Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

DEQ: TYPE AND CLAIMANT REQUIRED

THE DRAWBACK TYPE AND CLAIMANT ID FIELDS ARE REQUIRED FIELDS. 
VBX: DT HS7: INVALID VEH. ELIGIBIL. #

THIS ELEMENT MUST BE USED WHEN BOX 03 IS INDICATED ON THE DT01 RECORD. IT IS A SIX POSITION FIELD IN THE FORMAT AAANNN, WHERE AAA MAY EQUAL "VSA", "VCP" OR "VSP", FOLLOWED BY THREE NUMERICS FROM 001 THROUGH 999. THE VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY NUMBER TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER MUST COME FROM A LIST ISSUED BY THE DOT WHICH COVERS EVERY VEHICLE MANUFACTURED WITHIN THE LAST 25 YEARS. ***NOTE**** IF THE INSTANT IMPORTATION IS FOR A VEHICLE WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT REVISION OF THE DOT NON-CONFORMING VEHICLE LIST, THE APPROPRIATE ELIGIBILITY INDICATOR IS "PET" (WHICH STANDS FOR PETITION TO ADD NEW VEHICLE TO THE LIST). NO NUMERICS ARE NECESSARY WHEN PET IS TRANSMITTED.
VO1: DT HS7: FORM REQUIRED

IMPORTED PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE CODED DT1 OR DT2 ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE. IF THE CODING IS DT2, THE FILER IS REQUIRED TO REPORT DOT INFORMATION FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER. IF NO DATA IS TRANSMITTED, THE ABOVE ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
BRY: POSSIBLE DUTY MISMATCH

R20 ORIGINAL DUTY DOES NOT MATCH PAID / LIQ DUTY THIS MESSAGE IS RETURNED IF THE R20 REC, POS 23-33, AMOUNT DOES NOT EXACTLY AGREE WITH THE PAID DUTY ON THE ENAI RECORD FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY LISTED IN THE R20 RECORD, POS 8-18.THERE CAN BE SEVERAL CAUSES FOR THIS ERROR, BUT THE MOST COMMON ONE IS THAT THE FILER WILL SEND ALL ZEROS IN THE R20 FOR AN IMPORT ENTRY THAT HAD DUTY PAID. ANOTHER POSSIBLE REASON IS WHEN TWO OR MORE COLLECTIONS WERE DEPOSITED ON THE SAME IMPORT ENTRY AND THE FILER HAS NOT KEPT ACCURATE RECORDS REFLECTING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DUTY PAID. 
07P: MASTER BILL NBR REQ'D WITH I.T.

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF AN H5 RECORD CONTAINS DATA IN THE INBOND NUMBER FIELD (POS 3-14), THERE MUST BE DATA IN THE MASTER BILL FIELD, AT A MINIMUM. IF THERE IS NO MASTER BILL DATA, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
DLC: WARNING - ACCEL PRIV NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE AND IS A "WARNING" NOT A FATAL ERROR THAT APPEARS IF THE CLAIM DATE IS ON OR AFTER 4/6/1998 AND THERE IS NO ACCELERATED SPECIAL PRIVILEGE RECORD ON FILE IN ACS. THIS WILL OCCUR IF THE CLAIMANT HAS NOT RE-APPLIED FOR THEIR PRIVILEGES, OR IF THEY HAVE RE-APPLIED, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN PUT INTO THE FILE. CLAIMANTS HAVE UNTIL 4/6/1999 TO RE-APPLY. AT THAT TIME THIS MESSAGE WILL BECOME A FATAL ERROR.
APM: VOIDANCE REQ. IND. INVALID

A REQUEST FOR VOIDANCE OF DENIAL, INDICATED BY 'R', MAY BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER PROTEST HAS BEEN DENIED BY CUSTOMS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE VOIDANCE REQUEST FIELD IS NOT 'R'. 
531: NON-NUMERIC IN NUMERIC FIELD

IN ACS, ALL MONEY FIELDS AND CERTAIN FIELDS USED AS SWITCHES OR COUNTERS ARE DEFINED AS NUMERIC. DURING ABI PROCESSING OF BROKER DATA, IF A FIELD CONTAINS ALPHA CHARACTERS AND IT SHOULD BE NUMERIC, THE USER WILL RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE. AFTER SYSTEM TESTING WITH BROKERS, THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT OCCUR.  THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF THE NUMERIC FIELD IS FILLED WITH BLANK DATA (AT LEAST IN THE CI-AUTOMATED INVOICE-TRANSACTION).
BRU: COMMENTS REQUIRED

COMMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN POSITIONS 5-79 OF THE RECON 'R15' ABI RECORD. POSITION 5 MUST BE > SPACE. 
AAM: MFR/SHIPPER ID INVALID ISO PREFX

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A SHIPMENT IDENTIFIES A MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (MID) INVOLVING A CANADIAN SHIPPER. VALID ISO PREFIXES FOR THESE SHIPMENTS ARE: XN (WHERE N= ONE OF THE 10 ALLOWABLE ALPHA CHARACTERS FOR THE 10 CANADIAN PROVINCES). IF THE SHIPMENT IN QUESTION DOES NOT INVOLVE CANADIAN GOODS, THE ISO COUNTRY PREFIX CODE MUST BE A VALID TWO-CHARACTER PREFIX FROM THE DATABASE. ERRORS IN THE CODE FOR NON-CANADIAN SHIPMENTS WILL GENERATE ERROR MESSAGE 0M9.
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.
EIL: INVALID CURRENCY CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). CURRENCY CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 REC, POS 45-4 VALID CURRENCY CODES ARE LISTED IN THE CATAIR IN APPENDIX B. THE USE OF ANY CURRENCY CODE NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX B, OR A BLANK FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
ST2: NO PEVIOUS SET HEADER PROCESSED

A SET ITEM (SECONDARY SPI OF 'V') WAS ENTERED WITHOUT A SET HEADER (SECONDARY SPI OF 'X') LINE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THIS LINE.
VLQ: DRAWBACK EXPORT SUMM IND INVALID

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) FOR WHETHER THIS IS AN EXPORT SUMMARY CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR A SPACE (NO) OR '1' (YES) FOR ABI. APPLIES TO DRAWBACK MODULE.
EJZ: REASON FOR DIFFERENCE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IN THE C39 RECORD, POS 24-58 IS PROVIDED TO ENABLE THE FILER TO PROVIDE A FREE FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUANTITY OF CARGO SHIPPED BY THE INVOICING PARTY AND THE QUANTITY REPORTED ON THE C33 RECORD. THIS FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
EJY: UNIT OF MEASURE REQUIRED

IF THE FILER SENDS A QUANTITY IN THE SUMMARY INPUT (EI APPLICATION, REC 22, POS 51-58) AND DOES NOT ALSO INCLUDE A UNIT OF MEASURE (REC 22, POS 51-58) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO THE CARGO RELEASE INPUT (HI APPLICATION, REC HA, POS 51-58 FOR THE UNIT OF MEASURE). IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI), THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING. IF THE C34 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, THE FIRST QUANTITY FIELD, POS 4-18, MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THE FIRST UNIT OF MEASURE IN POS 19-21 IS OPTIONAL. IF THE SECOND UNIT OF MEASURE, POS 37-39, IS TRANSMITTED WITHOUT A SECOND QUANTITY IN POS 22-26, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED. A BETTER MESSAGE WOULD BE "UOM NOT ALLOWED WITH QUANTITY."
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).
EKA: CONFLICTING PAYMENT TERMS

IN AN ABI INVOICE (CI) TRANSMISSION, IF A PAYMENT TERMS INDICATES 'NO CHARGE' ANOTHER PAYMENT TERMS IS ALLOWED ONLY IF IT IS TYPE 'OTHER'. ALL OTHER PAYMENT TERMS DIRECTLY CONTRADICT 'NO CHARGE'. 
VPA: IMPORT REF NOT FOUND

THIS REJECT OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE IN THE D01 RECORD IS OTHER THAN A '2' (I.E. 1 OR 3) THEN THE ENTRY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 17-27 AND THE ENTRY MUST BE RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER FILE.
42D: EST TAX NO MATCH TO COMPUTED TAX

IR TAX ENTERED IS NOT WITHIN $3.00 OF COMPUTED IR TAX. 
DK9: WARNING - WPN PRIV NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE AND IS A "WARNING" NOT A FATAL ERROR THAT APPEARS IF THE CLAIM DATE IS ON OR AFTER 4/6/1998 AND THERE IS NO WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE RECORD ON FILE IN ACS. THIS WILL OCCUR IF THE CLAIMANT HAS NOT RE-APPLIED FOR THEIR PRIVILEGES, OR IF THEY HAVE RE-APPLIED, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN PUT INTO THE FILE. CLAIMANTS HAVE UNTIL 4/6/1999 TO RE-APPLY. AT THAT TIME (OR SUCH OTHER LATER TIME TO BE DETERMINED BASED ON NEED), THIS ENTRY WILL BECOME A FATAL ERROR.
VHY: DT HS7: NHTSA RI NOT EFF FOR EDA

THE REGISTERED IMPORTER FILE LISTS ALL VALID REGISTERED IMPORTERS BY A SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED NUMBER (RI NUMBER). EACH NUMBER ALSO HAS AN EFFECTIVE DATE, USUAL FOR ONE YEAR AT A TIME. IF THE RI NUMBER IS NOT IN EFFECT ON THE ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL AS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER IN THE HI OR EI RECORDS, THIS 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.
EJX: UNITS MUST BE IN ORDER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE AT TWO LEVELS, IN THE C06/C07 RECORD AND/OR THE C47/C49 RECORDS. IN EITHER CASE, THE OUTER SHIPPING UNIT (USUALLY A CONTAINER) IS IDENTIFIED IN THE C06 RECORD. IF INTERIOR PACKAGING ENTITIES ARE SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED WITHIN A CONTAINER, THOSE IDENTIFIERS ARE REPORTED IN THE C07/C49 REC. EACH OF THESE RECORDS PROVIDES SPACE TO REPORT ONE OR TWO INTERIOR PACKAGING UNIT IDENTIFIERS (OR A RANGE OF IDENTIFIERS). THE INTERIOR PACKAGING IDENTIFERS MUST BE UNIQUE AND MUST BE REPORTED IN ORDER. THAT IS, THE C07 REC, POS 4-20, IS USED TO REPORT THE FIRST PACKAGING IDENTIFIER. THE NUMBER IN THIS FIELD MUST BE DIFFERENT FROM THE UNIT IDENTIFIER IN POS 21-37. FURTHER, DATA CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 21-37 UNLESS POS 4-20 IS USED FIRST. WHEN REPORTING RANGES, THE NUMBER OF DIGITS IN THE HIGHEST RANGE MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR ALL RANGES (USE 0001 TO 0800 IF THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE RANGE IS 4000, NOT 1 TO 800, 801 TO 1600, FOR EXAMPLE).
AEY: 42 SENT; NOT REQUIRED

IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE INTERFACE PROGRAM THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF AUTOMATED FILER SENDS A 42 INVOICE RECORD WITHOUT AN "E" (ELECTRONIC INVOICE INDICATOR) IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD. IF THE FILER SENDS THE "E" THEY MUST SEND THE 42 RECORD. 

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