purpose of a  WayBill  or  Manifest  is  to  provide  summary  details  of  cargo  for  transport, commercial  and  regulatory  reasons.  It  is  traditional  used  by  Customs  as  a  control  measure  to ensure   that   all   manifested   cargo   is   accounted   for,   usually   by   means   of   individual   Customs declarations. It  also  gives  Customs  some  advance  information  on  imported  cargo  in  order  to  plan  examination priorities, staff attendance etc. MODSEL    can    access    the    ASYCUDA++    Manifest    data.    This    enables Declarations  to  be  selected  by  reference  to  a  predefined  list  of  Bills  of  Lading. See Section 6 of this Reference Document, ‘Selectivity’ for details. The ASYCUDA ++ cargo manifest module, MODCAR, can be used to capture manifest data for all modes of transport: - Air, Sea, Rail  & Road. The  MODCAR  Manifest  comprises  a  general  segment  and  one  or  more  Bills  of  Lading  (B/L). These can be either ‘House’ Bills of Lading or ‘Master’ Bills of Lading. A  House  B/L  represents  one  consignment.  The  goods  related  to  it  can  be  directly  cleared  by  a customs declaration and the B/L will be written off. A  Master  B/L  refers  to  the  groupage,  for  transport,  or  other  commercial  reasons,  of  a  number  of House B/Ls and must be split before Customs clearance. A “First Level” B/L is directly related to the manifest. It can be a House B/L or a Master B/L. A “Second Level” B/L is a House B/L issued as a result of the degroupage of a Master B/L and is linked to that Master B/L. Note:  The  bill  of  lading  data  input  and  management  screen  contains  a  large number of data fields. It is useful to keep in mind that the screen corresponds to the content of the CUSCAR message.  It also respects the relevant international standards and will be input automatically in most of the cases. In addition, each country   to   fit   its   own   needs   can   customise   this   screen   and   fields   can   be switched  off  by  setting  them  as  ‘Prohibited’  in  the  configuration  process.  (See Section 8, National Configuration, for details.) Overview of Functions: The   ‘References’,   ‘Window’   and   ‘Help’   options   are   similar   in   operation   to   other   modules.   The ‘Functions’ menus offer the following options: - Functions / Manifest 1)   New 1. Capture - Allows the capture of a new manifest and associated B/Ls. Various options exist including storage of the Manifest locally or on the server, the ability to validate  degroup, etc. 2. New/Local File  -  Used  to  retrieve  a  Manifest  and  B/Ls  previously  keyed  and  stored  on  a local file. After retrieval, the options available are the same as under  New/Capture.