Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

DE5: CONTRACT NUMBER NOT FOUND

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE CONTRACT NUMBER SENT IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE WAS NOT ON FILE IN ACS. IN MOST CASES, THE FILER WILL PROBABLY HAVE USED AN OLD NUMBER, NOT ONE OF THE NEW CONTRACT NUMBERS.  
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.
VLI: DUP ENTRY # ENCOUNTERED/IMPORT

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY CITED ON THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE WAS SHOWN MORE THAN ONCE. SINCE THE DISKETTE AND ABI TRANSMISSION ARE CLAIM SUMMARIES, FILERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO ONLY SHOW AN IMPORT ENTRY ONE TIME AND SUMMARIZE THE TOTAL CLAIMED AMOUNT FOR THAT ENTRY. ON THE LEGAL PAPER CLAIM, A SINGLE IMPORT ENTRY MAY BE SHOWN MANY TIMES (FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY BREAK A CLAIM DOWN BY PART NUMBER), BUT ON THE DISKETTE IT CAN ONLY APPEAR ONCE. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT ONE OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORT ENTRIES WAS CITED MORE THAN ONCE ON THIS RECON SUMMARY. AN IMPORT ENTRY CAN ONLY BE LISTED ONCE FOR THE RECONCILIATION.
800: NO MATCH FOR EST/COMP DUTIES

THIS MESSAGE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE CAUSES. THE MOST COMMON ONES ARE: -- USING PRIOR YEAR'S TARIFF RATES; OR RATES IN EFFECT BEFORE A HARMONIZED UPDATE CHANGED THE RATES. -- TRANSMITTING ZERO DUTY WITHOUT INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE SPECIAL PROGRAMS INDICATOR (SPI) OR SENDING DUTY WITH AN ACCOMPANYING DUTY-FREE SPI. -- APPLYING AN AD VALOREM DUTY RATE AS THOUGH IT WAS A SPECIFIC RATE. -- INCORRECTLY CALCULATING AN AD VALOREM EQUIVALENT FOR CHAPTER 9802 IMPORTATIONS. -- MAKING A CALCULATION ERROR THAT AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN A $3 DIFFERENCE ON A GIVEN TARIFF LINE ON THE SUMMARY. -- USING AN INTRANSIT (I.T.) NUMBER AND DATE FROM A PRIOR YEAR WITH DUTY RATES FROM THE CURRENT YEAR.
VEY: FD 701: DUP AFFIRM/COMPLIANCE

MORE THAN ONE FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE (AND QUALIFIER IF APPLICABLE) CAN BE SENT FOR AN FDA LINE FOR A SINGLE FDA PRODUCT CODE. THE FIRST AFFIRMATION IS SENT IN REC FD01, POS 20-22. IF MORE THAN ONE AFFIRMATION (AND QUALIFIER, IF APPLICABLE) APPLIES THEY ARE SENT IN SEPARATE FD05 RECORDS, POS 5-7. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A DUPLICATE AFFIRMATION CODE IS SENT IN AN FD05 RECORD THAT MATCHES WHAT WAS SENT IN THE FD01 RECORD.
VLG: IMPORT TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT 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 ARE USED 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.. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MEANS THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THE IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS ('R20') IS OUT OF ORDER.
ADP: NON ABI ENTRY ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION IS SENT FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS ALREADY IN THE SELECTIVITY FILE AS A NON-ABI ENTRY.
AQ8: PROTESTANT ADDRESS REQUIRED

WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS EITHER 'F' (FOREIGN EXPORTER/PRODUCER) OR 'O' (OTHER), FULL NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED, INCLUDING COUNTRY CODE 'US' FOR DOMESTIC ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'O') AND EITHER 'MX' OR 'CA' FOR MEXICAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F'.
VMD: VERIFY WHSE EXPIRATION PERIOD

ENA01-IMP-DATE ON AN ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE ENTRY REFERENCED BY A WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL WAS NOT GIVEN (NOT NUMERIC). 
DKD: D12 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE COULD BE THE RESULT OF A DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR ABI DRAWBACK PROBLEM. IT IS SAYING THAT WHEN CUSTOMS FORMATTED THE RECORDS FROM THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR WHEN THE DATA WAS SENT VIA ABI, NO DATA WAS PRESENT IN THE GIVEN RECORD. IF THE DISKETTE HAS NO DATA, THE PC PROGRAM SHOULD STOP IT BEFORE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DATA THERE, BUT IT WAS BAD DATA.
"4FR: HTS REQUIRES FORMAL ENTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI QUOTA QUERY INPUT. IF THE CATEGORY AND COUNTRY IDENTIFIED BY THE TRANSMITTING FILER DO NOT RESULT IN A MATCH OF VISA FILES IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE FILER AS A RESPONSE
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).
VF3: OGA DISCLAIMER NOT ALLOWED

OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY REQUIREMENTS ARE STIPULATED IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF FILE. A DISCLAIMER IS ALLOWED ONLY ON THOSE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE CODED WITH AN INDICATOR "MAY BE REQUIRED". AN EXAMPLE IS A TARIFF NUMBER CODED "FD1" OR "FW1". TARIFF NUMBERS CODED WITH AN INDICATOR "IS REQUIRED" (E.G. FD2, FW2) CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED. FILER SHOULD QUERY THE HARMONIZED NUMBER AND UPDATE THEIR DATABASE IF NECESSARY.
AE1: ZIP CODE NOT ALLOWED FOR MEXICO

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN "ADD 5106" TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIER TI. IF THE FILER IS REQUESTING A CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER FOR A FOREIGN BASED IMPORTER AND THE COUNTRY OF THE IMPORTER IS MEXICO, NO ZIP OR POSTAL CODE IS PERMITTED. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A POSTAL CODE IN THE T2 REC, POS 70-78, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
69A: ORIGIN COUNTRY/TARIFF NBR INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A REQUIREMENT BETWEEN THE TARIFF NUMBER REPORTED IN THE 50 REC, POS 4-13, AND THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPORTED IN THE 40 REC, POS 6-7, IS VIOLATED. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE THE USE OF ANY COUNTRY OTHER THAN "US" WITH TARIFF NUMBERS IN THE 98010010NN RANGE. ALSO, CHAPTER 9999 NUMBERS MAY BE SPECIFICALLY LINKED TO EITHER CANADA OR MEXICO. IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE TARIFF NUMBER IN CHAPTER 99, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT. A LESS COMMON EXAMPLE WOULD THE ATTEMPTED USE OF CERTIFIED HAND-LOOM TEXTILE ARTICLES (AS FOLKLORE ARTICLES) WITH A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE ACCEPTABLE COUNTRIES FOR CERTIFIED FOLKLORE ARTICLES. PAGE ENS-48 OF THE CATAIR LISTS THE CURRENTLY ACCEPTABLE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN FOR SELECTED TARIFF NUMBERS (NOTE 2).
349: NO RECORD FOUND FOR DELETION

THE RECORD IDENTIFIED IN THE REQUEST FOR DELETION (UPDATE ACTION CODE = D) DOES NOT EXIST.
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.
680: BOND NOT ON FILE

THE BOND FILE VALIDATION DID NOT FIND THE BOND TYPE ON FILE THAT WAS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF ENTRY. NO CONTINUOUS BOND IS ON FILE FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD. A DOUBLE SEARCH FOR BONDS OF PARENT COMPANIES DOES NOT APPLY TO CONTINUOUS BONDS. EACH SUBSIDIARY MUST BE UPDATED TO A BOND. IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO 1A BOND ON FILE FOR THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT WHO IS TRYING TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE OTHER THAN WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE.
ARP: NOTIFY SUB ALREADY ON FILE

THE ID NUMBER OF THE SUBSTITUTE IS ALREADY ON THE PROTEST RECORD MAKING IT A DUPLICATE, OR THE FILER NEEDS TO CHECK THAT THE APPROPRIATE ACTION CODE IS BEING USED: "A" = ADD, "R" = REPLACE. 
AFU: PIRP NUMBER INVALID FOR 'D' TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A PIRP NUMBER IS SENT IN THE EI 43 RECORD, POSITIONS 3-8 AND A 'D' FOR COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IS SENT IN POSITION 9. AS OF 7/98 THERE ARE NO 'D' TYPE PIRPS.
EIW: CURRENCY/EXCH RATE INCONSISTENT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 RECORD. THE CURRENCY CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 45-47. IF THIS CODE IS "USD", THEN THE FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INDICATOR (POS 48) MUST BE BLANK AND THE RATE OF EXCHANGE (POS 49-55) MUST BE ZEROS. IF THE CURRENCY CODE IS OTHER THAN "USD", THEN THE FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INDICATOR MUST BE EITHER "1" (FOR A FIXED RATE PROVIDED BY THE TRANSMITTER) OR "0" (WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CURRENCY RATE IS NOT FIXED AND WILL COME FROM THE RATE IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THE INVOICE) WILL BE USED TO COVNERT THE REPORTED VALUES TO U.S. DOLLARS. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THE C18 RECORD.
ARN: PROTESTANT DATA INCOMPLETE

PROTESTANT DATA IS INCOMPLETE.
VG7: FEI NUMBER INVALID - NUMERICS REQ

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO QUERY AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER NUMBER (FEI) USING THE PP TRANSACTION AND HAS SENT CHARACTERS OTHER THAN NUMERICS IN REC FD10, POS 6-17. THE DATA ELEMENT IS DEFINED AS 12 AN (OR 12 NUMERICS.) ALL 12 POSITIONS MUST BE FILLED, INCLUDING ANY LEADING ZEROS.
27G: *CENSUS* IMPROBABLE AIR TARIFF 1

THIS MESSAGE IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF CENSUS WARNING MESSAGES. IN THIS CASE, THE MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER (50 REC, POS 4-13) IS ONE THAT IS NOT USUALLY TRANSPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES BY AIR CARRIER. HEAVY MACHINERY, (EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT), PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, ETC. ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF COMMODITIES WHOSE TARIFF NUMBER WILL GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE.
0M9: INVALID ISO CODE FOR MFG ID

THE TWO CHARACTER ISO CODE USED IN THE MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATION (MID) FIELD ON SUMMARY OR CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSMISSIONS MUST REPRESENT A VALID COUNTRY WHICH IS LISTED ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE. IF THE CODE IS NOT ON THAT DATABASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE MID IS TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT IN REC 60, POS 43-58 AND IN THE CARGO RELEASE INPUT IN REC H5, POS 18-32. IF THE ENTRY INVOLVES A CANADIAN MID, THE ISO CODE MUST BE ONE OF THE 10 CANADIAN PROVINCE CODES (X, FOLLOWED BY AN ALPHA CHARACTER). ERROR MESSAGE AAM WILL BE GENERATED FOR INCORRECT CANADIAN MIDS. FOR AUTOMATED INVOICE (APPL CI), THE RECORDS AFFECTED ARE THE C01 RECORD, THE C08 RECORD, AND THE C11 RECORD.

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