ABI Error Message

AAI:	MFR ID OR SHIPPER ID REQUIRED

A MANUFACTURER OR SUPPLIER CODE IDENTIFIES THE MANUFACTURER OR SUPPLIER. REFER TO CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 3500-13, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1986, FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON DETERMINING THE MANUFACTURER/SUPPLIER CODE.

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.

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.

8WE:	15-DAY UPDATE TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED

FILERS WHO USE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN) TO CORRECT VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE SELECTIVITY RECORD PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED BY ABI INPUT HAVE A 15 CALENDAR DAY TIME LIMIT IN WHICH TO TRANSMIT THE UPDATE TRANSACTION. THE 15 DAYS IS MEASURED AGAINST THE LATEST OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE, ACTUAL ARRIVAL DATE, AND/OR RELEASE DATE.

BRQ:	EARLIEST IMPORT DATE MISMATCH

WHEN THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY ISSUE CODE ON THE 'RA' TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD = 'NF', THE EARLIEST IMPORT DATE MUST BE GIVEN AND MUST MATCH THE EARLIEST IMPORT DATE IN ACS OF ANY OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORTS GIVEN IN THE 'R20' RECORDS.

DKO:	CANADIAN TRAILER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE NAFTA IMPORT ENTRY TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS (00001-99999) ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE (E.G.:00001,00003,00002 INSTEAD OF 00001, 00002, 00003) (DRAWBACK MODULE).

VDG:	INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF MAXIMUM

CLASS CODE 499 SHOULD INDICATE THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES (MPF) FROM ALL LINE-ITEM 62 RECORDS. IF THE ACTUAL TOTAL IS GREATER THAN $485, 485 SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 89 RECORD. NAFTA GOODS ORIGINATING IN MEXICO MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE MPF CLACULATED USING 0.19%. THE MAXIMUM MPF WILL BE $400. IF ONE OR MORE LINES IN AN ENTRY REQUIRE THE .21% MPF RATE, THEN THE MAXIMUM RATE WILL BE $485.00. THIS FEE AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL FEE AMOUNT IN THE "90" RECORD.

2C0:	BOND NOT IN EFFECT

A VALID BOND IS ON FILE, BUT IS NOT EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF THE QUOTA ENTRY. OR, IF NOT ABI, CHECK BOND TYPE ON ENTRY HEADER MASTER RECORD. IF (9), MUST "X" 'S.E.B.' ACS WILL NOT CHECK CONTINUOUS (301) BOND FILE.

ARM:	ACTION CODE N/A

ACTION CODE NOT APPLICABLE.

8WD:	MOT NOT ORIG 10/11/20/21/40/41

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THIS APPLICATION IS LIMITED TO ENTRIES WHICH REPORT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OF OCEAN (MOT = 10/11/12), RAIL (MOT = 20/ 21), OR AIR (MOT = 40/41). ENTRIES WHICH REPORT OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION CANNT BE CORRECTED BY THE USE OF BILL OF LADING UPDATE. THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR AN ENTRY CAN BE DETERMINED BY THE PF4 KEY FROM THE ON-LINE SELECTIVITY FUNCTION. INCORRECT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION MUST BE CORRECTED BY CUSTOMS (THEY CANNOT BE CHANGED BY THE USE OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION).

95L:	CLASS ISSUE NOT VALID FOR ENT-TYP

THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED WHEN THE RECONCILIATION FLAGS ARE INCLUDED BY AN ABI FILER IN HIS ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION EI). FOR TYPE 02 ENTRIES, FILERS MAY ONLY FLAG THE VALUE OR 9802 ISSUES. THESE ISSUES ARE REPRESENTED BY RECON FLAGS "001", "003", OR "005". THE USE OF ANY OTHER FLAG (OR OTHER CHARACTERS SUCH AS LETTERS INSTEAD OF NUMBERS) WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.

10T:	SURETY CODE CANCELED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN A BORDER CARGO RELEASE (HN) TRANSACTION. THE SURETY CODE (RECORD 01, POSITIONS 34-36) TRANSMITTED IN BCS WITH A SINGLE ENTRY BOND IS NOT IN AN ACTIVE STATUS. THE SURETY CODE IS MAINTAINED AT THE NATIONAL FINANCE CENTER.

APG:	SIGNATURE CERT. INVALID

CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURE, SIGNIFIED BY AN "X", IS REQUIRED IN LIEU OF A SIGNATURE IN THE AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT.

VNE:	OGA/LINE RLSE INDICATOR INVALID

THE ONLY LINE RELEASE INDICATOR ALLOWED IN REC 10, POS 80 IS A "1".IF IT DOES NOT APPLY THEN THE FILER SHOULD SPACE FILL THIS POSITION.

12R:	FIRMS CDE INV FOR ENTRY PURPOSES

THE FIRMS CODE RECORD WHICH MATCHES THE TRANSMITTED FIRMS CODE CONTAINS A FACILITY TYPE OF EITHER 07 OR 08; THESE FACILITY TYPES ARE NOT VALID FOR ENTRY PURPOSES: 07 = DATA PROCESSING SITE 08 = CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE VALID ENTRY FACILITY TYPES: 01 = CUSTOMS CONTAINER STATION 02 = FOREIGN TRADE ZONE 03 = PIER 04 = BONDED WAREHOUSE 05 = INSPECTION FACILITY 06 = IMPORTERS' PREMISES FOR FURTHER HELP CONTACT YOUR LOCAL "FIRMS" ADMINISTRATOR (QUERY "TIP" P21)

27A:	CENSUS IMPROBABLE COUNTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS AN ABI REPLY TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) INPUT TRANSACTION. IT INDICATES THAT THE DATA COLLECTED BY CENSUS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE LINE IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FROM THE TRANSMITTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. THE FILER SHOULD VERIFY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR TARIFF NUMBER AND, IF NECESSARY, MAKE CORRECTIONS. IF THE DATA IS ACCURATE AS TRANSMITTED, NO FURTHER ACTION VIA ABI IS NECESSARY.

15F:	TARIFF NBR NOT LOGICALLY RELATED

THE TARIFF NUMBER IDENTIFIED IS NOT LOGICALLY RELATED TO ANOTHER TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IN THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE IS THE ATTEMPT TO REPORT A NUMBER FROM CHAPTERS 1-97 WITH TARIFF NUMBER 98010010NN. THIS IS A TARIFF NUMBER FOR REPORTING THE RETURN OF A PRODUCT MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER IS NOT PERMITTED WHEN REPORTING U.S. GOODS RETURNED. OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE REPORTING WATCH/CLOCK COMPONENTS NOT RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER AND REPORTING CERTAIN WEARING APPAREL ARTICLES AS PART OF AN ENSEMBLE WHEN THE DATABASE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE COMPONENT AS BELONGING TO THE ENSEMBLE.

J05:	AWB MUST BE 8 CHARACTERS

HOUSE AIR WAYBILLS MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST 8 CHARACTERS. IF FEWER THAN 8 CHARACTERS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE INPUT RECORDS (EI, 22 REC, POS 27-38, HI, HA REC, POS 27-38), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE "8-CHARACTER" AWB NUMBER REFERS TO THE DIGITS FOLLOWING THE AIR CARRIER'S PREFIX (THREE CHARACTER NUMERIC IN POS 15-17 OF THE 22 REC IN EI OR POS 15-17 OF THE HA REC IN HI). IF THE PORT OF UNLADING IS AN AMS AIRPORT, ONLY 11- CHARACTERS (PREFIX + 8 DIGIT AWB) IS PERMITTED. SOME CARRIERS PERIODICALLY USE A 9-CHARACTER AWB FOLLOWING THE PREFIX FOR INTERNAL USES. THIS TYPE OF AWB WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT AIR AMS PORTS, BUT WILL BE ACCEPTED AT A NON-AMS PORT (SUCH AS 2895, THE FEDEX COURIER FACILITY IN OAKLAND, CA).

AFY:	INVALID AD/CVD CASE/RATE/BOND IND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION IF THE FILER REPORTS ADD OR CVD DATA IN THE 60 RECORD, BUT USES ENTRY TYPE 01, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR UNTIL THE ENTRY TYPE IS CHANGED TO 03 OR 07 OR UNTIL THE ADD OR CVD DATA IS REMOVED.

RBZ:	INVALID RECONCILIATION ISSUE CODE

EITHER THE FILER HAS NOT PROVIDED AN ISSUE CODE IN THE R10 RECORD FOR A RECONCILIATION SUMMARY, OR THE ISSUE CODE GIVEN IS INVALID / DOES NOT EXIST.

DKC:	DUPLICATE CONTRACT # ENCOUNTERED

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THE SAME CONTRACT APPEARS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THIS DRAWBACK CLAIM, EITHER IN THE 'CH' CLAIM HEADER (D11) OR THE 'CN' CONTRACT TRAILER (D A GIVEN CONTRACT SHOULD ONLY BE SHOWN ONCE IN A CLAIM.

VMU:	MOT NOT REQUIRED FOR WHSE WITHDRL

MOT CANNOT BE SUPPLIED FOR ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, AND 38.

DKS:	TOTAL US EQUIVALENT DUTY INVALID

THE TOTAL US EQUIVALENT DUTY GIVEN IN THE D90 RECORD DOES NOT ADD UP TO THE TOTAL OF THE US EQUIVALENT DUTY AMOUNTS AS SHOWN IN THE INDIVIDUAL D50 RECORDS.

DKM:	INVALID CANADIAN TARIFF FORMAT

CANADIAN TARIFF NUMBERS ARE THE SAME FORMAT AS OUR HS NUMBERS, 10 NUMERIC CHARACTERS WITH NO ALPHA OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS. FOR MEXICO, SHOULD MEXICO DECIDE TO GO WITH A TARIFF NUMBER OF LESS THAN 10 POSITIONS, THE NUMBER SHOULD INCLUDE TRAILING ZEROES TO FILL OUT THE 10 NUMERICS.

EJ3:	C06-C49 PKGING UNITS MUST MATCH

A PACKAGING UNIT ON A C49 ABI CI TRANSMISSION MUST MATCH A PACKAGING UNIT LISTED ON A C06 OR C07 TRANSACTION. AS OF 1995, THIS MESSAGE NO LONGER APPLIES, AS THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE C49 RECORD PACKAGING IDENTIFY MATCH THE C06 OR C07 IDENTITY HAS BEEN REMOVED.

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