Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AFT: COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IS MISSING

THIS MESSAGE WAS INTENDED TO GENERATE IF THE PIRP TYPE SENT IN THE EI 43 RECORD, POSITION 9 WAS 'D' (COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION) AND THE COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IN POSITIONS 11-80 WAS NOT SENT. AS OF 7/98 PIRP TYPE 'D' IS NOT ACTIVE.
AP7: AFR REVIEW DATA REJECTED

THE REQUEST REVIEW OF DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW INDICATOR MUST BE 'R', NO OTHER VALUE IS ACCEPTED. THE REQUEST MUST BE MADE WITHIN 60 DAY THE DATE OF NOTICE OF DENIAL OF FURTHER REVIEW. THE REQUEST CAN ONLY BE SUBMITTED ONE TIME. REQUEST CANNOT BE MADE IF NO APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW WAS MADE.
DKL: INVALID CANADIAN ENTRY NBR FORMAT

CANADIAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST CONSIST OF 14 NUMERIC CHARACTERS, WITH NO ALPHA OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS. MEXICAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST BE 14 CHARACTERS, BUT MAY BE ALPHA-NUMERIC.
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.
ARH: PROTESTANT TYPE INVALID

A VALID VALUE IS REQUIRED IN THE PROTESTANT TYPE FIELD. VALID VALUES ARE: D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT F - FOREIGN MANUFACTURER/PRODUCER/EXPORTER I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - MASTER OF VESSEL S - SURETY V - VESSEL OPERATOR O - OTHER THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE PROTESTANT TYPE FIELD IS NOT A VALID VALUE.
VGP: FD 701: VALUE MUST BE > 0

THE FDA VALUE IN REC FD03, POS 5-15, MUST BE MORE THAN ZERO. BLANKS ARE PERMITTED. 
4NF: NAME/ADDRESS RECORD NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'KN' IMPORTER ADDRESS QUERY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NAME AND ADDRESS THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE. A COMMON MISTAKE IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CITY NAME (E.G. LAS VEGASAS).
8WT: INVALID CHG: AMS TO NON AMS FIRMS

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERALLY USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION REFLECTS A FIRMS CODE FOR A LOCATION THAT IS AN AIR AMS PARTICIPANT, THE FILER OF THE ENTRY MAY NOT USE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION TO REQUEST A NEW FIRMS CODE, IF THAT INTENDED FIRMS CODE IS NOT ALSO AN AIR AMS FACILITY. IN SUCH A CASE, CHANGES OF THIS TYPE MUST BE MADE BY AN INSPECTOR A A SELECTIVITY SITE.
VBO: FW 3-177: INVLD LINE#/CONTINUATN

IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE SPECIES CODES FOR AN TARIFF NUMBER, THE FWS LINE NUMBERS IN REC FW01, POS 75-77 SHOULD START WITH 001 AND INCREASE SEQUENTIALLY BY ONE NUMBER. IF THERE ARE MULTIPLE SPECIES CODES PER ARTICLE, THE FWS LINE NUMBERS REMAIN CONSTANT WITH EACH LINE NUMBER FOLLOWED BY A "C" IN POS 78 TO SIGNIFY A CONTINUATION. THE OMISSION OF THE "C" SIGNIFIES THAT THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL FWS SPECIES CODES TO FOLLOW FOR THE ITEM.
4CQ: FORMAL QUOTA ENTRY REQUIRED

IN VISA EDIT, THE ENTRY TYPE IS OTHER THAN 02, 07, 21 OR 22; A QUOTA ENTRY REQUIRED. 
BR8: INVALID ACTION CODE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED A TRANSACTION CODE FOR 'RA' OF OTHER THAN 'A', 'R', 'D'.  
SBO: MUST BE A "Y" OR "N"

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF AN ABI TRANSACTION IS SENT WITH A FIELD THAT REQUIRES A YES (Y) OR NO (N) INDICATOR FOR THE AFFECTED FIELD. AN EXAMPLE IS A RECONCILIATION ENTRY (TYPE 09) FOR WHICH THE FILER MUST INDICATE IF THE ENTRY IS AN AGGREGATE ENTRY (AGGREGATE INDICATOR = Y) OR AN ENTRY BY ENTRY RECONCILIATION (AGGREGATE INDICATOR =N). IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS USED IN SUCH A FIELD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT
AFD: 30 REC REQUIRED FOR CONSOL RLSE

IF A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS SENT, A 30 RECORD MUST BE SENT IF THERE IS A 32 RECORD PRESENT.
VDL: MAX LINES ALLOWED IS 999

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CUSTOMS LINES THAT CAN BE SENT ON AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY IS 999. 
VH5: DT HS7: DUPLICATE VIN ENCOUNTERED

IF TWO SETS OF DOT DATA ARE TRANSMITTED FOR THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE ON AN ENTRY, THE VIN NUMBERS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT02 RECORD CANNOT BE THE SAME. IF THEY ARE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. (NOTE: IF THE FILER NEEDS TO REPORT MORE THAN ONE VIN NUMBER FOR MULTIPLE IMPORTS ON THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE, A SEPARATE SET OF DT01/DT02 RECORDS IS REQUIRED FOR EACH VIN. THE DT03, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SPACE TO REPORT MULTIPLE VINS, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY ABI IF A DT02 IS ALSO TRANSMITTED. FOR BOX 2A ONLY, A DT03 CAN BE TRANSMITTED WITH VIN DATA IN LIEU OF A DT02. ALL OTHER BOX NUMBERS REQUIRE A DT02 TO REPORT VEHICLE DATA.)
2BU: INVALID STATE CODE

ACS REQUIRES THE ABI FILER TO REPORT THE STATE OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR THE IMPORTED CARGO. THIS CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 10 REC, POS 78-79. ONLY THE TWO CHARACTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION FOR ONE OF THE 50 STATES WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THIS ELEMENT. IF ANY OTHER CODE IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IF THE ADD 5106 APPLICATION (CODE TI) IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE STATE CODE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. NOTE THAT ERROR MESSAGE 2B8 IS IDENTICAL TO THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND MAY BE THE ONE BEING CALLED FOR 5106 INPUT ERRORS. THAT APPLICATIION IS NOT RETURNING ERROR CODES AS OF MAY 1998.
EJO: LOCATION CODE NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). LOCATION DATA (IN CODED FORMAT) IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C13 (OR C43) RECORD. IF THE LOCATION CODE INDICATOR IS "25", THE CODED LOCATION IN POS 11-15 MUST BE A VALID CODE FROM THE CENSUS SCHEDULE K. IF THE INDICATOR IS "26", THE CODED LOCATION MUST BE A VALID CODE FROM CENSUS SCHEDULE D. IF THE INDICATOR IS "66", THE LOCATION CODE MUST BE A VALID ISO COUNTRY CODE .
VLO: DRAWBACK NAFTA IND INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDIACTES THE DRAWBACK FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' OR 'N' FOR WHETHER THIS IS A NAFTA CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR A SPACE ("NO") OR '1' ("YES") FOR ABI.
40T: MX SPI REQUIRED

AN SPI OF 'MX' MUST BE ENTERED FOR TARIFF NUMBER 9802008055 
Q09: STATEMENT NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ACH

IF THE PROFILE RECORD FOR THE FILER OF THE QT RECORD IS NOT SET TO "Y" FOR THE ACH ELEMENT, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE ABE RECORD FOR THE FILER SHOULD BE CORRECTED. NOTE: EVEN AFTER THE CORRECTION HAS BEEN DONE, THE REJECTED QT CANNOT BE REPROCESSED FOR PAYMENT VIA ACH UNLESS POSITION 555 ON THE STATEMENT FILE IS RESET TO A "1" OR THE FILER CAN PAY BY CHECK OR THE FILER CAN MOVE THE ENTRIES TO A NEW (FUTURE) PAYMENT DUE DATE. NOTE: IF THE STATEMENT IS ELIGIBLE FOR CHECK PAYMENT AND A COLLECTION HAS BEEN STARTED, BUT NOT COMPLETED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT.
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'. 
005: INVALID DATE

THE DATE MUST BE NUMERIC, WITHOUT SLASHES OR HYPHENS, IN THE FORMAT MMDDYY. THE DATE WILL BE COMPARED WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM DATE. IN MOST CASES THE DATE CANNOT BE GREATER THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM DATE. DEPENDING UPON THE FUNCTION THE DATE MAY BE TOO FAR IN THE PAST, OR IT MAY BE OUT OF SEQUENCE WITH SOME OTHER DATE IN THE SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DATE OF ENTRY SUMMARY FILING MAY NOT PRECEDE THE DATE OF RELEASE ON AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE ENTRY. INBOND DATES MUST BE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
DK4: D25 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. WHEN A DRAWBACK RECORD IS SENT IT MUST CONTAIN ALL MANDATORY INFORMATION. 
ARE: ACTION CODE REQUIRED

WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS "F" (FOREIGN) OR "O" (OTHER), PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS MAY BE CORRECTED BY FILING AN AMENDMENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD, OR BY FILING AN ADDENDA AFTER THE FILING/ AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED. A "C" MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE ACTION CODE FIELD IN EITHER CASE. THE ACTION CODE FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK.
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. 

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