Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VL9: DRAWBACK CLAIMANTID INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FORMAT OF THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT ID IS NOT A VALID IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER FORMAT. VALID IRS FORMAT IS NN-NNNNNNNXX (WHERE 'XX'=SUFFIX); SS IS NNN-NN-NNNN; CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER IS YYDDPP-NNNNN.
14L: VALUE/RANGE ERROR FOR TARIFF NBR

ENTERED VALUE IS NOT IN THE RANGE FOR THIS TARIFF NBR IN THE TARIFF DATABASE.
941: TAXES DO NOT MATCH

THE TAX AMOUNT TRANSMITTED IN THE 60 REC, POS 59-68 IS NOT AN EXACT MATCH TO THE TOTAL TAX TRANSMITTED IN THE 90 REC, POS 14-24.THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI), BUT THIS ERROR WILL NORMALLY BE FOUND IN THE EY OUTPUT RECORD AND THE ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER DOES NOT DISPLAY.
VGO: FD 701: FDA VALUE EXCEEDS USCS

THE FDA VALUE (REC03, POS 5-14) MUST NOT EXCEED THE CUSTOMS VALUE IN THE40+70+80+81 RECORD(S) OR THIS REJECT WILL OCCUR. THIS REJECT WILL ALSO OCCUR IF MULTIPLE FDA LINES (FD01-FD05 RECORDS) ARE SENT WITHIN ONE CUSTOMS LINE AND ALL OF THE VALUES COMBINED IN THOSE LINES EXCEED THE CUSTOMS VALUE.
20A: INVALID CARRIER CODE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTIONS. IF THE CARRIER CODE REPORTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-76, IS NOT ON THE CARRIER LIST FILE . THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE SUMMARY CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION REQUEST. THE CARRIER CODE FIELD MUST BE FOUR CHARACTERS. OCEAN SHIPMENTS MUST HAVE A FOUR CHARACTER STANDARD ALPHA CARRIER CODE (SCAC) IN THIS FIELD. AIR SHIPMENTS MUST HAVE A TWO CHARACTER IATA CODE (ALSO FOUND ON THE CARRIER CODE FILE) IN THE POS 73-74 OF THE 30 RECORD. NOTE: IF THE CARRIER CODE IS OMITTED ENTIRELY, ERROR MSG 2DF WILL BE GENERATED. NOTE - THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO GENERATE IF THE ENTRY USES AN AIR CARRIER CODE AND AN OCEAN PORT OF UNLADING CODE OR VICE VERSA.
VHN: DT HS7:INVALID APP LTR/ORD CERT

THE NHTSA LETTER/OR OFFICIAL ORDERS FIELD IS REPRESENTED BY THE LETTER "Y" POSITION 35 OF THE DT01 RECORD. NO OTHER CHARACTER CAN BE TRANSMITTED OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
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.
ADV: RELSE DATE EXCEEDS 7-DAY PERIOD

IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY TRANSACTION, THE NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN THE EARLIEST ENTRY AND THE LATEST ENTRY CANNOT EXCEED SEVEN DAYS. 
VLL: TOT CERT MFGR 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.
VA6: OGA OI REC MAY NOT BE BLANK

THE "OI" RECORD IS USED IN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY ENTRIES. THE DESCRIPTION IS LOCATED IN THE CATAIR, PAGE OG-11. THIS RECORD IS SENT WHEN THERE IS DATA TO BE SENT (I.E. THE LINE IS NOT "DISCLAIMED"). IF SENT, THE RECORD MUST NOT BE BLANK. THERE MUST BE A COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION SENT (POS 11-80). THE TARIFF DESCRIPTION IS NOT TO BE SENT.
99C: AG LICENSE NOT REQUIRED

AN AGRICULTURE LICENSE WAS ENTERED WITH THE FIRST TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE OUT SIDE OF THE FOLLOWING CONSTRAINTS; '99041009' THRU '99041021' INCLUSIVE AND 99041027 THRU 99041060 INCLUSIVE. THIS ERROR IS ALSO GENERATED WHEN THE FIRST TARIFF NUMBER IS 99041030, THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS 'CA' AND AN AGRICULTURE LICENSE IS ENTERED.
95G: INVALID NAFTA RECON INDICATOR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE IMPORTER DESIRES THE INSTANT IMPORT ENTRY TO BE FLAGGED FOR A NAFTA RECONCILIATION, THE APPROPRIATE ABI INDICATOR IS A "1" IN POS 76 OF THE 20 RECORD. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS POSITION (EXCEPT A BLANK TO INDICATE NO NAFTA RECONCILIATION IS BEING ELECTED), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
AQD: TARIFF ACT CITATION REQUIRED

THIS FIELD IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE SECTION OF CUSTOMS CODE UNDER WHICH THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS BEING FILED. VALID VALUES ARE: ST. THE ELECTRONIC PROTEST SWITCH MUST BE SET TO 'YES'. PLEASE CONTACT THE POR . R MX' OR 'CA' FOR MEXICAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F'. RANSMITTING '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.
VLV: DRAWBACK DUTY OR TAX REQUIRED

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS LEFT THE AMOUNT OF DUTY AND TAX BLANK. FOR THE CLAIM TO BE VALID, THERE MUST BE EITHER DUTY OR TAX (OR BOTH) TRANSMITTED.
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.
27J: *CENSUS* OR-AGR CHARGES/VALUE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED ON ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACATIONS WHEN THE LINE ITEM CHARGES (40 REC, POS 48-57) DIVIDED BY THE LINE ITEM VALUE (40 REC, POS 8-17) EXCEED A STATED PERCENTAGE. IF THE RATIO BETWEEN THE CHARGES AND VALUE EXCEEDS THE PERCENTAGE SHOWN ON TARIFF/CENSUS DATABASE BY MORE THAN 300 PERCENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. (EXAMPLE: VALUE IS $400 FOR TARIFF 8541402000 AND THE CHARGES ARE $100. THIS IS A 25% RATIO. THE RECORD FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER SHOWS 7% AS THE UPPER LIMIT. 7% OF $400 IS $28. 300% OF THIS FIGURE WOULD BE $84. THEREFORE, CHARGES FROM $1 TO $84 WOULD NOT GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE, BUT CHARGES OF $85 OR HIGHER WOULD.) FOR SHIPMENTS BY AIR, THE CHARGES IS SOMETIMES COMPARED TO THE GROSS WEIGHT (40 REC, POS18-27) AND THIS MESSAGE COULD BE GENERATED EVEN IN A CASE WHERE THE CHARGES/VALUE RATIO WAS BELOW 300% OF THE VALUE.
8D1: INVALID ABI BROKER

THIS ERROR WAS FIRST NOTICED IN JULY 2000. IT OCCURRED WHEN A FILER SENT A FDA ENTRY UNDER ONE DDPP/FFF 'A' RECORD, ACCEPTED ERROR FREE, THEN ATTEMPTED A 'CP' CORRECTION UNDER A DIFFERENT DDPP/FFF 'A' RECORD SITE.
4GP: ONLY COUNTRY VALID FOR OPTION C

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN REPLY TO AN ABI QUOTA QUERY. IF THE FILER REQUESTS ALL VISA RECORDS FOR A GIVEN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (OPTION C IN POS 25 OF THE U1 INPUT RECORD), THE INPUT RECORD CANNOT ALSO REQUEST INFORMATION FOR A GIVEN VISA NUMBER, TARIFF NUMBER OR CATEGORY NUMBER IN THE SAME U1 INPUT RECORD
VL6: DRAWBACK DDPP MUST = B REC DDPP

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT WHILE THE DRAWBACK CLAIM DDPP MAY BE CORRECT, IT DOES NOT MATCH THE DDPP OF THE DRAWBACK FILING LOCATION (THE PC PORT CODE THAT THE MAINFRAME RECOGNIZES). THIS MESSAGE MAY APPEAR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER INVALID DDPP MESSAGES. IN ABI, THE PORT CODE IN THE 'B' CONTROL RECORD MUST MATCH THE PORT CODE FOR THE CLAIM IN THE 'D10' RECORD.
VLH: CERT MFR TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENC

THIS MESAGE MEANS THAT THE CERT MFR (CM) 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 THEN 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.
VKQ: HLS: MAX 15 DEF SEL FLDS EXCEEDED

A MAXIMUM OF FIFTEEN FIELDS MAY BE SELECTED TO FORMULATE DEFAULT SELECTION CRITERIA FOR A TABLE LOCATE DEFINITION. THE FIELD(S) IN ERROR EXCEED THIS LIMIT. 
2DF: CARR CODE REQ FOR MOT 10,11,40

ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS FOR CARGO ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES BY AIR OR OCEAN (MOT 10, 11, 40, 41) MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE CODE REPRESENTING THE IMPORTING AIR OR OCEAN CARRIER. THE CARRIER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-76 (FOR THE FOUR CHARACTER OCEAN CARRIER CODE) AND IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-74 (FOR THE TWO CHARACTER AIR CARRIER CODE). THIS CODE IS REQUIRED WHETHER OR NOT THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION REQUEST FLAG. IF THE FILER DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE CARRIER CODE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE CARRIER CODE IS OMITTED FROM THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER HI) FOR AIR OR OCEAN MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
J02: AWB PREFIX NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). THE AIR CARRIER PREFIX IS FOUND ON THE CARL 3/ FILE. IF THE THREE POSITION NUMERIC CODE, TRANSMITTED IN THE HA RECORD IN POS 15-17 (FIRST THREE CHARACTERS OF THE MASTER AIR WAYBILL) IS NOT ON THE CARRIER FILE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.  
0JI: TARIFF NUMBER MUST BE ENTERED

  NUMBER MUST BE ENTERED
27P: *CENSUS* MAXIMUM VALUE EXCEEDED

THE TOTAL LINE ITEM VALUE EXCEEDS 100,000,000 DOLLARS. THIS MAY BE NECESSARY WHEN THE CRITERIA MUST BE DIFFERENT FOR ACS/ABI THAN THE STATISTICAL EDITS AT CENSUS.

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