Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AQ6: HARDCOPY INDICATOR REQUIRED

THIS DATA FIELD IS MANDATORY FOR THE INITIAL FILING TRANSACTION. THE ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS ARE 'N' (NO HARDCOPY) AND 'S' (HARDCOPY 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 HARDCOPY TO HARDCOPY SENT BY TRANSMITTING 'S'. IF THE PJ OR PREVIOUS QJ OR RJ WAS TRANSMITTED TO UPDATE TO HARDCOPY SENT, A SUBSEQUENT QJ OR RJ CANNOT BE USED TO CHANGE THE HARDCOPY SENT BACK TO NO HARDCOPY. INSTEAD THE FILER MUST CONTACT THE PROTEST PROCESSING TEAM AT THE PORT WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AND REQUEST CUSTOMS MANUALLY UPDATE THE RECORD.
2B8: INVALID STATE CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI 5106 INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION TI). THE STATE CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 68-69 OF THE T2 RECORD. VALID STATE CODES ARE THOSE LISTED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. THE USE OF ANY CODE IN THIS FIELD THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. NOTE: THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER WHEN TRANSACTION TI IS SENT TO ABI. ERROR MESSAGE 2BU WHICH IS IDENTICAL IN WORDING TO THIS MESSAGE, MAY BE THE ONE BEING USED.
SG2: INVALID CANADA SUGAR CERT FORMAT`

A CORRECT CERTIFICATE MUST BE 7 ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS WITH NO SPECIAL CHARACTERS. EITHER THE GIVEN DATA CONTAINS SPECIAL CHARACTERS OR IS NOT A TOTAL OF 7 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. 
AAI: MFR ID OR SHIPPER ID REQUIRED

A MANUFACTURER OR SUPPLIER CODE IDENTIFIES THE MANUFACTURER OR SUPPLIER. REFER TO CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 3500-13, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1986, FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON DETERMINING THE MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER CODE. 
VH9: DT HS7: VIN LIST DUP POSITION: 2

IF THE FILER REPORTS DOT INFORMATION VIA THE DT03 RECORD AND THE DATA IS INCLUDED IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION, THERE ARE FOUR POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN THE DT03 RECORD TO REPORT UP TO FOUR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (VIN). IF THE VIN REPORTED IN POSITIONS 5-21 (FIRST VIN FIELD) IS DUPLICATED IN POSITIONS 22-38, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VDI: CNSL ENTRY MPF CALC NOT PERFORMED

A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS A COLLECTION OF TWO OR MORE SELECTIVITY RELEASES. THESE RELEASES MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CONSOLIDATION UNDER ONE ENTRY SUMMARY (A "CONSOLIDATED" ENTRY). EACH LINE OF THE CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT RELEASE AND IS SUBJECT TO THE CALCULATED MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE. (MPF). ACS CANNOT EDIT THE ACCURACY OF THE MPF TRANSMITTED UNDER A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY AND WILL GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE. THE MPF FIGURES TRANSMITTED WILL BE MANUALLY VERIFIED BY CUSTOMS.
1ED: EST'D ARRIVAL DATE: NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER CERTIFIES AN ENTRY SUMMARY FOR CARGO RELEASE BY SENDING A '1' IN POSITION 38 OF THE EI 30 RECORD BUT SENDS BLANKS FOR THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IN POSITION  66-71 OF THE EI 20 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IS INCORRECT IN THE L1 RECORD OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE FEATURE.
AAQ: CASE NOT REPORTABLE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN ABI FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY DATA FOR A CASE WHICH IS IN "INITIATED" (I) STATUS OR IN "EXCLUDED" STATUS (E) STATUS IN THE ANTI-DUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DATABASE. FILER SHOULD NOT SEND ADD/CVD INFORMATION FOR THESE STATUSES. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES IF THE CASE IN QUESTION IS IN "FINAL" STATUS AND HAS AN "EFFECTIVE LIQ SUSP" DATE SHOWING ON THE ADAS RECORD FOR THE CASE NUMBER BEING REPORTED. IF THE FILER'S DUTY COMP DATE (EITHER THE RELEASE DATE, THE ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE, OR THE PAY DUE DATE, AS APPROPRIATE) IS PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE LIQ SUSP DATE, THE CASE IS NOT REPORTABLE AND THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO CASES IN "PRELIMINARY", "REINSTATED", OR "ORDER" STATUS.
VN6: SECURITY VIOLATION/JJ NOT ALLOWED

THIS ERROR INDICATES THAT THE FILER'S ABI CONTROL RECORD IN ACS HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTLY SET UP. IF THIS MESSAGE APPEARS ON A CLAIM FILED VIA DISKETTE, IT WILL BE DISREGARDED BY CUSTOMS AND THE FIELD OFFICE WILL CONTACT HEADQUARTERS. IF THIS MESSAGE APPEARS ON A CLAIM FILED VIA ABI, THE FILER SHOULD CONTACT THEIR ASSIGNED CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE
07C: PC:INVALID CARRIER CODE

ENTRY IS PAIRED CITIES. A CARRIER CODE WAS SUBMITTED FOR VALIDATION AND IT WAS NOT FOUND ON THE CARRIER CODE FILE. 
DKG: CLAIM EXISTS - SUBMIT 'DELETE'

THIS MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IF THE FILER HAS USED AN ADDITION/DELETION CODE OF 'A' ON THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD OF THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE (THE 'D10' RECORD FOR ABI) AND THE DRAWBACK CLAIM ALREADY EXISTS ON CUSTOMS FILE. A DELETE OF A CLAIM BY A FILER CAN ONLY BE HONORED IF THE CLAIM IS STILL IN ABI STATUS. ALL CLAIMS CREATED BY DISKETTE OR VIA ABI ARE PLACED IN ABI STATUS BY ACS WHEN FIRST ACCEPTED ERROR-FREE. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO IMPORT ENTRIES FILED ELECTRONICALLY VIA ABI. ONCE IN CUSTOMS STATUS, THEY CANNOT BE DELETED BY THE FILER. IF NOT IN CUSTOMS STATUS, FILER MUST SUBMIT A 'D' ACTION CODE. NOTE: THE CLAIM CANNOT BE DELETED AT ALL IF ACCELERATED DRAWBACK HAS BEEN PAID. IF ACCELERATED HAS BEEN PAID AND THE FILER WISHES TO DELETE, THE CLAIM WILL HAVE TO BE LIQUIDATED "NO DRAWBACK" AND A BILL ISSUED FOR REPAYMENT OF THE ACCELERATED DRAWBACK. IF ACCELERATED HAS NOT BEEN PAID, BUT THE ENTRY IS IN A CUSTOMS STATUS, IT CAN BE CANCELLED, BUT NOT DELETED.
VHQ: DT HS7: MAKE REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE DOT INTERFACE. THE MAKE (NAME OF COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURED VEHICLE) SENT IN POSITIONS 5-19 OF THE DT02 RECORD IS MANDATORY IF BOXES 03, 05 OR
AEV: PIRP NUMBER TYPE IS INVALID

FILERS CAN TRANSMIT PIRP NUMBERS IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) INPUT IN THE 43 RECORD, POS 3-8.ANY NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THIS FIELD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN APPROPRIATE "TYPE INDICATOR" IN POS 9.THE TYPE INDICATOR MUST AGREE WITH THE TYPE OF PRE-IMPORTATION NUMBER CODE THAT HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE NUMBER REPORTED IN POS 3-8. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A TYPE OTHER THAN THAT ASSIGNED TO THE PIRP NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VNL: AUTOCERT INVALID - OGA LINE RLSE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO CERTIFY FOR CARGO SELECTIVITY FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER WHICH WAS RELEASED AS A FDA LINE RELEASE ENTRY. THE FILER MUST SEND THE EI TRANSACTION WITHOUT CARGO RELEASE CERTIFICATION AND SEND A '1' IN POSITION 80 OF THE EI 10 RECORD WHICH IDENTIFIES THE ENTRY AS A FDA LINE RELEASE ENTRY. NOTE: THE ABOVE MESAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH LINE RELEASE IF THE SAME CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED ABOVE EXIST (CARGO CERT IN POS 38 OF THE 30 RECORD ACCOMPANIED BY A 1 IN POS 80 OF THE 10 REC). THUS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT ON NON-LINE RELEASE ENTRIES IF THE AUTO CERTIFICATION INDICATOR IS "1" AND THE OGA INDICATOR IS ALSO TRANSMITTED. (IF A TRUE NON-LINE RELEASE ENTRY, THE CORRECTION IS TO REMOVE THE OGA INDICATOR IN THE 10 RECORD).
VAB: FC 740:INV 03 APPROVAL IND

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITH PRIOR APPROVAL. IF QUANTITY EXCEEDS 200, REPORT PRIOR APPROVAL BY SENDING A "Y" IN POSITION 7 OF THE FC01 RECORD, DATA ELEMENT "03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER QUANTITY APPROVAL." THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURRED IN AN ENTRY WHERE THE FILER SENT A '1' IN POSITION 7 EVEN THOUGH THE QUANTITY WAS LESS THAN 200.
8VO: INVALID QUANTITY

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE L3 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, AT A MINIMUM, THE BILL OF LADING (OR AIR WAYBILL) NUMBER IS REQUIRED, ALONG WITH THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY AND UNIT OF MEASURE. THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IF EITHER THE MANIFEST QUANTITY OR UNIT OF MEASURE FIELDS ARE LEFT BLANK, ERROR MESSAGE 8VH WILL RESULT. NOTE: THE QUANTITY FIELD IN THE LN APPLICATION IS A NUMERIC FIELD AND MUST CONTAIN LEADING ZEROS. IF THE FIELD IS SPACE FILLED EXCEPT FOR THE ACTUAL QUANTITY, THIS REJECT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED.
VNB: FD 701:FORM REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE FILER SENDS A TARIFF NUMBER LINE WHERE THE HARMONIZED NUMBER IS CODED FD2 (FDA DATA IS REQUIRED) IN THE HSA FILE BUT FDA INFORMATION (RECS FD01-FD05) HAS NOT BEEN TRANSMITTED. A DISCLAIM WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
04A: INVALID BL NBR FOR PAIRED CITIES

BILL OF LADING NUMBER ENTERED MUST BE VALID (NOT SPACES OR NON-NUMERIC) FOR PAIRED CITIES. 
04Y: INVALID IT/AWB/BL CODE

NOT 'P' 'I' 'M' 'H' OR 'S' TEMP CODE - SAME AS ERROR 04K - MAY BE REUSED 
2AL: SURETY CODE INVALID

IF THE FILER TRANSMITS BOND CODE 8 (CONTINUOUS BOND) IN THE SUMMARY INPUT (REC 10, POS 49), THE SURETY CODE IN REC 10, POS 73-75 MUST BE LISTED ON THE BOND DATABASE FILE AND MUST BE IN ACTIVE STATUS. IN ADDITION, THE SURETY CODE CITED IN THE 10 RECORD MUST MATCH THE SURETY CODE IN THE BOND DATABASE FILE FOR THE IMPORTER NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN REC 10, POS 8-19. (THE SURETY CODE FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK, EITHER). IF CASH IS USED IN LIEU OF A BOND, THE BOND TYPE MUST BE A "9" AND SURETY CODE "998" MUST BE USED. IF BOND TYPE "0" IS SENT, AND NO SURETY CODE IS SENT, AS WELL, THIS MESSAGES RESULTS. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO APPEAR IF THE IMPORTER HAS TWO ACTIVE CONTINUOUS BONDS IN EFFECT AT THE SAME TIME. THE SURETY CODE FOR THE BOND THAT WENT INTO EFFECT FIRST MUST BE USED ON SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTIONS. SURETY CODES ARE VALIDATED BASED ON DATE OF RELEASE, SO A SUMMARY TRANSMITTED WITH A SURETY CODE BASED ON ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE WILL ALSO REJECT IF A DIFFERENT SURETY CODE WAS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF RELEASE. FOR RECONCILIATION, THE SURETY CODE GIVEN MUST BE VALID ON CUSTOMS FILE.
VPV: D13 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THERE ARE 2ND OR 3RD QUANTITY/UNIT OF MEASURE, THEY ARE SENT IN THIS CONDITIONAL RECORD. IF THIS RECORD IS SENT WITHOUT DATA THIS REJECT MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
BRG: INVALID OTHER ISSUE

FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FILE A RECON FOR AN 'OTHER' ISSUE AGAINST AN IMPORT ENTRY THAT IS NOT FLAGGED FOR AN 'OTHER' NAFTA ISSUE, OR THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FILE A RECON FOR AN 'OTHER' ISSUE FOR AN IMPORT THAT HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR A DIFFERENT 'OTHER' ISSUE. EG. - FILER ATTEMPTS RECON FOR 'CL' ISSUE AND IMPORT FLAGGED FOR 'VL' . ALSO, IF AN IMPORT ENTRY WAS FLAGGED AT SOME POINT IN THE PAST, BUT IS NOT FLAGGED AT THE TIME THAT THE RECON ENTRY IS TRANSMITTED TO ABI, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED, INSTEAD OF 'ENTRY NOT SUBJECT TO RECON'.
17L: APPLICATION NOT AVAILABLE

THE APPLICATION CONTROL RECORD IN THE APPLICATION CONTROL FILE IS SET TO "OFF". ACTION: RESTART THE APPLICATION AFTER THE ENABLE SWITCH IN THE FILE IS SET TO "ON" OR THE CORRECT APPLICATION CODE IS SELECTED. 
VDE: INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF SURCHRG

THE CORRECT MPF SURCHARGE FEE IS $3.00 USING COLLECTION CLASS CODE "500".THIS FEE IS REPORTED IN ABI RECORDS 34, 89 AND 90. 
8PN: INVALID DIST/PORT FOR ENTRY

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY DOES EXIST IN ACS, BUT THE PORT GIVEN DOES NOT MATCH THE PORT ON FILE WITH CUSTOMS. ACS DOES DO A MATCH ON THE IMPORT ENTRY 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. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE ALSO MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY EXISTS IN ACS, BUT THE PORT CODE GIVEN DOES NOT MATCH THE PORT ON FILE WITH CUSTOMS. (SEE R20 REC, POS 19-22). THE FILER MAY ALSO GET ERROR MESSAGES 95I, "RECON REQUIRES CONTINUOUS BOND" AND BRI, "BOND NUMBER NOT SAME", FOR THE SAME ENTRY, EVEN THOUGH THE RECON ENTRY HAS A VALID CONTINUOUS BOND AND THE IMPORT ENTRIES HAVE THE SAME BOND NUMBER. CORRECTING THE PORT OF ENTRY ON THE ENTRY THAT RECEIVED ERROR 8PN WILL USUALLY REMOVE THE OTHER TWO ERRORS, AS WELL.

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