Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

95U: 52 REC - SWPM IND FOR CN/HK ONLY

THE SOLID WOOD PACKING INDICATOR ONLY APPLIES TO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 'CN' (CHINA) OR 'HK' (HONG KONG). 
Q04: 'QT' STATEMENT NUMBER INVALID

QT' STATEMENT NUMBER HAS SPACES, ALL ZEROS, OR OTHER NON-ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS IN POSITIONS 14-24. UNDER CURRENT PROGRAMMING, POSITION 14 MUST ZERO-FILLED. WHEN CUSTOMS BILLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT THROUGH ACH, POSITION 14 WILL BE CHANGED TO ACCEPT OTHER NUMBERS.
AQN: FILING PERIOD BASE DATE INVALID

THE BEGINNING OF THE FILING & AMENDMENT PERIOD FOR A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION CAN BE DETERMINED IN ANY ONE OF SEVERAL WAYS. WHEN PROTESTING DENIAL OF 520(C) OR 520(D) CLAIM IT IS THE DATE OF DENIAL. INTERVENTIONS MAY BE FILED ANYTIME BEGINNING WITH THE FILING OF PROTEST OF ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION ENDING WITH USCS DECISION. FOR PROTESTS OR CLAIMS RELATED TO ENTRIES, LQUIDATION DATE CONSTITUTES THE START OF THE PERIOD. ANY OTHER CASE REQURES A FILING/AMENDMENT BASE DATE BE SUBMITTED BY THE FILER, TO BE VERIFIED BY USCS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FILING PERIOD BASE DATE FIELD IS NOT A VALID DATE.
AAW: INVALID AD/CV RATE FOR DATE

THE AD/CV RATE TRANSMITTED IN REC 60, POS 69-73 (CVD RATE) AND/OR POS 74-78 (ADD RATE) IS NOT APPLICABLE PER EFFECTIVE DATES SET FORTH IN THE ADD/CVD FILE. THE DATES USED IN DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVE RATE FOLLOW THE FOLLOW ING PROGRESSION: ENTRY DATE, ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE, CARGO RELEASE DATE, ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE, SYSTEM DATE.
39B: INVALID DUTY FREE CLAIM

THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A DUTY-FREE CLAIM THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/COUNTRY OF EXPORT COMBINATION. FOR EXAMPLE, INSULAR POSSESSIONS (SPI "Y") ARE ENTITLED TO SHIP CARGO DUTY FREE TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT ONLY IF THE SHIPMENT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE POSSESSION. THEREFORE, IF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT (50 REC, POS 69-70) IS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (40 REC, POS 6-7), AND THE FILER TRANSMITS "Y" IN POS 3 OF THE 50 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF SPI "Y" IS USED FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED PRODUCTS (CHAPT 98010010NN), AS THESE ARTICLES ARE UNCONDITIONALLY FREE OF DUTY AND THEREFORE DO NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CLAIM DUTY-FREE STATUS.
VA1: INV DECLARATION IN 'OA' REC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE OA RECORD IS TRANSMITTED BLANK. 
AQ5: INTERVENTION ALREADY FILED

AN INTERVENTION HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED AGAINST THE PROTEST. ONLY ONE INTERVENTION MAY BE FILED AGAINST ANY GIVEN 514 NAFTA PROTEST. 
VN7: LICENSE DDPP INVALID

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE, THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER GAVE ACS A DDPP AS THE LICENSE PORT THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN ACS. 
38P: WARNING-EXP DATE>FILER ENT DATE

THE EXPORT DATE WAS FOUND TO BE GREATER THAN REVISED FILER ENTRY DATE. 
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."
38N: RESTRICTED COUNTRY

THE IMPORT RESTRICTION INDICATOR FOR THIS COUNTRY IS "1" ON THE COUNTRY CODE FILE. THIS INDICATES THAT THIS COUNTRY IS RESTRICTED FROM IMPORTING TO THE U.S. OR THAT THE COUNTRY'S CODE HAS BEEN RENDERED INACTIVE OR INVALID. SINCE THERE IS NO INACTIVE/INVALID CODE IN THE COUNTRY CODE FILE, THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT USE IS BY MAKING THE COUNTRY "RESTRICTED". AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE COUNTRY CODE 'SQ' FOR SLOVAKIA. EFFECTIVE 03/01/93, THIS COUNTRY CODE WAS NO LONGER VALID. IT CHANGED TO 'SK'. A FILER MIGHT BE MISLED BY THE "RESTRICTED" INDICATOR THEY RECEIVE BACK ON A QUERY OR BY THIS MESSAGE WHEN TRANSMITTING AN ENTRY AND RECEIVING A REJECT. THIS LATTER TYPE OF COUNTRY CODE IS "INVALID" RATHER THAN RESTRICTED.
14I: QUANTITY/UNIT OF MEASURE MISMATCH

MISMATCH CONDITION BETWEEN ENTERED QUANTITY AND ENTERED UNIT OF MEASURE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.
ARN: PROTESTANT DATA INCOMPLETE

PROTESTANT DATA IS INCOMPLETE.
CC7: DESCRIPTION REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE CB1 RECORD IS USED TO REPORT ADDITIONAL MARKS AND NUMBERS AT THE INVOICE HEADER LEVEL WHEN THE CA1 RECORD DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SPACE TO COMPLETELY REPORT THE SHIPPING MARKS AND NUMBERS. IF THE CB1 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, IT CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VA9: FW 3-177: FWS VALUE EXCEEDS USCS

HI APPLICATION: THE FWS LINE ITEM VALUES EXPRESSED IN THE FW01 RECORD(S) POS 63-72 CANNOT EXCEED THE LINE ITEM VALUE IN THE H5 RECORD POS 45-54. ADDITIONALLY, THE TOTAL FWS LINE ITEM VALUES FOR ALL LINES CANNOT EXCEED THE TOTAL VALUE IN THE H2 RECORD, POS 29-38. EI APPLICATION: THE FWS LINE ITEM VALUES EXPRESSED IN THE FW01 RECORD(S) CANNOT EXCEED THE LINE ITEM VALUE EXPRESSED IN THE 40 RECORD POS 8-17, OR IN THE 70, 80, OR 81 REC, POS 69-78.
Q03: 'QT' FILER INVALID

QT INPUT RECORD HAS SPACES OR ALL ZEROS IN POS 11-13.  
AID: CASE TERMINATED

THE CASE (ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING) REPORTED BY THE ABI FILER IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER EI) IS A TERMINATED CASE NUMBER. CASE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED IN THE 60 REC, POS 13-22 FOR CVD CASES AND POS 23-32 FOR ADA CASES.
ASD: SEQUENCE NUMBER ERROR

SEQUENCE NUMBER ERROR. ENTRIES AND LINES OF NARRATIVE MUST BE LISTED IN ASCENDING ORDER FROM 0001 TO 9999. THIS MESSAGE MAY BE RETURNED IF AN ENTRY OR LINE OF NARRATIVE WAS ASSIGNED A NUMBER OUT OF SEQUENCE.
355: ENTRY NOT FOUND

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO USE THE 'HP' STATEMENT ADD/DELETE TRANSACTION FOR AN ENTRY THAT IS NOT FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR AN 'HP'. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE AN ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN ARCHIVED (ACS HISTORY FILE).
36P: INVALID CHECK DIGIT FACTOR

WITH THE NEW CHECK DIGIT FIELD ON THE NATIONAL FILER DATABASE RECORD YOU MAY ONLY HAVE A VALUE 1 (ONE) OR 0 (ZERO). 
VP5: ENTRY SUMM ALREADY ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE WHEN THE NAFTA CLAIM ENTRY SUMMARY NUMBER SENT IN POSITIONS 11-21 OF THE D01 RECORD ALREADY EXISTS AS A CLAIM.
29E: "B" RECORD MISSING OR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE "B" RECORD IS MISSING IN AN A-Z BATCH. IN MOST CASES, THE ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER IS NOT DISPLAYED IN THE ABI OUTPUT WHEN THIS ERROR OCCURS. 
VNT: DBK IMPORT ENTRY NOT ON FILE

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DESIGNATED IMPORT ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AS GIVEN. ACS DOES A MATCH ON THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER AND THE PORT OF ENTRY GIVEN ON THE DISKETTE BY THE FILER. IF THE FILER USES AN IMPORT ENTRY/PORT COMBINATION THAT IS NOT VALID IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THEREFORE, EITHER THE ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AT ALL, OR IT DOES NOT EXIST FOR THE PORT INDICATED. NOTE: THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE VALID ENTRIES ARE NOT IN ACS (E.G. INFORMALS THAT WERE JUST DONE ON CASH RECEIPTS). FOR THESE, A SPECIAL CM NUMBER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ACS. IF THE FILER INDICATES THAT THIS IS THE CASE, THE FILER MAY DESIGNATE THE MONIES FROM CM888888/9900. THIS CM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED JUST FOR THIS CASE WHERE EITHER AN INFORMAL OR MAIL ENTRY WAS DONE ON A CASH RECEIPT WITH NO ACS ENTRY RECORD CREATED.
RBM: SECURITY VIOLATION/RA NOT ALLOWED

FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IF THE FILER IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR ENTRY SUMMARY PROCESSING, OR IF THE FILER HAS NO ABI DDPP/FILER CONTROL RECORD.
VBN: FW 3-177: INVLD WILDLIFE DSCRIPTN

THE WILDLIFE DESCRIPTION (REC FW03, POS 24-27) MUST CONSIST OF FOUR ALPHA CHARACTERS AND MUST MATCH ONE OF THE WILDLIFE DESCRIPTION CODES LISTED IN THE CATAIR ON PAGE OGA-21.

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