Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

EI4: INVALID ALLOWANCE CHARGE AMOUNT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C17 AND C18 RECORDS PROVIDE FOR THE REPORTING OF HEADER LEVEL CHARGES/ALLOWANCES. (THE C51/C53 RECORDS REPORT THESE ELEMENTS AT THE LINE LEVEL, BUT THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE RECORDS). THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN POS 4-18 OF THE C18 RECORD MUST VARY BY NO MORE THAN ONE CENT, PLUS OR MINUS, WHEN COMPARED TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PRODUCED FROM THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS TRANSMITTED ON THE C17 RECORD. THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS IN THE C17 RECORD THAT ARE USED IN THE CALCULATION IS: - RATE/PER UNIT X UNIT PRICE BASIS /NBR OF PRICING UNITS (FROM ALL THE PRECEDING C33 RECORDS.) (IF C51/53 RECORDS ARE USED, ONLY THE C33 RECORD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE C51/53 RECORDS IS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS).
48A: CONSIGNEE IS FOREIGN BASED

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE THAT OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A FOREIGN BASED CONSIGNEE IN A SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION. IT WARNS THE FILER THAT THE ADDRESS FOR THE CONSIGNEE NUMBER IS NOT A U.S. ADDRESS. IN THE FDA INTERFACE THE FDA'S SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY REJECT THIS TYPE OF CONSIGNEE AND SEND A 'DT' REJECT BACK TO THE FILER. THE FILER MUST THEN OBTAIN A FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER NUMBER (FEI) FROM FDA THROUGH ABI AND SEND THAT NUMBER IN AN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY CORRECTION TRANSACTION (CP). THIS MESSAGE IS FOLLOWED BY THE INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE 42F "DATA ADDED WITH WARNINGS".
APF: SIGNATURE CERT. REQUIRED

CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURE, INDICATED BY AN "X", IS REQUIRED IN LIEU OF A SIGNATURE FOR THE AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT. 
AR4: REFUND PARTY DATA INCOMPLETE

EITHER THE ID NUMBER OR THE PARTY TYPE INDICATOR IS MISSING, OR A BLANK RECORD WAS RECEIVED.
8WM: VOYAGE/FLIGHT NUMBER INVALID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). THE VOYAGE/FLIGHT NUMBER MUST BE A MINIMUM OF THREE CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. FOR OCEAN SHIPMENTS (MOT 10/11/12), ANY COMBINATION OF NUMBERS AND LETTERS IS PERMITTED FOR THE VOYAGE NUMBER. IF THE VOYAGE NUMBER HAS A LEADING SPACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ELEMENT IN THE L1 REC, POS 36-40, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED EVEN IF THE REMAINING POSITIONS ARE FILLED WITH A MINIMUM OF THREE ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS. **NOTE** - FOR AIR SHIPMENTS, LEADING SPACES OR A FLIGHT NUMBER WITH FEWER THAN 3 NUMERIC CHARACTERS WILL GENERATE ERROR MESSAGE 10R "INVALID FLIGHT NUMBER FORMAT".
8VE: DATA CONTAINED IN FUTURE FIELD

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). THE FILER HAS ENTERED DATA IN ONE OF THE TWO FIELDS RESERVED FOR THE SCAC (STANDARD CARRIER ALPHA CODE) OF THE ISSUER OF THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER (L3 REC, POS 32-35) OR THE SUBHOUSE BILL NUMBER (L3 REC, POS 48-51). THESE ARE FUTURE USE FIELDS.
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.
1MB: INVALID DIST/PORT ENTERED

A DISTRICT/PORT MUST BE ENTERED FOR PORT AUTHORITY ONLY. THEY ARE VALIDATED AGAINST THE REGION-DISTRICT-PORT FILE. THE ENTERED DISTRICT/PORT IS NOT ON THE FILE. 
8WD: MOT NOT ORIG 10/11/20/21/40/41

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THIS APPLICATION IS LIMITED TO ENTRIES WHICH REPORT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OF OCEAN (MOT = 10/11/12), RAIL (MOT = 20/ 21), OR AIR (MOT = 40/41). ENTRIES WHICH REPORT OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION CANNT BE CORRECTED BY THE USE OF BILL OF LADING UPDATE. THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR AN ENTRY CAN BE DETERMINED BY THE PF4 KEY FROM THE ON-LINE SELECTIVITY FUNCTION. INCORRECT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION MUST BE CORRECTED BY CUSTOMS (THEY CANNOT BE CHANGED BY THE USE OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION).
53A: DUPLICATE CLASS CODE ENTERED

USER FEE CODE SHOULD ONLY BE ENTERED ONCE FOR EACH CODE REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE TARIFF LINE ITEMS. 
VMC: HLO: SORT ORDER MUST BE A/D

THE SORT ORDER CODE IS REQUIRED AND MUST BE A=ASCENDING D=DESCENDING. 
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.
95F: ENTRY SUBJECT TO AD/CVD

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO IMPORT ENTRIES BEING FLAGGED FOR RECONCILIATION. DURING THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE OF THIS PROGRAM, ONLY ENTRY TYPES 01, 02, AND 06 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RECONCILIATION FLAGGING. IF ENTRY TYPES 03 (AD/CVD) OR 07 (QUOTA/AD/CVD) ARE FLAGGED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VGL: FD 701: UOM 1 REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS A QUANTITY IN POSITIONS 5-14 OF THE FD02 RECORD BUT DOES NOT TRANSMIT A UNIT OF MEASURE IN POSITIONS 15-18 OF THE FD02 RECORD. THIS WOULD ALSO APPLY TO SUBSEQUENT QUANTITIES IN THE FD02 RECORD.
APS: HARDCOPY INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS HAVE 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 HARDCOPY MATERIALS DO NOT APPLY. ONCE TO 'S' THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR CAN NOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED HARDCOPY INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'. 
ARO: PROTESTANT DATA REJECTED

PROTESTANT DATA IS REJECTED.
8WS: INVALID CHG: AMS TO NON AMS CAR

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION REFLECTS AN AMS CARRIER CODE, A CHANGE TO A NON-AMS CARRIER IS NOT PERMITTED. THE CARRIER CODE (SCAC) IN THE L1 RECORD MUST BE FOUND ON THE DATABASE FOR THE PORT OF ARRIVAL ON THE ENTRY RECORD. IF THE DATABASE FILE DOES NOT SHOW THE SCAC FOR THE ARRIVAL PORT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED, EVEN IF THE INTENDED NEW CARRIER CODE IS AN AMS CODE IN OTHER PORTS.
486: INVALID CONSIGNEE NUMBER FORMAT

CONSIGNEE NUMBERS TRANSMITTED TO ABI MUST BE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:  IRS OR EIN NUMBER: NN-NNNNNNNXX SSN: NNN-NN-NNNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER: YYDDPP-NNNNN N = NUMERIC CHARACTER; X = ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER (EXCEPT FOR THE LETTERS "O", "I", "Z"); YY= LAST TWO DIGITS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE NUMBER WAS ASSIGNED. ANY OTHER FORMAT THAN ONE OF THE ABOVE WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS MESSAGE.
AFD: 30 REC REQUIRED FOR CONSOL RLSE

IF A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS SENT, A 30 RECORD MUST BE SENT IF THERE IS A 32 RECORD PRESENT.
07I: VESSEL CODE & NAME SUBMITTED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). ABI WILL ACCEPT THE VESSEL NAME, BUT NOT THE VESSEL CODE. IF BOTH ARE TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED. (NOTE - 5-CHARACTER VESSEL CODES ARE NO LONGER USED).
EJW: PACKING OR SUBLEVEL UNIT REQUIRED

ON THE C07 AND C49 ABI INVOICE TRANSACTIONS. AT LEAST 1 OCCURRENCE OF C07 PACKAGING UNIT ID OR C49 SUBLEVEL UNIT ID IS REQUIRED. 
AH9: PIRP / IMPORTER NBR NOT ON FILE

THE PIRP NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER IN THE 43 REC, POS 3-8.THISNUMBER MUST BE ON FILE IN THE PIRL DATABASE. FURTHER, THE PIRP NUMBER IS ASSIGNED TO ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBERS. UNLESS THE IMPORTER NUMBER, FOUND ON THE 10 REC, POS 8-19, EXACTLY AGREES WITH THE IMPORTER NUMBER FOR THE PIRP NUMBER REPORTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
AFA: ELEC INVOICE INDICATOR INVALID

THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE INDICATOR IS SENT IN POSITION 56 OF THE EI 10 RECORD. IT INDICATES THAT THE ENTRY IS PART OF THE AII PROGRAM. THE ONLY INDICATOR ALLOWED IS 'E' IF THE ENTRY IS BEING TRANSMITTED AS AN AII ENTRY, OTHERWISE SPACE FILL. 
Q43: STATEMENT ALREADY PD VIA ACH

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM A STATEMENT FOR WHICH THE ACH PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION TRANSACTION (APPLICATION QN) HAS ALREADY BEEN RECORDED IN ACS. FILERS WILL OFTEN SEND APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE) AT OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY TRANSMIT THE ACH PAYMENT. IF BOTH ARE RECEIVED SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE ACH TRANSACTION WILL BE PROCESSED PRIOR TO THE STATEMENT ADD/DELETE. IN SUCH A CASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE THE RESULT.
4NF: NAME/ADDRESS RECORD NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'KN' IMPORTER ADDRESS QUERY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NAME AND ADDRESS THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE. A COMMON MISTAKE IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CITY NAME (E.G. LAS VEGASAS).

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