Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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.
BL1: INVALID CHAR FOUND IN AWB/BL/IT

THE BILL OF LADING, AIR WAYBILL, OR INBOND NUMBER MUST BE COMPOSED OF NUMBER AND LETTERS ONLY. THE PRESENCE OF ANY OTHER CHARACTERS, INCLUDING DASHES, SLASHES, OR PERIODS, ETC, WILL RESULT IN THIS REJECTION MESSAGE. NOTE--THE ABOVE MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IN A HOUSE BILL IS REPORTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MASTER BILL AND THE HOUSE BILL IS NOT LEFT JUSTIFIED IN THE APPROPRIATE POSITION IN THE 22 REC (EI) OR HA REC (HI). 
EIU: INVALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE IND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSIN (APPLICATION CI). THE C17 OR C51 RECORD PROVIDES FOR ONE OF SIX VALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATORS. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK FIELD, IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELEMENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
B12: ISO COUNTRY CODE NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE $I (ADD MANUFACTURER) TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER SENDS AN ISO CODE OF THE COUNTRY OF THE MANUFACTURER THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE COUNTRY CODE FILE.
1GK: MAIL FEE AMOUNT INVALID

FOR ENTRIES USING MODE OF TRANSPORTATION 50 (MAIL IMPORTATION), IF ANY DUTY IS DUE ON THE ENTRY, A DUTIABLE MAIL FEE OF $5.00 MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 34 RECORD. ANY OTHER AMOUNT THAN $5.00 WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
AQ1: FILING PERIOD BASE DATE REJECTED

THE FILING PERIOD BASE DATE MUST BE IN CCYYMMDD FORMAT, OR DOES NOT APPLY. 
29G: "Z" RECORD MISSING OR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE "Z" RECORD IS MISSING FROM THE INPUT APPLICATION TRANSMISSION. THE ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER USUALLY IS NOT DISPLAY WHEN THIS ERROR OCCURS. 
05E: PC: INVALID EST ARRIVAL DATE

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE ENTERED IS NOT A VALID CALENDAR DATE. FORMAT MUST BE MMDDYY. FOR EXAMPLE, 023087 IS INVALID BECAUSE FEBRUARY NEVER HAS MORE THAN 29 DAYS. THIS ENTRY HAS BEEN FLAGGED AS A PAIRED CITIES ENTRY. A VALID ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IS REQUIRED.
VOX: NOTICE: TOTAL CLAIMS EXCEED BOND

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE WILL OCCUR ONCE THE TOTAL OF ALL CLAIMS MADE AGAINST A VALID 1A DRAWBACK BOND DURING THE CURRENT BOND YEAR EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE BOND. THIS IS A FATAL ERROR, AND FULL BOND COVERAGE IS REQUIRED.
VOP: DESIGNATED EXAM SITE NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A DDPP IN THE EI 30 RECORD, POSITIONS 40-43 FOR "DESIGNATED EXAM PORT" WHEN THE ENTRY IS NOT A REMOTE FILING ENTRY. 
"27B: CENSUS QTY1/QTY2 (TARIFF 1)

THIS MESSAGE IS AN ABI REPLY TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION. IT INDICATES THAT THE RATIO OF THE FIRST QUANTITY TO THE SECOND QUANTITY FOR THE LINE IN QUESTION, FOR THE FIRST TARIFF REPORTED (OR THE ONLY ONE IF THE LINE ONLY CALLS FOR ONE TARIFF NUMBER) IS OUTSIDE THE LIMITS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY CENSUS FROM PREVIOUS IMPORTATIONS. IF THE FILER REVIEWS ITS DATA AND FINDS THAT BOTH QUANTITIES ARE CORRECT AS REPORTED, THE FILER DOES NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY ABI CHANGES, BUT SHOULD ALERT THE ENTRY TEAM THAT THE DATA IS CORRECT.
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.
EJB: UNITS OF MEASURE MUST BE EQUAL

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C39 RECORD, POS 19-21, IS USED TO REPORT THE UNIT OF MEASURE OF THE QUANTITY REPORTED IN POS 4-18.THIS UNIT OF MEASURE MUST BE IDENTICAL TO THE UNIT OF MEASURE REPORTED IN THE C33 RECORD, POS19-21. IF THE UNITS ARE NOT IDENTICAL, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VAA: FC 740:INV IMPORT CONDTN NBR

THE IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER IS SENT IN THE FC01 RECORD, POSITIONS 5-6. A CODE OF 01 - 08 IS SENT IDENTIFYING THE FCC IMPORT CONDITION. ANY OTHER CODES WILL BE REJECTED.  SEE PAGE OGA-25, CATAIR.
4CC: ENTRY TYPE MUST BE QUOTA

COMMODITIES LISTED ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE FILE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO QUOTA REPORTING FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES MUST BE ENTERED USING AN APPROPRIATE QUOTA ENTRY TYPE CODE. CURRENTLY, "02" (CONSUMPTION QUOTA ENTRY) OR "07" (COMBINATION QUOTA/ADD OR CVD ENTRY TYPE) ARE THE TWO QUOTA ENTRY TYPES.
99E: INVALID ENTRY TYPE / AG LICENSE

THE ENTRY TYPE MUST BE '02', '07', '21', '22'. '26', '30', '31', '32', '34', '35', '37', OR '38' FOR AN AGRICULTURE LICENSE TO BE ENTERED. 
99I: ABSOLUTE QUOTA/LIVE INDICATOR REQ

WHEN A TARIFF NUMBER IS ENTERED UNDER TYPE 02 OR 07, A SCHEDULED PAY DATE IS PRESENT, AND THIS TARIFF NUMBER IS AN ABSOLUTE QUOTA ITEM, A LIVE INDICATOR REQUIRED. 
BRM: POSSIBLE FEE MISMATCH

THE ORIGINAL FEE AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN FEE CLASS CODE IN THE RECON'S 'R21' RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT USCS SHOWS AS BEING THE FEE AMOUNT FOR THAT CLASS CODE ON THE ORIGINAL IMPORT ENTRY. THIS MESSAGE USUALLY RESULTS WHEN ABI ATTEMPTS TO VERIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FEE CLASS AMOUNTS ON THE IMPORT ENTRY AGREE WITH THE AMOUNTS REPORTED IN THE RECON ENTRY (R21 RECORD). IF THE IMPORT ENTRY HAS BEEN RED-LINED DURING THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS, THE USFI RECORD (WHERE FEES ARE DISPLAYED BY CLASS CODE AND AMOUNT) WILL BE BLANK AND THE LNLI RECORDS (ENTRY LINE DATA FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY) IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE BLANK. THUS ABI HAS NO FILE TO SEARCH TO VERIFY THE HMF OR MPF AMOUNT CLAIMED BY THE RECON FILER IN ITS R21 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE IS A WARNING, HOWEVER, AND WILL NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CAUSE A RECON ENTRY TO BE REJECTED.
591: LINE ITEMS INVALID FOR ENTRY TYPE

THIS MESSAGE WILL RARELY BE OBSERVED ON ABI TRANSMISSIONS UNLESS THE FILER MANAGES TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY TYPE IN THE EI APPLICATION (10 REC, POS 71-72) THAT DOES NOT PERMIT THE REPORTING OF LINE ITEM DETAILS (40-62 RECORDS). USUALLY, THE ENTRY TYPE WILL BE THE ERROR (SUCH AS REPORTING A NON-EXISTENT ENTRY TYPE). MOST AUTOMATED SYSTEMS WILL NOT ALLOW FILERS TO USE ENTRY TYPES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY USED FOR IMPORT TRANSACTIONS. THUS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RARELY SURFACE.
AAN: CASE NUMBER INVALID/MISSING

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ANTI-DUMPING (ADD) OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY (CVD) CASE NUMBER FIELD IN ABI REC 60, POS 13-22 (CVD CASE NO) OR POS 23-32 (ADD CASE NO); CATAIR, PAGE ENS-54). THE CASE NUMBER MUST BEGIN WITH AN 'A' IF ANTI-DUMPING OR A 'C' IF COUNTERVAILING DUTY AND BE FOLLOWED BY NINE NUMERICS. IF THE CASE NUMBER IS MISSING AND THE FILER HAS SENT AN ADD OR CVD ENTRY TYPE (03 OR 07), THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE CAN APPEAR IF AN ADJUSTMENT IS ATTEMPTED ON A COFA TRANSACTION AND THE COFR SCREEN DOES NOT SHOW A CASE NUMBER = CASE NUMBER ON THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION.
VAC: FC 740:03 APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED

A 03 PRIOR APPROVAL INDICATOR IS NOT REQUIRED FOR QUANTITIES LESS THAN 201. 
AE5: ENTRY DATE EXCEEDS CURRENT DATE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ENTRY DATE UPDATE 'DN' TRANSACTION WHEN THE REVISED ENTRY DATE SENT IN POSITIONS 19-24 OF THE DN01 RECORD EXCEEDS THE CURRENT DATE (PAGE ENU-2, CATAIR). 
4KS: CANNOT ENTER BOTH FEE & CERT NMBR

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN BOTH A COTTON FEE AND A COTTON EXEMPTION NUMBER ARE SENT ON THE SAME LINE. ONLY ONE CAN BE ENTERED. IF A COTTON FEE (056) IS SENT IN THE 62 RECORD A COTTON EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER CANNOT BE SENT IN THE 51 RECORD.
89O: MPF REQUIRED

THIS ENTRY REQUIRES A MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE BUT NONE WAS ENTERED. MPF IS DUE ON ALL ENTRIES UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPT. SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS ARE: -- ALL TARIFF NUMBERS IN CHAPTER 98, EXCEPT 98020060NN AND 98020080NN. -- ENTRIES FROM INSULAR POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. -- ENTRIES FROM CARRIBEAN INITIATIVE COUNTRIES (SPI E) OR LDDC COUNTRIES. -- INFORMAL ENTRIES (ALTHOUGH AN INFORMAL MPF IS REQUIRED AT THE ENTRY LEVEL.) -- NAFTA ENTRIES FROM CANADA.
SG5: INVALID TARIFF FOR CA SUGAR CERT

FOR ON-LINE, THE TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE REQUIRING SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA FROM CANADA. 

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