Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AQ0: NO FILING PERIOD BASE DATE

WHEN A FILING/AMENDMENT BASIS INDICATOR IS USED, A FILING PERIOD BASE DATE REQUIRED. THE FILING PERIOD BASE DATE IS BLANK.
228: INVALID DAY FOR BEGINNING DATE

DAY OF BEGINNING EFFECTIVE DATE UPDATE IS INVALID 
VA8: FW 3-177: INVLD COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (FW01, POS 73-74) CANNOT BE BLANK. IT MUST BE A VALID ISO CODE. THE FWS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DOES NOT HAVE TO MATCH THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES. I.E. IF SNAKESKIN FROM AUSTRALIA WAS USED AS TRIM IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOOTWARE FROM ITALY, THE ISO CODE IN THE HI APPLICATION (RECORD H5, POS 6-7) OR THE EI APPLICATION (RECORD 40, POS 6-7) WOULD BE IT AND THE ISO CODE IN THE FW01 RECORD, POS 73-74, WOULD BE AU.
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. 
DLA: WARNING - NO WPN APPV'L- CHK PRIV

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. IT IS A 'WARNING', NOT A FATAL ERROR, THAT APPEARS IF THE CLAIMANT HAS APPLIED FOR THE WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE PRIVILEGE, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED. MESSAGE DLA WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WARNING ONLY AFTER 4/6/1999.
35C: INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER FORMAT

ENTERED IMPORTER NUMBER DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE IRS, SSN OR CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER.  NOTE: ALPHA CHARACTERS "O" (OH) "I" (EYE) AND "Z" (ZEE) ARE NOT PERMITTED.
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). 
8WZ: INVALID SUB-HOUSE BL/AWB NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THE SUB-HOUSE BILL NUMBER IS TRANSMTTED IN THE L3 REC, POS 52-63. IF THE NUMBER REPORTED IN THIS FIELD IS FEWER THAN 12 CHARACTERS LONG, THE NUMBER SHOULD BE LEFT JUSTIFIED. IF ANY LEADING SPACES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
20T: ADDRESS REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C10 AND C60 RECORDS PROVIDE SPACE TO REPORT THE SECOND LINE OF THE ADDRESS FOR THE PARTY IDENTIFIED IN THE C08 OR C58 RECORD (IF THERE IS MORE ADDRESS INFORMATION THAN CAN BE REPORTED ON THE C09 RECORD). IF THE C10 OR C60 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED WITH BLANKS IN THE SECOND-LINE-OF-ADDRESS FIELD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
40J: SPI CLAIM INVALID FOR TARIFF

MOST TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE OR MORE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE DUTY REQUIRED. THESE ARE CODED AS "SPI" FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TARIFF NUMBER HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR. IF AN ABI FILERS TRANSMITS AN SPI (SUMMARY TRANSACTION 50 REC, POS 3, OR POS 78-79; 70/80/81 REC, POS 13 OR POS 79-80) THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THAT TARIFF NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FILERS SHOULD VERIFY THE SPI FROM THEIR HARMONIZED QUERY OUTPUT (V3 REC, POS 53-72) TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE SELECTED SPI APPLIES TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. NOTE: AS STATED IN ERROR MESSAGE 40L, IF THE TRANSMITTED SPI (50 RECORD OR 70 RECORD) IS ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER, IT MUST NONETHELESS AGREE WITH THE C/O CODE (EITHER "MX" OR "CA"). IF THE C/O IS "CA", AN SPI OF "MX" WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
ASZ: PRT:ENTRY NOT ON DEN 520/ASSOC514

THE ENTRY CITED DOES NOT MATCH ANY ENTRY LISTED ON THE USCS DATABASE RECORD THE DENIED 520 OR ASSOCIATED 514 NAFTA PROTEST NUMBER GIVEN. 
VE4: FDA STATUS CHANGE NOT INDICATED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE HAPPENS ONLY BETWEEN CUSTOMS ACS AND THE FDA'S SYSTEM. FDA SENDS INFORMATION VIA CUSTOMS TO THE FILER BY THE "LP" TRANSACTION. THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN FDA HAS SENT AN "LP" THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE CURRENT FDA STATUS OF THE ENTRY. NOTHING IS PASSED TO THE FILER.
4FN: NO DECIMALS IN QTY FIELDS ALLOWED

QUANTITY FIELDS IN ABI ARE WHOLE NUMBER FIELDS. DECIMAL QUANTITIES ARE NOT PERMITTED HENCE DECIMALS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN QUANTITY FIELDS. 
89E: FEE CODE ENTERED/NOT REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF A FEE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 62 RECORD FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A FLAG FOR THAT FEE ON THE TARIFF FILE. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE IS THE TRANSMISSION OF A COTTON FEE, CLASS CODE 056, FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COTTON FEE ON ITS CURRENT RECORD. FILERS SHOULD VERIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF THE FEE FROM THE TARIFF FILES. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF CERTAIN FEES ARE TRANSMITTED INCORRECTLY ON A SET ENTRY. IN THIS CASE, THE MPF FEE (499) AND THE HMF (501) FEES MUST ONLY BE TRANSMITTED WITH THE "X" LINES. OTHER TARIFF SPECIFIC FEES CAN ONLY BE TRANSMITTED WITH THE APPROPRIATE "V" LINES. THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED IF THE AMOUNT OF THE COTTON FEE, CALCULATED BY ACS, IS LESS THAN $2.01, USING THE CORRECT RATE. ACS WILL NOT DISPUTE THE FILER'S AMOUNT OF COTTON FEE IN SUCH A SITUATION. IT WILL MERELY ADVISE THE FILER THAT NO FEE IS REQUIRED.
EJK: INVALID TOTAL INVOICE VALUE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C81 RECORD, POS 8-22 (WITH TWO DECIMAL PLACES OCCUPYING THE LAST TWO POSITIONS) DISPLAYS THE TOTAL INVOICE VALUE FOR THE INVOICE BEING TRANSMITTED. THIS FIGURE IS THE SUM OF THE VARIOUS C33 RECORD INVOICE AMOUNTS, WITH ADJUSTMENTS FOR VARIOUS ALLOWANCES AND CHARGES, AS OUTLINED ON PAGE AII-59, NOTE 1. IF THE TOTAL OF ALL C33 AND RELATED RECORDS, ROUNDED TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES, DOES NOT EXACTLY AGREE WITH THE FIGURE REPORTED IN POS 8-22 OF THE C81 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VDC: INFORMAL FEE REQUIRED

INFORMAL ENTRIES SUBMITTED THROUGH ABI REQUIRE AN ENTRY LEVEL FEE TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 34 RECORD WITH CLASS CODE 311. UNLESS THE IMPORTATION IS EXEMPT (AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED, EXPRESS CONSIGNMENT COURIER FACILITY, LDDC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, ETC), THE FEE IS $2.00 FOR ABI ENTRIES.
VGF: FD 701: AFFRM/CMPLNCE QUALFYR REQ

THE FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE MAY APPLY TO CERTAIN FDA LINES. SOME OF THE AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE ARE SHOWN IN THE THE FDA AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE FILE AS QUALIFIER - "Y" (YES). THIS QUALIFIER CAN TAKE MANY FORMS. IT MAY BE A FORM, STATEMENT OR LICENSE NUMBER. IF THE FILER USES AN FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE AND IT HAS A "Y" FOR QUALIFIER REQUIRED THEN THE QUALIFIER MUST BE SENT IN REC FD01, POS 23-47.
57F: SUMM REMVD FR STMT, DOCS NOW REQD

SUMMARY PAY BASIS HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SINGLE PAYMENT, SO IT IS NO LONGER ON STATEMENT AND IS NO LONGER PAPERLESS. 
DEP: VALID INPUT = 'Y'

THE ONLY VALID INPUT FOR THIS FIELD IS 'Y'. OTHERWISE, THE FIELD SHOULD REMAIN BLANK. 
VPS: CLAIM LINE TARIFFS EXCEED 8

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE CLAIM LINE TARIFF NUMBER IS SENT IN THE D12 RECORD, POSITIONS 6-15. UP TO EIGHT D12 TARIFF NUMBER RECORDS CAN BE SENT UNDER A SINGLE D10 LINE NUMBER. IF MORE THAN EIGHT ARE SENT THIS REJECT MESSAGE OCCURS.
8WT: INVALID CHG: AMS TO NON AMS FIRMS

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERALLY USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION REFLECTS A FIRMS CODE FOR A LOCATION THAT IS AN AIR AMS PARTICIPANT, THE FILER OF THE ENTRY MAY NOT USE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION TO REQUEST A NEW FIRMS CODE, IF THAT INTENDED FIRMS CODE IS NOT ALSO AN AIR AMS FACILITY. IN SUCH A CASE, CHANGES OF THIS TYPE MUST BE MADE BY AN INSPECTOR A A SELECTIVITY SITE.
823: SURETY IS CANCELLED

THE SURETY CODE SENT IS FOR A SURETY THAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF BONDING.  
ARB: SURETY CERTIFICATION REQ'D

WHEN THE PROTESTANT IS A SURETY, THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION MUST BE CERTIFIED TO BE TRUEBY SUBMITTING 'Y' IN THE SURETY CERTIFICATION FIELD: "THIS PROTEST IS NOT BEING FILED COLLUSIVELY TO EXTEND ANOTHER AUTHORIZED PERSON'S TIME TO PROTEST."
AQI: ASSOC. PROTEST NBR REQUIRED

UNDER CFR 181.115, THE FOREIGN EXPORTER OR PRODUCER OF THE MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO AN ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION, MAY INTERVENE IN THE IMPORTER'S 514 PROTEST. TO MAKE SUCH A FILING, THE FOREIGN EXPORTER'S INTERVENTION MUST CITE THE IMPORTER'S 514 PROTEST NUMBER. THE PROTEST NUMBER IS MISSING.
VHK: DT HS7: DT02 REQUIRED

REGARDLESS OF WHICH BOX IS USED (REC DT01, POS 8-9) IF THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS "V", THEN A DT02 RECORD IS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, IF BOX 05 IS USED AND THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS "E" OR "T", A DT02 RECORD IS STILL REQUIRED (SEE COMMENTS FOR MESSAGE VHG). AS OF JUNE 2000, ALL BOXES EXCEPT 2B AND 11 REQUIRE A DT02 RECORD IF THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS 'V'.

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