Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

ACR: REFERENCE NUMBER INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE REFERS TO THE IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBERS USED ON A DRAWBACK CLAIM, SPECIFICALLY THE AGENT/BROKER (4811) ID. THE NUMBER USED IS NOT ON THE ACTIVE IMPORTER MASTER FILE .  
2G2: DUPLICATE AIRWAY/BILL LADING NO.

THIS MESSAGE IS A RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF THE HA RECORDS CONTAIN DUPLICATE AIR WAYBILLS OR BILL OF LADING NUMBERS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE DUPLICATION MUST BE EXACT FROM ONE HA RECORD TO THE NEXT. IF THE SECOND RECORD CONTAINS THE SAME MASTER BILL OR AIR WAYBILL RECORD, BUT INCLUDES A HOUSE OR HOUSE/SUBHOUSE BILL, THE PRESENCE OF THE ADDITIONAL BILL DATA WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MAKE EACH HA RECORD DISTINCT.
ACY: IMPORTER NUMBER ALREADY ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI 5106 INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION TI). IF THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN, SSN, OR USCS ASSIGNED NUMBER) IS ALREADY ON FILE IN THE 5106 DATABASE, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED TO THE FILER. NOTE: AS OF MAY 1998, THE ERROR MESSAGE NARRATIVE IS NOT BEING ACCOMPANIED BY THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER "ACY".
029: INVALID FOREIGN PORT CODE

THE FOREIGN PORT CODE (AKA SCHEDULE K) NUMBER HAS BEEN OMITTED, IS IN IMPROPER FORMAT OR NOT ON THE FOREIGN PORT CODE FILE. CHECK THE RFDL FILE USING THE THREE DIGIT COUNTRY CODE FOUND IN THE RFJL FILE. THE PROPER FORMAT IS A FIVE-DIGIT NUMERIC. IF MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS 12, THEN THE FOREIGN PORT CODE MUST BE FROM A PORT IN EITHER MEXICO OR CANADA.
2LC: BOND NOT FILED IN YOUR DISTRICT

A DISTRICT BOND IS ON FILE FOR THIS IMPORTER, BUT THE BOND DOES NOT COVER YOUR DISTRICT. 
RB1: AGG RECON MUST BE INC OR NO CHG

IF THE RECON IS AN AGGREGATE, ALL AMOUNTS MUST BE INC/NO CHANGE. THE INCREASE/ REFUND INDICATOR IN THE 'R10' ABI RECORD (POS 47) MUST = 1, IF THE AGGREGATE INDICATOR IN POS 46 IS "Y".
CF2: FEI ALREADY ON ACS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE FDA INTERFACE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE 'SP' TRANSACTION. THIS IS WHERE FDA IS RESPONDING TO A FILER'S REQUEST TO ADD A DOMESTIC FIRM TO THE FEI FILE (FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER) AND IS RETURING TO ABI A 12 DIGIT NUMBER THAT IS ALREADY ON FILE.
EJ0: NEGATIVE AMT IND NOT 'N' OR ' '

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARGES REPORTED IN ALL C17/C18 RECORDS (CODES "S" OR "C" ON THE C17 REC) EXCEED THE TOTAL OF ALL ALLOWANCE REPORTED IN ALL C17/C18 (CODES "A" OR "R" ON THE C17 RECORD), THE NEGATIVE AMOUNT INDICATOR SHOULD BE LEFT BLANK (" ").IF THE REVERSE IS TRUE, THEN THE NEGATIVE AMOUNT INDICATOR MUST BE "N". ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THIS FIELD (C84 REC, POS 34) WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
79J: TARIFF SEQUENCE NUMBER ERROR

A BREAK OCCURRED BETWEEN TARIFF LINES. IN ABI, A CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSACTION WAS SENT WITH NO TARIFF NUMBER IN THE H5 REC, POS 8-17. THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR FOR ANY LINE WITHOUT A TARIFF NUMBER EVEN IF OTHER LINES ON THE INPUT CONTAIN VALID TARIFF NUMBERS.
VBP: FW 3-177: MID NOT ON FILE

THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SHIPPER ID IS A CONDITIONAL FIELD (REC FW03, POS 28-42) AND SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED ONLY IF THE FWS SHIPPER ID IS DIFFERENT THAN THE MID USED FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES. IF THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SHIPPER ID IS NOT RESIDENT IN THE MID FILE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS. THE FILER SHOULD USE THE MID UPDATE APPLICATION TO ADD THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SHIPPER ID TO THE MID FILE.
VLB: FC 740: INVALID FCC ID VALUE

FCC IDENTIFIERS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE FC01 REC, POS 11-27.A MINIMUM OFF OUR ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS (INCLUDING SPECIAL CHARACTERS SUCH AS "/""-", ETC) ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS ELEMENT. THE FCC ID IS REQUIRED WHEN POS 5-6 OF THE FC01 REC INDICATE "1" AS THE IMPORT CONDITION.
1C1: MISSING VESSEL CODE/NAME

FOR OCEAN IMPORT SHIPMENTS, THE VESSEL NAME FIELD OR VESSEL CODE FIELD MUST BE FILLED IN. VESSEL CODES ARE NO LONGER USED AND ARE NOT GENERALLY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THEREFORE, IF THE VESSEL FIELD IS LEFT BLANK (REPORTED IN REC H2, POS 60-79) ON THE CARGO INPUT APPLICATION (CODE HI), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VEK: FC 740:MODEL/TYPE NBR REQ

A MODEL OR TYPE NUMBER CODE IS REQUIRED TO BE SENT IN THE FC01 RECORD, POSITIONS 58-74. 
4CU: VISA # INVALID FOR FASHION SAMPLE

SPI "M" IS USED TO REPORT IMPORTATIONS OF FASHION SAMPLES OR CERTAIN CARPETS FROM CHINA. (SEE ADMIN MSG 97-0482, 97-0952, AND 97-0990). ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IF "M" IS USED, THE VISA NUMBER FOR THE ITEM IN QUESTION MAY NOT BE TRANSMITTED TO ABI. IF THE VISA NUMBER IS SENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
2BU: INVALID STATE CODE

ACS REQUIRES THE ABI FILER TO REPORT THE STATE OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR THE IMPORTED CARGO. THIS CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 10 REC, POS 78-79. ONLY THE TWO CHARACTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION FOR ONE OF THE 50 STATES WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THIS ELEMENT. IF ANY OTHER CODE IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IF THE ADD 5106 APPLICATION (CODE TI) IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE STATE CODE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. NOTE THAT ERROR MESSAGE 2B8 IS IDENTICAL TO THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND MAY BE THE ONE BEING CALLED FOR 5106 INPUT ERRORS. THAT APPLICATIION IS NOT RETURNING ERROR CODES AS OF MAY 1998.
2AU: BILL-OF-LADING REQUIRED WITH I.T.

WHEN AN INBOND NUMBER IS PROVIDED, THE CURRENT BILL OF LADING REQUIREMENTS ARE: IF THE MOT IS OCEAN (10 SERIES) OR AIR (40 SERIES), AN I.T. NUMBER ALWAYS REQUIRES A MASTER BILL OR AIR WAYBILL TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT APPLICATION. IF THE MOT IS RAIL (20 SERIES) OR ROAD (30 SERIES), IF THE I.T. NUMBER IS A PAPERLESS MIB (V NUMBER), THE MASTER BILL FIELD IN THE 22 RECORD MUST BE FILLED IN OR THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. IF THE MOT IS RAIL OR ROAD, BUT THE I.T. NUMBER IS A CONVENTIONAL (9-DIGIT) NUMBER, THEN THE MASTER BILL FIELD MAY BE LEFT BLANK.
VAK: FW 3-177: SPECIES NOT ON FILE

THE SPECIES CODE TRANSMITTED IN THE FW01 RECORD, POSITIONS 5-8 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWS FILE.  
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. 
APU: SAMPLE INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A SAMPLE HAS BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT A SAMPLE DOES NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE SAMPLE INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE SAMPLE INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'.
ASG: NO MATCH FOR ENTRY

A MATCH FOR THE ENTRY CITED MUST BE FOUND ON THE USCS ENTRY DATABASE, OTHER IT WILL BE REJECTED. THE FORMAT IS TO STRING THE FILER CODE AND ENTRY NUMBER TOGETHER - NO DASH IS USED BETWEEN FILER AND ENTRY NUMBER OR CHECK DIGIT. 
AI3: INVALID CASE NUMBER ENTERED

ADA/CVD BROKER QUERY INPUT RECORD CONTAINED AN INVALID CASE NUMBER .
AFI: DUMPING PYBL AMT INVALID;35 RECOR

THE PAYABLE ANTIDUMPING DUTY AMOUNT TRANSMITTED IN REC 35, POS 15-25 DOES NOT EQUAL THE SUM OF THE ANTIDUMPING LINE ITEM AMOUNTS TRANSMITTED IN REC(S) 60POS 33-42. 
VAL: FW 3-177: LICENSE NOT ON FILE

THE LICENSE NUMBER WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE FW02 RECORD, POS 45-50 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWL FILE. THE LICENSE NUMBER IS ISSUED BY FSW TO IMPORTERS IMPORT OVER $25,000 ANNUALLY OF MERCHANDISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO FWS. CUSTOMS DOES NOT TRACK CUMULATIVE VALUES. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FWS. FWS UP- LOADS THE U.S. LICENSE INFORMATION TO ACS ONCE A WEEK. IF A FILER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A U.S. LICENSE NUMBER AND ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT IT PRIOR TO THE UPLOAD, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL FWS OFFICE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON CLEARING MERCHANDISE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS RESIDENT IN OUR DATA BASE. THERE ARE NO EDITS TO REQUIRE THE USER TO TRANSMIT THE LICENSE NUMBER, BUT IF A LICENSE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED, THERE MUST BE AN EXACT MATCH WITH ONE OF THE LICENSE NUMBERS IN THE FWL FILE.
Q08: 'QT' AMT PAID NOT = STATEMENT AMT

THE "PAYMENT AMOUNT" SUBMITTED ON THE QT RECORD (POS 25-34) DOES NOT EQUAL "AMT DUE" COLUMN ON THE DATA FILE FOR THE STATEMENT NUMBER TRANSMITTED. IN MOST CASES, THIS RESULTS WHEN THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO PAY A STATEMENT WITH AN AMOUNT THAT IS LOWER THAN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT BECAUSE THE FILER ASSUMED THAT HIS REMOVAL OF ONE OR MORE ENTRIES FROM THE STATEMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSMITTED TO ABI VIA APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE). IF THE ACH PAYMENT REJECTS, THE FILER SHOULD RETRANSMIT THE HP FOR THE ENTRY(S) TO BE REMOVED AND ONLY WHEN A SUCCESSFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS RECEIVED FROM ABI SHOULD THE ACH PAYMENT BE TRANSMITTED.
VNG: FD 701: UOM INVALID/UNKNOWN

A MAXIMUM OF SIX QUANTITIES AND UNITS OF MEASURE (UOM) CAN BE SENT ON A SINGLE FDA LINE. THE UOM MUST BE ONE OF THE BASE UNITS SHOWN ON PAGE OG-31 OF THE CATAIR OR ONE OF THE VALID FDA CONTAINER CODES SHOWN ON PAGES OG-32-33 OF THE CATAIR. IF ANY OTHER UOM IS TRANSMITTED, EVEN IF IT IS A VALID ONE FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE ABOVE REJECT WILL BE GENERATED.

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