Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

383: COUNTRY OF EXPORT INVALID

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE ABI FILER TRANSMITS AN ENTRY SUMMARY OR CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTION WITH A TWO-CHARACTER COUNTRY CODE (ISO CODE) THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE. FOR SHIPMENTS FROM CANADA, THE TWO-CHARACTER CODE IS CA, NOT THE PROVINCE-OF-ORIGIN CODE (X-) THAT MUST BE USED FOR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPORTING. ALSO, IF "US" IS TRANSMITTED AS THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT, THAT WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
461: PAY DUE DATE INVALID/CONFLICTING

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A PAYMENT DUE DATE THAT IS AT LEAST ONE WORKING DAY IN THE FUTURE WHEN COMPARED TO THE ABI TRANSMISSION DATE. THE PAYMENT DUE DATE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 30 RECORD, POS 54-59. 
ABX: BROKER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR REQUEST

A BROKER HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION THAT MAY BE ON FILE, BUT IS NOT ASSIGNED ITS FILER CODE. FOR RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER IS NOT A STATEMENT FILER IN THE PORT OF PROCESS. RECONCILIATION ENTRIES MUST BE PAID VIA STATEMENT PROCESSING, THUS THE FILER WILL GET THIS REJECT MESSAGE UNTIL HIS PROFILE RECORD REFLECTS OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING.
15Q: FEE CODE/TOTAL FEE DOES NOT MATCH

ABI ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS REPORT VARIOUS USER FEES IN THE 62 RECORD OR THE 34 RECORD. THESE FEES ARE SUMMARIZED IN THE 89 RECORD BY CLASS CODE. THE AMOUNT OF THE LINE ITEM FEE TOTALS FROM THE 62 RECORDS (OR THE ENTRY LEVEL FEES FOUND IN THE 34 RECORD) MUST EXACTLY AGREE WITH THE AMOUNTS REPORTED IN THE 89 RECORD. DIFFERENCES OF ANY AMOUNT (ONE CENT OR MORE) BETWEEN THE AMOUNTS IN THE 34/62 RECORDS AND THE SAME CLASS CODE IN THE 89 RECORD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
BRV: INVALID 'R15' IMPRT ENTRY SOURCE

THE IMPORT ENTRY SOURCE INDICATOR IN THE ABI 'R15' RECORD FOR RECONCILIATION MUST BE '1' (OTHER), '2' (PUERTO RICO), OR '3' (U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS). 
055: INVALID BROKER CODE

NEW FILER CODES MUST BE 3 DIGIT ALPHA/NUMERIC. BROKER CODE IS REQUIRED INPUT FOR THIS TRANSACTION AND WAS OMITTED.
APQ: WITHDRAWAL REQ. IND. INVALID

A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION, INDICATED BY 'W', MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME UNTIL THE PROTEST OR CLAIM IS ADJUDICATED BY CUSTOMS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE WITHDRAWAL REQUEST FIELD, P10 REC, POS 66, MUST BE "W", OR MUST BE BLANK. ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THIS FIELD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
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.
VHZ: DT HS7: V ELIGIBILITY NBR REQ'D

IF BOX 03 IS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT01 REC, POS 8-9, A VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 64-69 OF THE DT01 RECORD. 
961: TOT EST DUTY NOT=TOT EST LINE DUTY

THE ESTIMATED DUTY TOTAL FROM ALL LINES ON THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION DOES NOT EQUAL THE AMOUNT SHOWN AS THE TOTAL DUTY. THE 90 REC, POS 3-13, REFLECTS THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DUTY AMOUNT AND MUST EQUAL, TO THE PENNY, THE TOTAL OF ALL THE LINE ITEM DUTY AMOUNTS. UNLIKE THE LINE AMOUNTS, WHICH MAY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL FLUCTUATION OF UP TO $2.99 PER LINE (SEE MESSAGE 506), THERE IS NO FLUCTUATION PERMITTED BETWEEN THE 90 RECORD FIGURE AND THE TOTAL OF THE LINE AMOUNTS.
99J: HONG KONG VISA/LIVE INDICATOR REQ

FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE NUMBERS, IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS CHINA (CN) AND THE ISO COUNTRY CODE OF THE VISA (1ST TWO POSITIONS) IS HONG KONG (HK), A LIVE ENTRY INDICATOR (1) IS REQUIRED IN POSITION 44 OF THE EI 10 RECORD OR THIS REJECT WILL OCCUR.
AAW: INVALID AD/CV RATE FOR DATE

THE AD/CV RATE TRANSMITTED IN REC 60, POS 69-73 (CVD RATE) AND/OR POS 74-78 (ADD RATE) IS NOT APPLICABLE PER EFFECTIVE DATES SET FORTH IN THE ADD/CVD FILE. THE DATES USED IN DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVE RATE FOLLOW THE FOLLOW ING PROGRESSION: ENTRY DATE, ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE, CARGO RELEASE DATE, ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE, SYSTEM DATE.
ARG: PROTESTANT TYPE REQUIRED

A VALID VALUE IS REQUIRED IN THE PROTESTANT TYPE FIELD VALID VALUES ARE: D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT F - FOREIGN MAUFACTURER/PRODUCER/EXPORTER I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - MASTER OF VESSEL S - SURETY V - VESSEL OPERATOR O - OTHER
AQS: AFR QUESTIONS RESPONSE REQ'D

WHEN APPLYING FOR FURTHER REVIEW, THE FILER MUST RESPOND TO 3 FURTHER REVIEW CRITERIA QUESTIONS. VALID RESPONSES ARE 'Y' OR 'N'. THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS ARE MISSING. 
ARW: REFUND PARTY NBR NOT ON FILE

THE NUMBER LISTED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS ERROR IS THAT THE IRS, SSN OR USCS NUMBER HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED IN AN IMPROPER FORMAT. DASHES MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE FORMAT. FOR IRS NUMBERS, NN-NNNNNNNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR SSN'S, NNN-NN-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR USCS NUMBERS, YYDDPP-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. IRS NUMBERS MUST BE 12 CHARACTERS LONG; NUMBERS LISTED AT THE 10 CHARACTER LEVEL WILL BE REJECTED BECAUSE ALL IRS NUMBERS ARE LISTED AT THE 12 CHARACTER LEVEL IN THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. WHEN A 2 CHARACTER SUFFIX IS NOT USED AT THE END OF THE IRS NUMBER, 2 ZEROS SHOULD BE USED (NN-NNNNNNN00).
53A: DUPLICATE CLASS CODE ENTERED

USER FEE CODE SHOULD ONLY BE ENTERED ONCE FOR EACH CODE REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE TARIFF LINE ITEMS. 
" 27C: *CENSUS* OR-LO VAL/QTY(1) TARIFF1

THE UNIT PRICE (VALUE/PRIMARY QUANTITY) IS NOT WITHIN SPECIFIC LIMITS. 
2I5: ADDR LINE 1 MISSING

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C09 AND C59 RECORDS PROVIDE SPACE FOR THE NAME AND FIRST LINE OF THE ADDRESS OF THE PARTY IDENTIFIED IN THE C08 OR C58 RECORDS. FOR ALL PARTIES OTHER THAN THE IMPORTER (CODE IM) OR ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE (CODE UC), A NAME AND ADDRESS ARE REQUIRED. IF THE FIELD FOR LINE ONE OF THE ADDRESS IS BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. ERROR MESSAGE EIK, "NAME/ADDRESS REQUIRED" WILL FREQUENTLY ACCOMPANY ERROR MESSAGE 2I5, UNLESS THE PARTY TYPE IS "IM" OR "UC". THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THE 5106 INPUT TRANSACTION (CODE TI).
RB9: RECON/IMPORT SURETY MISMATCH

THE SURETY CODE ON THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY DOES NOT MATCH THE SURETY CODE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORT ENTRIES. ALL IMPORT ENTRIES AND THE RECON SUMMARY MUST HAVE THE SAME SURETY CODE. (IF THE IMPORTER NUMBER IDENTIFIED IN THE RECON AND IMPORT ENTRIES HAS CHANGED SURETY COMPANIES DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE RECON ENTRY, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE FILER TO FILE AT LEAST TWO RECON ENTRIES. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAINTAIN THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SURETY SHOWN IN THE R10 REC, POS 32-34 AND THE SURETY IDENTIFED ON EACH IMPORT ENTRY).
VAU: ULT CONSIGNEE IN ENTRY HEADER

WHEN AN ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE HI APPLICATION, REC H2, POS 11-22 (INDICATING ONE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE FOR THE SHIPMENT), POS 33-44 IN REC H5 MUST BE SPACE FILLED.
39B: INVALID DUTY FREE CLAIM

THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A DUTY-FREE CLAIM THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/COUNTRY OF EXPORT COMBINATION. FOR EXAMPLE, INSULAR POSSESSIONS (SPI "Y") ARE ENTITLED TO SHIP CARGO DUTY FREE TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT ONLY IF THE SHIPMENT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE POSSESSION. THEREFORE, IF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT (50 REC, POS 69-70) IS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (40 REC, POS 6-7), AND THE FILER TRANSMITS "Y" IN POS 3 OF THE 50 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF SPI "Y" IS USED FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED PRODUCTS (CHAPT 98010010NN), AS THESE ARTICLES ARE UNCONDITIONALLY FREE OF DUTY AND THEREFORE DO NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CLAIM DUTY-FREE STATUS.
VL2: DBK IMPORT ENTRY CANNOT = CLAIM #

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS ERRONEOUSLY ATTEMPTED TO DESIGNATE AN IMPORT ENTRY WITH THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER AS THE DRAWBACK CLAIM BEING MADE.
RBS: RECONCILIATION IMPRTR ID INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FORMAT OF THE RECON IMPORTER 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.
2A3: ENTRY CANNOT BE CERTIFIED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A CERTIFICATION (USUALLY FROM THE ENTRY SUMMARY DATA) IS ATTEMPTED AND, FOR ONE OF SEVERAL REASONS, CANNOT BE PERFORMED. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY AT LEAST ONE MORE MESSAGE DESCRIBING THE REASON WHY CARGO CERTIFICATION FAILED.
VLM: DRAWBACK DELETE CODE INVALID

THIS MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IF THE FILER HAS USED AN ADDITION/DELETION CODE OF 'D' ON THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD OF THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE (THE D10 ABI RECORD) AND THE CLAIM IS ALREADY IN A CUSTOMS STATUS. 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. NOTE: THE CLAIM CANNOT BE DELETED AT ALL IF ACCELERATED DRAWBACK HAS BEEN PAID. IF ACCELERATED DRAWBACK 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.

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