Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

1CL: NOT AN ACTIVE MANUFACTURER ID

MANUFACTURER I.D. RECORD HAS A STATUS OF INACTIVE (I), REASSIGNED (R), OR DELETED (D). 
2AX: TOTAL VALUE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A CERTIFIED EI IS TRANSMITTED, AND VALUE IS EITHER BLANK OR ZERO FOR EACH TARIFF NUMBER AND FOR ALL LINE ITEMS. SENDING A TOTAL ENTERED VALUE IN THE 90 RECORD DOES NOT RESOLVE THIS ERROR. LINE ITEM VALUES MUST BE TRANSMITTED
ARC: SURETY CERTIFICATION INVALID

EITHER THE PROTESTANT IS NOT A SURETY, OR THE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED WAS A LETTER OR CHARACTER OTHER THAN "Y". 
BE2: CANADA EXCISE NBR INVALID FOR HSA

A BEER EXCISE NUMBER WAS ENTERED BUT NONE OF THE TARIFF NUMBERS ON THE LINE CONTAINED A 'B' IN THE EXTRACT FIELDS OF THE TARIFF RECORD. 
58D: QUOTA ENTRY-SUM IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION FOR A QUOTA ENTRY SUMMARY WHERE THE QUOTA PROCESSING HAS BEEN DONE BY CUSTOMS. THE QUOTA STATUS WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER FOR THE FILER TO RE-TRANSMIT.
564: LINE MISSING/OUT OF SEQ/INVALID

SUMMARY INPUT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF RECORDS DESCRIBED IN THE CATAIR. IF ANY REQUIRED RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE WRONG ORDER, OR IF REQUIRED RECORDS ARE OMITTED IN THE TRANSMISSION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO OTHER APPLICATIONS, AS DESCRIBED IN THE CATAIR, FOR WHICH RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED THAT ARE EITHER OUT OF PROPER SEQUENCE, OR ARE NOT PART OF THE APPLICATION. FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSMITTING THE OGA CORRECTION APPLICATION (CODE CP) WITH FCC DATA WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. OMITTING THE CARRIER CODE IN THE 01 RECORD FOR A BORDER CARGO RELEASE INPUT (HN) FOR AN AMS PORT WILL GET THIS MESSAGE. MOST OTHER SITUATIONS THAT RESULT IN THIS ERROR ARE FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AS TO WHICH RECORDS MAY BE MISSING OR SENT IN ERROR. FOR RECON ENTRIES, CHECK EVERY R20 RECORD THAT HAS A FOLLOWING R21 RECORD. THERE MUST BE A TRAILER COUNTER IN POS 78-79 OF THE R20 WHICH SHOWS HOW MANY R21'S ARE BEING INCLUDED FOR THE ENTRY IN THE R20. IF THE R20 SHOWS '01' IN POS 78-79, THERE MUST BE ONLY 1 R21 RECORD, AND SO ON. THE REVERSE IS TRUE, AS WELL: IF NO R21 REC, THE R20 MUST SHOW '00'.
VBR: OGA DATA IGNORED

THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN ERROR MESSAGE BUT RATHER AN INFORMATIONAL WARNING MESSAGE. IT OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO CERTIFY A SUMMARY WHICH HAS OGA INFORMATION WHEN CARGO SELECTIVITY HAS ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED PREVIOUSLY. IF THE FILER IS RECERTIFYING INADVERTENTLY, THE WARNING MESSAGE MAY BE IGNORED. IF THE FILER IS CHANGING SUMMARY DATA THAT AFFECTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FDA DATA, THE FILER SHOULD CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE CUSTOMS OFFICE TO REQUEST A DELETE OF SELECTIVITY. THE APPROPRIATE CUSTOMS OFFICE WILL APPROVE OR DENY THE REQUEST. IF APPROVED, THE FILER SHOULD RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY AND CERTIFY FOR CARGO.
VGB: FD 701: PRODUCT CODE NOT ON FILE

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO USE AN FDA PRODUCT CODE THAT IS NOT ON FILE IN ACS. FDA MAINTAINS THE FILE. THE FILER SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT THEIR FDA CONTACT TO CHECK THE PRODUCT CODE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 580,000 PRODUCT CODES.
BR4: RECON TAX MISMATCH (R20:R90)

THE TOTAL RECONCILED TAX FROM THE SUM OF ALL 'R20' RECORDS DOES NOT MATCH THE TOTAL RECONCILED TAX AS REFLECTED BY THE FILER IN THE RECON'S 'R90' RECORD. THIS APPLIES TO ENTRY-BY -ENTRY RECONCILIATION. 
AAP: INVALID ADD/CVD CASE NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN ABI FILER SENDS AN ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING CASE NUMBER THAT IS INVALID. CASE NUMBERS ARE FORMATTTED AS FOLLOWS: A = ANTIDUMPING (OR C FOR COUNTERVAILING) CCC = CCC = FIRST THREE DIGITS OF THE COUNTRY CODE (FROM THE RFJ FILE). NNN = A SPECIFIC MANUFUCTURER WITHING THE CASE (OR 000 IF NOT SPECIFIC). IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A 'B' WAS SENT IN THE FIRST POSITION OR '###' WAS SENT IN THE NNN POSITIONS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WOULD BE GENERATED.
4L6: INVALID SEC SPI FOR TARIFF

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF A FILER TRANSMITS A QUOTA ENTRY TYPE (02, 07) AND CLAIMS A FOLKLORE EXEMPTION FROM QUOTA/VISA REQUIREMENTS (SPI = F), THE INDIVIDUAL LINES CLAIMED UNDER "F" MUST HAVE CATEGORY NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. IF THE FILER SHOWS AN "F" AGAINST A TARIFF NUMBER THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CATEGORY NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VKR: HLN:MAX 5 OVERRIDE FLDS EXCEEDED

A MAXIMUM OF FIVE FIELDS MAY BE SELECTED FOR FORMULATE OVERRIDE SELECTION CRITERIA FOR A TABLE LOCATE DEFINITION. THE FIELD(S) IN ERROR EXCEED THIS LIMIT. 
BR5: RECON FEES MISMATCH (R89:R90)

THE TOTAL RECONCILED FEES FROM ALL 'R89' RECORDS DO NOT MATCH THE TOTAL RECONCILED FEES REFLECTED BY THE FILER IN THE RECON'S 'R90' RECORD. 
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).
VNZ: CLAIM TAX CANNOT EXCEED PAID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE AMOUNT OF TAX CLAIMED AGAINST THE IMPORT FOR THIS DRAWBACK CLAIM EXCEEDS THE TOTAL TAX ORIGINALLY AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTRY. THESE ERRORS WILL OCCUR IF THE IMPORT ENTRY IS BEING DESIGNATED FOR DRAWBACK FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE CLAIMED TAX AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE ORIGINAL AVAILABLE AMOUNT, OR IF THE CLAIM IS A TYPE '46' AND THE CLAIMED DRAWBACK EXCEEDS THE CURRENT AVAILABLE TAX. NOTE: THERE ARE OTHER ODD CONDITIONS WHERE THE MESSAGE WILL OCCUR DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE FILER. IF THE FILER INDICATES THAT MORE MONIES WERE PAID THAN ARE REFLECTED IN ACS (E.G. SUPPLEMENTAL DUTIES ON A VOULUNTARY TENDER FOR ASSISTS WAS TENDERED, BUT THE COLLECTION WAS NOT POSTED TO THE ENTRY),THE FILER SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO DESIGNATE THE ADDITIONAL MONIES ON CM 999999/9900. THIS CM WAS CREATED JUST FOR THIS TYPE OF CONDITION
23M: SURETY SANCTION IN EFFECT

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE SURETY COMPANY SENT BY THE FILER IS UNDER SANCTION. 
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.
LU4: INVALID LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER

IF THE ABI FILER REPORTS A LUMBER PERMIT TYPE (40 REC, POS 70-72), A NINE- POSITION NUMERIC LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS REQUIRED IN THE 51 REC, POS 57-65. IF THE PERMIT NUMBER IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
EIZ: RELATED DOCUMENT NUMBER REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C19 REC, POS 7-41, ALLOWS THE FILER TO DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF RELATED DOCUMENT IDENTIFIED IN POS 4-6 OF THIS RECORD. IF A VALID DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER (SEE APPENDIX B OF THE CATAIR) IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6, POS 7-41 CANNOT BE BLANK.  
ADP: NON ABI ENTRY ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION IS SENT FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS ALREADY IN THE SELECTIVITY FILE AS A NON-ABI ENTRY.
10R: INVALID FLIGHT NUMBER FORMAT

THE CORRECT FLIGHT NUMBER FORMAT IS THREE NUMBERS (NNN), FOUR NUMBERS (NNNN), OR ONE OF THE ABOVE FOLLOWED BY AN ALPHA CHARACTER (NNNA OR NNNNA). A FLIGHT NUMBER IS REQUIRED WHEN: A) THE CARRIER ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRY IS AN AUTOMATED CARRIER FOR AIR MANIFEST FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING ON THE ENTRY OR B) THE FIRMS CODE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRY (LOCATION OF GOODS) IS AN AUTOMATED CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION FOR AIR MANIFEST.
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'. 
Q18: PAYOR UNIT # NOT ON FILE

PAYOR UNIT # NOT DEFINED ON DATABASE - THE PAYOR UNIT NUMBER PROVIDED IN THE 'QT' RECORD IS NOT ASSIGNED TO THAT IMPORTER ON THE DATA FILE.
4FO: VISA NUMBER NOT REQUIRED

A VISA NUMBER WAS ENTERED ON A LINE BUT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS TARIFF FROM THIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN -- OR AN ABI LINE WAS TRANSMITTED WITH A RECORD 51 INCLUDING A VISA NUMBER BUT A VISA NUMBER IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE LINE'S TARIFF FROM THE LINE'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
EIO: INVALID LOCATION QUALIFIER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 7-8, PROVIDES FOR THE REPORTING OF ONE OF FOUR VALID LOCATION QUALIFIER CODES. THE VALID CODES ARE LISTED ON PAGE AII-23 OF THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY OTHER CODE, INCLUDING BLANKS, IN THIS FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. SO REQUIRED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C09-C11 RECORDS. IF THE NAME ELEMENT IN THE C09 REC, POS 4-38, IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

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