Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

EJ9: INVALID INVOICE NUMBER FORMAT

INVOICE NUMBERS CAN CONSIST ONLY OF LETTERS, NUMBERS, SLASHES, OR DASHES. TRAILING SPACES ARE ALLOWED, IMBEDDED SPACES ARE NOT. LETTERS MUST BE IN UPPER CASE. NOTE: AS OF MAY 1995, THE SLASH (/) IS NO LONGER PERMITTED AS A VALID CHARACTER IN THE INVOICE NUMBER. THE INVOICE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 REC, POS 20-36.
EIQ: INVALID LOCATION CODE INDICATOR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 9-10, IS USED TO REPORT ONE OF THREE LOCATION CODE INDICATORS. THE VALID INDICATORS ARE "25" (WHICH INDICATES THE LOCATION CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL BE A CENSUS SCHEDULE K FIVE-NUMERIC FOREIGN PORT OF LADING CODE), "26" (WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL A U.S. PORT OF ENTRY FROM CENSUS SCHEDULE D), OR "66" (WHICH INDICATES THAT T LOCATION IN POS 11-15 WILL BE AN ISO COUNTRY CODE). IF ANY OTHER CODE IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
RBQ: RECONCILIATION DDPP NOT FOUND

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS USED AN IMPOSSIBLE DDPP IN THE RECON SUMMARY TRANSMISSION VIA ABI. 
VNT: DBK IMPORT ENTRY NOT ON FILE

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DESIGNATED IMPORT ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AS GIVEN. ACS DOES A MATCH ON THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER AND THE PORT OF ENTRY GIVEN ON THE DISKETTE BY THE FILER. IF THE FILER USES AN IMPORT ENTRY/PORT COMBINATION THAT IS NOT VALID IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THEREFORE, EITHER THE ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AT ALL, OR IT DOES NOT EXIST FOR THE PORT INDICATED. NOTE: THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE VALID ENTRIES ARE NOT IN ACS (E.G. INFORMALS THAT WERE JUST DONE ON CASH RECEIPTS). FOR THESE, A SPECIAL CM NUMBER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ACS. IF THE FILER INDICATES THAT THIS IS THE CASE, THE FILER MAY DESIGNATE THE MONIES FROM CM888888/9900. THIS CM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED JUST FOR THIS CASE WHERE EITHER AN INFORMAL OR MAIL ENTRY WAS DONE ON A CASH RECEIPT WITH NO ACS ENTRY RECORD CREATED.
EIA: INVALID INVOICE TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C01 REC, POS 43-44, PROVIDES A FIELD TO DESCRIBE WHICH ONE OF FIVE POSSIBLE TYPES OF INVOICE IS BEING REPORTED. THE TRANSMISSION OF EITHER A BLANK FIELD OR ANY OTHER INVOICE TYPE THAN IS SHOWN ON PAGE AII-6 OF THE CATAIR WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
95S: 52 REC - 'CN' SWPM IND MISSING

A SOLID WOOD PACKING MATERIAL CERTIFICATE INDICATOR IS REQUIRED FOR ALL LINES WITH A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF 'CN' (CHINA) OR 'HK' (HONG KONG) AND AN EXPORT = OR > 12/17/1998. 
VLK: TOT IMPORT TRAILER COUNT INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE SUM OF ALL THE DISKETTE 'IT' IMPORT TRAILER, 'CN' CONTRACT TRAILER, 'CM' IMPORT TRAILER, OR 'CI' CANADIAN IMPORT TRAILER RECORDS OR ABI 'D12', 'D30', 'D40', OR 'D50' RECORDS DOES NOT ADD UP TO WHAT THE COUNT IS IN THE 'CT CLAIM TRAILER' RECORD, OR ABI 'D90' RECORD. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ADD UP ABI CANNOT KNOW WHETHER THE TOTAL COUNT IS SIMPLY WRONG, OR THE TOTAL COUNT IS RIGHT AND THERE ARE MISSING RECORDS. FOR RECONCILIATION, THE 'R90' TOTAL IMPORT TRAILER RECORD COUNT OF 'R20' RECORDS DOES NOT MATCH THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF 'R20' RECORDS GIVEN VIA THE ABI 'RA' TRANSACTION. IF THE R20 RECORD, POS 78-79 IS BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED, EVEN IF THE FIGURE IN THE R90 REC, POS 4-7, EQUALS THE NUMBER OF R20 RECORDS IN THE RECONCILIATION INPUT TRANSACTION.
AQ7: SAMPLE INDICATOR REQUIRED

THIS DATA FIELD IS MANDATORY FOR THE PJ INITIAL FILING TRANSACTION. THE ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS ARE 'N' (NO SAMPLE) AND 'S' (SAMPLE SENT). THIS DATA FIELD IS CONDITIONAL FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT QJ AMENDMENT OR RJ ADDENDA TRANSACTION. IN A QJ OR RJ THE PROTEST RECORD CAN BE UPDATED TO CHANGE NO SAMPLE TO SAMPLE SENT BY TRANSMITTING 'S'. IF THE PJ OR PREVIOUS QJ OR RJ WAS TRANSMITTED TO UPDATE TO SAMPLE SENT, A SUBSEQUENT QJ OR RJ CANNOT BE USED TO CHANGE THE SAMPLE SENT BACK TO NO SAMPLE. INSTEAD THE FILER MUST CONTACT THE PROTEST PROCESSING TEAM AT THE PORT WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AND REQUEST CUSTOMS MANUALLY UPDATE THE RECORD.
WT1: R89 RECS NOT PROPERLY UTILIZED

EACH R89 RECORD CAN ACCOMMODATE 3 FEE CLASS CODES. THIS IS AN ACS PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT, I.E. SPACE ALLOCATION MUST BE OPTIMIZED. EXAMPLE WT1 ERROR: IF 2 R89 RECORDS ARE SUBMITTED AND THE FIRST CONTAINS TWO FEE CLASS CODES AND THE SECOND R89 CONTAINS 1 FEE CLASS CODE, ALL OF THE FEE CLASS CODES SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ON ONE R89 RECORD.
AQO: FILING PERIOD BASE DATE N/A

THE BEGINNING OF THE FILING & AMENDMENT PERIOD FOR A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION CAN BE DETERMINED IN ANY OF SEVERAL WAYS. WHEN PROTESTING DENIAL OF A 520(C) OR 520(D) CLAIM IT IS THE DATE OF DENIAL. INTERVENTIONS MAY BE FILED ANY TIME BEGINNING WITH FILING OF ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION ENDING WITH USCS DECISION. FOR PROTESTS OR CLAIMS RELATED TO ENTRIES, LIQUIDATION DATE CONSTITUTES THE START OF THE PERIOD. ANY OTHER CASE REQUIRES A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE BE SUBMITTED BY THE FILER, TO BE VERIFIED BY USCS. A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THIS CASE.
EJ3: C06-C49 PKGING UNITS MUST MATCH

A PACKAGING UNIT ON A C49 ABI CI TRANSMISSION MUST MATCH A PACKAGING UNIT LISTED ON A C06 OR C07 TRANSACTION. AS OF 1995, THIS MESSAGE NO LONGER APPLIES, AS THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE C49 RECORD PACKAGING IDENTIFY MATCH THE C06 OR C07 IDENTITY HAS BEEN REMOVED. 
BRX: EARLIEST IMPRT DATE MUST = SPACES

RECONCILIATION: WHEN THE R10 ISSUE CODE IS NOT = 'NF', THE R10 EARLIEST IMP DATE MUST = SPACES. 
VO3: PREPARER SITE REQUIRED

HP TRANSACTION WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THE EI WAS ORIGINALLY FILED WITH A PREPARER INDICATOR IN THE "B" RECORD AND A PREPARER SITE, BUT THE "B" RECORD OF THE HP DOES NOT CONTAIN PREPARER DATA. 
VPX: CANADIAN DISCLAIMER INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THIS DATA ELEMENT IS "NAFTA CTRY ENTRY LIST DISCLAIMER". IT IS SENT IN THE D30 MANDATORY RECORD, POSITION 68 AND IS A CODE WHICH INDICATES THAT THE NAFTA COUNTRY ENTRY DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLAIM WILL OR WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. THE ONLY ALLOWED INDICATORS ARE 'SPACE FILL' WHICH INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED AND '1' WHICH INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WILL NOT BE PROVIDED. THE MOST COMMON ERROR IS SENDING A '0' FOR 'SPACE FILL'
AFK: CVD PYBL AMT INVALID; 35 REC

THE PAYABLE COUNTERVAILING DUTY AMOUNT TRANSMITTED IN REC 35, POS 38-48 DOES NOT EQUAL THE SUM OF THE COUNTERVAILING LINE ITEM AMOUNTS TRANSMITTED IN REC 60, POS 3-12. 
120: INVALID LIQUIDATION CYCLE CODE

THE LIQUIDATION CYCLE CODE MUST BE NUMERIC AND MUST BE A ZERO, ONE, OR A TWO. 
808: INVALID CROSS DISTRICT

FOR ABI PURPOSES, THE ABOVE MEANS THAT THE FILER'S 'B' RECORD PORT OF PROCESS IN POS 4-7 DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE PORT OF ENTRY IN THE H1 RECORD (POS 4-7). THE DISTRICT CODES (POS 4-5) MUST BE THE SAME BETWEEN THE B RECORD AND THE PORT OF ENTRY IN THE APPLICATION.
VHB: ISIS INPUT BYPASSED/ ERRORS FOLLOW

THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ERROR MESSAGE 1AS. IT MEANS THAT ABI REJECTED FDA'S ATTEMPT TO UPDATE (USUALLY A RELEASE) AN ENTRY THAT HAS GONE INTO ARCHIVE STATUS.
VBO: FW 3-177: INVLD LINE#/CONTINUATN

IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE SPECIES CODES FOR AN TARIFF NUMBER, THE FWS LINE NUMBERS IN REC FW01, POS 75-77 SHOULD START WITH 001 AND INCREASE SEQUENTIALLY BY ONE NUMBER. IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE SPECIES CODES PER ARTICLE, THE FWS LINE NUMBERS REMAIN CONSTANT WITH EACH LINE NUMBER FOLLOWED BY A "C" IN POS 78 TO SIGNIFY A CONTINUATION. THE OMISSION OF THE "C" SIGNIFIES THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL FWS SPECIES CODES TO FOLLOW FOR THE ITEM.
8WT: INVALID CHG: AMS TO NON AMS FIRMS

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERALLY USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION REFLECTS A FIRMS CODE FOR A LOCATION THAT IS AN AIR AMS PARTICIPANT, THE FILER OF THE ENTRY MAY NOT USE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION TO REQUEST A NEW FIRMS CODE, IF THAT INTENDED FIRMS CODE IS NOT ALSO AN AIR AMS FACILITY. IN SUCH A CASE, CHANGES OF THIS TYPE MUST BE MADE BY AN INSPECTOR A A SELECTIVITY SITE.
BR8: INVALID ACTION CODE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED A TRANSACTION CODE FOR 'RA' OF OTHER THAN 'A', 'R', 'D'.  
VIA: DT HS7: VIN LIST DUP POSITION: 3

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN FILERS TRANSMIT DOT INFORMATION IN THE DT03 RECORD. THIS RECORD PROVIDES FOR UP TO FOUR INSTANCES OF THE VIN (VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER). IF FEWER THAN FOUR RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED, THE RECORDS MUST BE COMPLETED USING THE FIRST FIELD (POS 5-21), THEN THE SECOND (POS 22-38), ETC. IF POSITION 3 IS LEFT BLANK, BUT A VIN IS TRANSMITTED IN POSITION 4, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE IS ONLY APPLICABLE WHEN THE DOT DATA IS TRANSMITTED AS PART OF AN ENTRY SUMMARY BEING CERTIFIED FOR CARGO RELEASE (APPLICATION ID IS EI). IF EITHER HN (BORDER CARGO RELEASE) OR HI (CARGO RELEASE) IS USED TO REPORT DOT DATA, ERROR MESSAGE VH6 WILL BE GENERATED.
RB0: ENTRY FEE TRAILER # OUT OF SEQ

FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MEANS THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THE 'R21' FEE TRAILER RECORDS FOR THE IMPORT ENTRIES IS OUT OF ORDER. 
2A7: CARGO RELEASE DATA NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE GENERALLY INDICATES A PROBLEM IN THE CREATION OF CARGO SELECTIVITY RECORDS FROM FILER'S INPUT. EXAMPLE: A FILER SENT IN SEVERAL ENTRIES USING BORDER CARGO RELEASE (APPLICATION HN). BEFORE ABI COULD COMPLETE THE PROCESSING OF THE ENTRIES, THE FILER'S SYSTEM SENT THE SAME ENTRIES AGAIN (WITHIN 12 SECONDS OF THE FIRST TRANSMISSION). THIS DUPLICATION CAUSED DATABASE (DB) ERRORS ON THOSE ENTRIES THAT WERE BEING PROCESSED AT THE INSTANT THE SECOND ITERATION OF THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER REACHED THE MAINFRAME. THE SECOND SET OF ENTRIES HAD PROCESSING DONE, BUT NO ON-LINE RECORDS WERE CREATED. THE ERROR MESSAGE ABOVE WAS CREATED AND ATTACHED TO THE SECOND SET OF ENTRY NUMBERS. THE SOLUTION, IN ALMOST ALL CASES, IS FOR THE FILER TO TRANSMIT ONLY ONCE AND TO WAIT FOR RESULTS BEFORE RE-SUBMITTING DATA FOR THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER.   
VKJ: HLT:DEFAULT CRITERIA MUST BY Y/N

THE DEFAULT SELECT CRITERIA SWITCH IS REQUIRED AND MUST BE Y=YES OR N=NO. 

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