Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

1G4: INVALID USER FEE CLASS CODE

USER FEE CLASS CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT RECORDS. RECORD 34, 62, AND 89 HAVE FIELDS DEDICATED TO THESE CLASS CODES. THE CLASS CODES USED IN THESE FIELDS MUST RESIDE ON THE CLASS CODE DATABASE. IF THE CLASS CODE FIELD IS BLANK, OR CONTAINS A CODE NOT LISTED ON THE DATABASE THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. ALSO, THE CLASS CODES REPORTED IN THE 62 AND 89 RECORDS, OR IN THE 34 AND 89 RECORDS, MUST AGREE WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS, IF THE 62 RECORD REPORTING MPF (CLASS CODE 499) OMITS THE CLASS CODE, BOTH THE 62 RECORD AND THE 89 RECORD WHICH CORRECTLY TRANSMITS 499 WILL RECEIVE THIS REJECTION MESSAGE.
452: CHARGES AMOUNT INVALID

IF THERE ARE NO CHARGES, OR CHARGES ARE LESS THAN $ 1 AN "X" WILL BE LISTED AS VALUE OF CHARGES. IN CASE OF OVERLAND SHIPMENTS ARRIVING FROM MEXICO OR CANADA "X" IS ALWAYS SHOWN. IF AGGREGATE CHARGES COVER MERCHANDISE ENTERED UNDER SEVERAL ITEM NUMBERS, AND EXACT BREAKDOWN IS UNKNOWN, CHARGES SHALL BE PRORATED BY VALUE. THE ABOVE DOES NOT APPLY TO ABI TRANSMISSIONS. CHARGES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT (EI) IN THE 40 REC, POS 48-57. CHARGES ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL MOT'S EXCEPT 60 (HAND-CARRIED) AND FOR ALL ENTRIES EXCEPT INFORMAL ENTRIES. AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE DOLLAR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS FIELD. ABI WILL NOT ACCEPT "X" FOR CHARGES FOR SHIPMENTS FROM EITHER MEXICO OR CANADA. LINE VALUES LESS THAN $2,000 ($250 FOR SOME TEXTILE PRODUCTS) DO NOT REQUIRE CHARGES TO BE TRANSMITTED.
10V: SURETY CODE NOT FOUND

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTIONS (HI) ONLY. A FILER MUST TRANSMIT BOND INFORMATION (AN "8" FOR A CONTINUOUS BOND OR A "9" FOR A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND) IN THE H1 REC, POS 40. IF BOND TYPE "9" IS ELECTED, A SURETY CODE IS MANDATORY IN THE H1 REC, POS 71-73. IF THE SURETY CODE TRANSMITTED IS NOT FOUND LISTED ON THE SURETY DATABASE, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. NOTE: IF THE SURETY CODE IS PRESENT ON THE DATABASE, BUT IS IN REVOKED STATUS, ERROR MESSAGE 10U WILL BE GENERATED.
04C: UNLADING DIST/PORT NOT NUMERIC

PORT OF UNLADING MUST BE NUMERIC 
AI2: INVALID TARIFF ENTERED

ADA/CVD BROKER QUERY INPUT RECORD CONTAINED INVALID TARIFF 
11R: 3 TARIFF QUOTA LINE CANNOT BE ABI

AN ABI ENTRY WAS ENTERED WITH A QUOTA TARIFF NUMBER ON A LINE THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN 2 TARIFF NUMBERS. 
VLH: CERT MFR TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENC

THIS MESAGE MEANS THAT THE CERT MFR (CM) TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE. NOTE THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. IF ONLY 1 CONTRACT IS USED ON A CLAIM, THAT CONTRACT NUMBER SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CLAIM HEADER RECORD. THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS ON A CLAIM. THE CONTRACT TRAILER COUNTER IS NOT A COUNT OF CONTRACTS, BUT IS A COUNT OF THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORDS. IF ONLY ONE CONTRACT IS USED,THE COUNTER SHOULD BE 00,SINCE THERE WILL BE NO TRAILER RECORDS.IF 2 CONTRACTS THEN THERE WILL BE ONE CONTRACT TRAILER AND THE COUNT WILL BE 01. THREE CONTRACTS WOULD MEAN TWO TRAILERS AND THE COUNT WOULD BE 02, ETC.
VQY: TOTAL VALUE MUST = SUM OF LINES

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL VALUE IS SENT IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-14. IT IS THE TOTAL OF THE VALUES IN THE D12 RECORDS, POSITIONS 16-25. IF THEY DO NOT MATCH THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
07T: PAPERLESS MIB ONLY

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO USE THIS APPLICATION WITH A CONVENTIONAL INBOND NUMBER IN THE L3 REC, POS 4-15, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. AIR WAYBILLS, AS INBOND NUMBERS, ARE ALSO EXCLUDED FROM THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION, AT THIS TIME. BILL OF LADING UPDATE WILL ACCEPT A PAPERLESS MASTER INBOND NUMBER, THOSE WHICH START WITH "VNN".
95D: 21 REC SENT; NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). THE 21 RECORD TO REPORT THE BOND AMOUNT AND THE PRODUCER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS ONLY PERMITTED WHEN A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND (BOND TYPE 9) IS TRANSMITTED. IF ANY OTHER TYPE OF BOND INDICATOR IS SENT IN THE 10 REC, POS 49, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
23M: SURETY SANCTION IN EFFECT

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE SURETY COMPANY SENT BY THE FILER IS UNDER SANCTION. 
EJ5: UNIT PRC/PYMNT TERMS INCONSISTENT

CONCERNING ABI CI, IF THE PAYMENT TERMS TYPE ON THE C02 RECORD IS '15' (NO CHARGE), THE UNIT PRICE ON THE C33 RECORD MUST BE ZERO. IF OTHER PAYMENT TERMS ARE USED ON THE C02 RECORD, THE UNIT PRICE MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THIS MESSAGE IS ALMOST ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ERROR MESSAGE EJ4.
29J: "Y" RECORD NOT EQUAL "B" RECORD

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE PORT CODE OR FILER CODE FIELDS IN THE "Y" RECORD IS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE SAME FIELDS IN THE "B" RECORD. THE ERROR MSG NUMBER 29J DOES NOT USUALLY APPEAR WHEN THIS ERROR OCCURS. 
12N: CARRIER CODE/MOT CONFLICT

THE CARRIER CODE IN THE H1 REC, POS 61-64 (HI APPLICATION) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DISTRICT-PORT FILE FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING IN THE H1 REC, POS 65-68. THE ACCEPTABLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A GIVEN PORT CODE CAN BE FOUND ON THE DISTRICT-PORT DATABASE. PORTS WHICH ACCEPT EITHER OCEAN OR AIR SHIPMENTS WILL HAVE A "B" IN THE "CARRIER TYPE" FIELD. "V" INDICATES A VESSEL PORT ONLY AND AN "A" INDICATES AN AIRPORT ONLY PORT. IF THE CARRIER CODE REPORTED IS AN AIR CARRIER, THE PORT OF UNLADING CODE MUST BE CODED "A" OR "B". SIMILARLY, IF THE CARRIER CODE REPORTED IS FOR OCEAN, THEN THE PORT OF UNLADING MUST BE CODED "V" OR "B".
VHK: DT HS7: DT02 REQUIRED

REGARDLESS OF WHICH BOX IS USED (REC DT01, POS 8-9) IF THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS "V", THEN A DT02 RECORD IS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, IF BOX 05 IS USED AND THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS "E" OR "T", A DT02 RECORD IS STILL REQUIRED (SEE COMMENTS FOR MESSAGE VHG). AS OF JUNE 2000, ALL BOXES EXCEPT 2B AND 11 REQUIRE A DT02 RECORD IF THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS 'V'.
2CN: SURETY NOT VALID FOR BOND TYPE

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE SURETY SENT BY THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO WRITE A TYPE 1A BOND. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT ENTRY TYPE 51 FOR EMERGENCY WAR MATERIALS AND THE IMPORTER IDENTIFIED IN THE ENTRY OR ENTRY SUMMARY HAS A CONTINUOUS BOND, BUT IS NOT A GOVERNMENT IMPORTER.
15F: TARIFF NBR NOT LOGICALLY RELATED

THE TARIFF NUMBER IDENTIFIED IS NOT LOGICALLY RELATED TO ANOTHER TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IN THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE IS THE ATTEMPT TO REPORT A NUMBER FROM CHAPTERS 1-97 WITH TARIFF NUMBER 98010010NN. THIS IS A TARIFF NUMBER FOR REPORTING THE RETURN OF A PRODUCT MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER IS NOT PERMITTED WHEN REPORTING U.S. GOODS RETURNED. OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE REPORTING WATCH/CLOCK COMPONENTS NOT RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER AND REPORTING CERTAIN WEARING APPAREL ARTICLES AS PART OF AN ENSEMBLE WHEN THE DATABASE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE COMPONENT AS BELONGING TO THE ENSEMBLE.
VHC: FD 701:PHONE NBR MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN NON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE INPUT INTO THE "CONTACT PHONE NUMBER" FIELD, REC FD04, POS 29-38. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FIELD. A COMMON PROBLEM IS THAT THE USER WILL SEND A "CONTACT NAME" (REC FD04 POS 19-28) THAT IS LONGER THAN 10 CHARACTERS AND THE FILER'S PROGRAM ALLOWS THE EXTRA CHARACTERS TO SPILL OVER INTO THE PHONE NUMBER FIELD. ALSO, PHONE NUMBERS MUST INCLUDE THE AREA CODE. IF THIS PART OF THE PHONE NUMBER ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, ERROR VHC ALSO RESULTS.
VM4: HLN: FIELD OR STRING MUST BE Y

EITHER THE FIELD SELECT OR STRING SELECT MUST BE Y=YES. AT LEAST ONE IS REQUIRED. BOTH CAN BE Y=YES, BUT BOTH CAN NOT BE N=NO. 
AS0: WRN:NO DOC RECORD FOR ENTRY

THERE IS NO DOCUMENT FILING LOCATION RECORD IN USCS DOCUMENT FILING AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM DATABASE FOR THE ENTRY CITED. 
AQR: BASE DATE QUALIFIER N/A

WHEN A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE IS SUBMITTED, FILER MUST DECLARE THE LIFECYCLE EVENT ASSOCIATED TO THE DATE. NO FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, OR IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IN ERROR.
LI7: LIQ RESULTS IN RFND TO BE ISSUED

RELIQUIDATION RESULTS IN REFUND BEING ISSUED. PRESS PF8 TO COMPLETE. 
798: DUTY FREE-STATUS CONFLICT

ENTRY SUMMARIES THAT TRANSMIT TARIFF NUMBER 9808003000 (EMERGENCY WAR MATERIALS) MUST SHOW ZERO AS THE DUTY AMOUNT IN THE 70 RECORD THAT CONTAIN THE ASSOCIATED HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBER. IF A DUTY AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED INSTEAD OF ZERO, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VK5: HLS:HEX CONSTANT FORMAT INVALID

A HEXADECIMAL CONSTANT VALUE MUST BE EXPRESSED AS X'....' EVEN NUMBERS OF HEXADECIMAL DIGITS 0 THRU 9 A A THRU F ARE REQUIRED. 
ED0: SYSTEM PROBLEM - CALL CLIENT REP

THIS "GENERIC" MESSAGE WILL SHOW UP PERIODICALLY, USUALLY WITH DATABASE ERRORS. AS OF JULY 1999, THIS MESSAGE IS BEING ASSIGNED TO ENTRIES IN WHICH THE FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO USE SPI "E" WITH HTS 9802008015 (WHICH IS ELIGIBLE FOR CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE FILING UNDER SPI "E") WITH A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT CBI ELIGIBLE. IN THIS CASE, THE FILER MAY NOT CLAIM "E" FOR THE CUSTOMS LINE IN QUESTION. AS STATED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN CHANGE MEANINGS AS DATABASE PROBLEMS WARRANT.

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