ABI Error Message

VBA:	BRANCH CODE INVALID W/O STMT IND

REMOVE BRANCH CODE FOR 20REC WHEN PAYMENT INDICATOR IS NOT EQUAL TO 2, 3 OR 5 IN ADDITION, A VALID PAY DATE MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 54-59, WHENEVER A PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 53. IF THE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS PRESENT, BUT THE PAYMENT DUE DATE IS BLANK OR ZEROES, AND A BRANCH CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

VBZ:	DT HS7: INVALID TIRE CODE

IF A TIRE CODE (RECORD DT01, POS 38-40) IS TRANSMITTED WITH A SPACE IN ONE OF THE THREE CHARACTERS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE CODE MUST CONTAIN SOME COMBINATION OF THREE NUMBERS OR LETTERS. SINCE DOT GIVES OUT 2-CHARACTER CODES THE FILER MUST ADD EITHER A LEADING OR TRAILING ZERO.

AFA:	ELEC INVOICE INDICATOR INVALID

THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE INDICATOR IS SENT IN POSITION 56 OF THE EI 10 RECORD. IT INDICATES THAT THE ENTRY IS PART OF THE AII PROGRAM. THE ONLY INDICATOR ALLOWED IS 'E' IF THE ENTRY IS BEING TRANSMITTED AS AN AII ENTRY, OTHERWISE SPACE FILL.

VGQ:	FD 701: ESTBLSMNT ID NOT ON FILE

AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER (FEI) NUMBER IS A TWELVE-DIGIT NUMBER THAT IDENTIFIES A DOMESTIC LOCATION (ADDRESS) OF AN FDA IMPORTER OR DOMESTIC CLIENT. THESE NUMBERS ARE CREATED IN THE FDA INTERFACE BY FILERS REQUESTING, THROUGH ABI TO FDA, A NUMBER FOR A DOMESTIC LOCATION. THE REQUEST IS MOST OFTEN MADE WHEN THE FILER HAS SENT A FOREIGN-BASED CONSIGNEE AND HAS RECEIVED AN FDA REJECT. THE FEI NUMBER, IF USED, IS SENT IN REC FD03, POS 15-26 AND MUST CONTAIN 12 NUMERIC CHARACTERS. THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE IS TO OMIT THE FIRST TWO ZEROS AND TRANSMIT ONLY TEN NUMBERS.

VDR:	FTZ ENTRY REQUIRES FIRMS CODE

THE FIRMS CODE (REC 20, POS 72-75) IS MANDATORY FOR ENTRY TYPE 06 (EI APPLICATION) OR REC H2, POS 3-6 IN THE HI APPLICATION.

APB:	USCS PROTEST NUMBER REQUIRED

THE CUSTOMS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER ASSIGNED AT INITIAL PROTEST FILING IS REQUIRED FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT (AMENDMENT, ADDENDA & SERVICE) FILINGS FOR THAT PROTEST.

28N:	*CENSUS* IMPROBABLE MFR/SHPER ID

AN ENTRY WITH A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR COUNTRY OF EXPORT OF 'CA' IS ENTERED AND THE FIRST TWO BYTES OF THE MANUFACTURER IS OTHER THAN 'XA" 'XC' 'XM' 'XB' 'XW' 'XN' 'XO' 'XP' 'XQ' 'XS'.

ADI:	INVALID ISSUER CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73 IS NOT A VALID STANDARD CARRIER ALPHA CODE (SCAC), AND THE MOT IS 10,20 OR 30, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THIS FIELD IS MANDATORY WHEN THE MOT IS 10 OR 11 IF THE SCAC IS OMITTED ENTIRELY WITH MOT 10 OR 11, ERROR CODE ADJ WILL BE GENERATED. HOWEVER, IF THE FIELD IS SPACES AND THE MOT IS 20 OR 30, NO ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.  NOTE: IF AN ENTRY SUMMARY HAS MOT 40 (AIR) AND THE ISSUER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 22 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT, AS ISSUER CODES DO NOT PERTAIN TO AIR SHIPMENTS.

VMB:	HLO: SORT SEQUENCE NUMBER INVALID

SORT SEQUENCE NUMBERS MUST BE UNIQUE ASCENDING VALUES STARTING FROM 01 AND ENDING WITH THE NUMBER OF SORT FIELDS.

VHP:	DT HS7: INVAL CONTRACT/STMNT CERT

ONLY A "Y" IS PERMITTED IN REC DT01, POS 36 TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF THE IMPORTERS SUBSTANTIATING STATEMENT/CONTRACT/OR MANUFACTURER'S CONFIRMATION LETTER. ANY OTHER CHARACTER WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.

4BI:	QUOTA ENTRY CANNOT BE CHANGED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT ADD/DELETE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). FILERS WHO HAVE ENTRY SUMMARIES IN QUOTA ACCEPTED STATUS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY SCHEDULED FOR PAYMENT VIA ACH ARE NOT PERMITTED TO REMOVE THOSE ENTRIES FROM STATEMENT/ACH STATUS. IF THE STATEMENT ADD/DELETE TRANSACTION IS ATTEMPTED WITH PAY TYPE CODE 1 (NON-STATEMENT), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

ADL:	RLSE CONTAINS NO RELEASE DATE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY TRANSACTION WHEN ONE OF THE RELEASES BEING CONSOLIDATED IN THE ABI A32 RECORD DOES NOT CONTAIN A RELEASE DATE.

03L:	INVALID IT NUMBER

CONVENTIONAL INBOND NUMBERS MUST BE 9-DIGITS LONG AT THE CURRENT TIME. TRANSMISSIONS THAT CONTAIN FEWER THAN 9 DIGITS WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.

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.

EJ5:	UNIT PRC/PYMNT TERMS INCONSISTENT

CONCERNING ABI CI, IF THE PAYMENT TERMS TYPE ON THE C02 RECORD IS '15' (NO CHARGE), THE UNIT PRICE ON THE C33 RECORD MUST BE ZERO. IF OTHER PAYMENT TERMS ARE USED ON THE C02 RECORD, THE UNIT PRICE MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THIS MESSAGE IS ALMOST ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ERROR MESSAGE EJ4.

VKW:	HLT: POS EXCEEDS TOTAL FLD LENGTH

THE POSITION VALUE SPECIFIED IN THE OPTIONAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER EXCEED THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE FIELD. THE POSITION MUST BE WITHIN THE FIELD.

AEN:	ERROR IN A32 REC; RLSE 1

THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWS A MORE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE (I.E. "1F5 RELEASE NOT ON FILE") IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY SITUATION. IT NOTIFIES THE FILER THAT THE ERROR IS IN THE FIRST RELEASE IN THE 32 RECORD.

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.

06M:	PROCESSING DIST/PORT NONEXISTENT

PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT IS NOT IN THE DISTRICT/PORT FILE.

391:	CLAIM INVALID FOR EXPORT COUNTRY

CERTAIN SPECIAL PROGRAMS (GSP, FOR ONE) REQUIRE THAT THE EXPORT COUNTRY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ORIGIN COUNTRY. IF THE EXPORT COUNTRY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR  THE SPECIAL PROGRAM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

VIB:	DT HS7: VIN LIST DUP POSITION: 4

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS (APPLICATION CODE EI) WHICH REPORT DOT INFORMATION IN THE DT03 RECORD. THIS RECORD PROVIDES SPACE TO REPORT UP TO FOUR VIN (VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS). IF THE FILER REPEATS ONE OF THE VIN'S FROM POSITIONS 1-3 IN THE DT03 RECORD IN POSITION 4 OF THE DT03, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

FC4:	FCC FORM 740 REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE TARIFF NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE 50 REC, POS 4-13, IS CODED FC4 ON THE TARIFF DATABASE, THE FILER MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE FCC RECORDS TO DESCRIBE THE ITEM. IF THE FCC RECORDS ARE NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

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.

VP9:	TOT CANADIAN PAID MUST = ZERO

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL NAFTA CTRY PAID DUTY IS SENT IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 26-36. IT MUST BE ZERO IF IT IS GREATER THAN THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DUTY (U.S.). (JO 081098) THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED WHEN POSITION 68 OF THE D30 RECORD IS SPACED FILLED INDICATING THAT THE ASSOCIATED NAFTA CTRY ENTRY DATA WILL BE PROVIDED AND NO D20 RECORD CONTAINING THE DATA IS SENT.

VDD:	MPF SURCHARGE REQUIRED

THIS IS AN ENTRY LEVEL USER FEE. THIS $3.00 FEE IS REPORTED IN THE 34 AND 89 RECORDS USING COLLECTION CLASS CODE "500". THE FEE AMOUNT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 90 RECORD FOR THE TOTAL FEES DUE. THE MPF SURCHARGE IS DUE AND PAYABLE FOR EACH MANUAL ENTRY OR RELEASE UNLESS THE ENTRY OR RELEASE IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF EXEMPT PRODUCTS. MANUAL ENTRIES ARE DEFINED AS THOSE FILED BY FILERS WHO ARE NOT CERTIFIED BY CUSTOMS FOR ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY (CERTIFICATION IN ONLY ONE PORT FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PORTS). THE ONE EXCEPTION IS THE NORTHERN BORDER. FOR FILERS WHO ARE ONLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN LAND BORDER, MANUAL ENTRIES ARE DEFINED AS THOSE FILED BY FILERS WHO ARE NOT CERTIFIED BY CUSTOMS FOR ABI ENTRY SUMMARY. MAINLY TESTING AND NEWLY OPERATIONAL ABI FILERS RECEIVE THIS ERROR.

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