Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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
14D: INCOMPATIBLE MOT/PORT OF UNLADING

THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN REC 20, POS 28-29 (EI APPLICATION) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DISTRICT-PORT FILE FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING IN REC 20, POS 30-33. THE ACCEPTABLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A GIVEN PORT CODE CAN BE FOUND ON THE DISTRICT-PORT DATABASE. PORTS WHICH ACCEPT EITHER OCEAN OR AIR SHIPMENTS WILL HAVE A "B" IN THE "CARRIER TYPE" FIELD. "V" INDICATES A VESSEL PORT ONLY AND "A" INDICATES AN AIRPORT ONLY.
384: EXPORT DATE INVALID/CONFLICTING

THE EXPORT DATE TRANSMITTED BY THE ABI FILER IS NOT CHRONOLOGICALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE IMPORT DATE OR WITH ANOTHER DATE IN THE SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION. THUS, IF THE IMPORT DATE IS REPORTED TO ABI AS JULY 12, 1997, THE EXPORT DATE MUST BE A DATE EQUAL TO JULY 12 OR EARLIER. THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE EXPORT DATE FIELD IS BLANK (50 REC, POS 71-76). IF A FILER HAS SENT AN ENTRY DATE UPDATE (DN APPLICATION) AND THAT DATE IS REFLECTED IN THE 'FLR ENT DATE' FIELD OF THE MASTER ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER SCREEN FOR THE ENTRY, ANY EXPORT DATE WHICH IS LATER THAN THE UPDATED ENTRY DATE ESTABLISHED BY THE DN INPUT WILL ALSO CAUSE THIS MESSAGE TO BE ISSUED.
1GF: ENTRY RELEASE ON FILE

INFORMS OPERATOR THAT RELEASE IS ON FILE FOR ENTRY NUMBER 
VAK: FW 3-177: SPECIES NOT ON FILE

THE SPECIES CODE TRANSMITTED IN THE FW01 RECORD, POSITIONS 5-8 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWS FILE.  
934: ENTRY SUMMARY NOT ON FILE

THE ENTRY YOU ARE PROCESSING IS EITHER A COLLECTION SHELL OR AN ENTRY RELEASE RECORD. 
629: MISSING/INVALID CONSIGNEE NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE CAN OCCUR IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) OR CARGO RELEASE (HI) TRANSACTION. IF THE ENTRY SUMMARY IS TRANSMITTED WITH AN IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBER THAT IS IN INACTIVE STATUS, THE SAME NUMBER WILL RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE IF TRANSMITTED AS THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NUMBER. ONCE THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS RE-ACTIVATED (BY APPLICATION TI INPUT IF THE NUMBER IS AN EIN OR SSN FORMATTED NUMBER), THIS MESSAGE WILL DISAPPEAR.  
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. 
VKO: HLT: INQUIRY DISPLAY MUST BE Y/N

THE INQUIRY DISPLAY SWITCH MUST BE Y=YES N=NO. 
VHC: FD 701:PHONE NBR MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN NON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE INPUT INTO THE "CONTACT PHONE NUMBER" FIELD, REC FD04, POS 29-38. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FIELD. A COMMON PROBLEM IS THAT THE USER WILL SEND A "CONTACT NAME" (REC FD04 POS 19-28) THAT IS LONGER THAN 10 CHARACTERS AND THE FILER'S PROGRAM ALLOWS THE EXTRA CHARACTERS TO SPILL OVER INTO THE PHONE NUMBER FIELD. ALSO, PHONE NUMBERS MUST INCLUDE THE AREA CODE. IF THIS PART OF THE PHONE NUMBER ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, ERROR VHC ALSO RESULTS.
Q41: STMT PAID, TO DELETE, NEGATE COLL

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN ABI FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM STATEMENT (APPLICATION HP) AND THE STATEMENT HAS ALREADY HAD AN ACH AUTHORIZATION TRANSMITTED TO ABI (APPLICATION QN). THE SOLUTION IS FOR THE FILER TO CONTACT A CLIENT  REP WHO CAN PERFORM THE PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION DELETE FUNCTION, IF THE PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION WAS TRANSMITTED ON THE SAME DAY AS THE REQUEST IS MADE.
2DF: CARR CODE REQ FOR MOT 10,11,40

ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS FOR CARGO ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES BY AIR OR OCEAN (MOT 10, 11, 40, 41) MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE CODE REPRESENTING THE IMPORTING AIR OR OCEAN CARRIER. THE CARRIER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-76 (FOR THE FOUR CHARACTER OCEAN CARRIER CODE) AND IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-74 (FOR THE TWO CHARACTER AIR CARRIER CODE). THIS CODE IS REQUIRED WHETHER OR NOT THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION REQUEST FLAG. IF THE FILER DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE CARRIER CODE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE CARRIER CODE IS OMITTED FROM THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER HI) FOR AIR OR OCEAN MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
AQU: AFR QUESTIONS RESPONSE N/A

WHEN APPLYING FOR FURTHER REVIEW, THE FILER MUST ANSWER 3 FURTHER REVIEW CRITERIA QUESTIONS. EITHER FURTHER REVIEW HAS NOT BEEN REQUESTED, OR THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED IN A PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION, MAKING THESE NOT APPLICABLE.
8XX: CAN NOT EXTEND - 6 MONTH TIB

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A TIB EXTENSION TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION XN). AT LEAST ONE TARIFF NUMBER, 98130075, HAS BEEN DEFINED AS BEING LIMITED TO ONE PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. THUS, ABI WILL NOT PERMIT A TIB EXTENSION AGAINST AN ENTRY WHICH HAS THIS TARIFF NUMBER ON FILE.
VAQ: COMM. INVOICE DATA NOT ON FILE

FILERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE PROGRAM (EIP) MUST TRANSMIT COMMERCIAL INVOICE DATA TO ABI PRIOR TO TRANSMITTING THEIR SUMMARY DATA IF THE SUMMARY CONTAINS AN "E" IN POS 56 OF THE 10 RECORD. IF THE FILER IS PARTICIPATING IN THE INVOICE BY REQUEST PROGRAM, THEN IT IS PERMISSABLE TO TRANSMIT THE 42 RECORD WITH THE INVOICE NUMBER AND THE 43 RECORD WITH THE "INVREQ" DATA WITHOUT FIRST TRANSMITTING THE COMMERCIAL INVOICE. HOWEVER, UNLESS ONE OF THE TWO CONDITIONS ABOVE IS MET, A TRANSMISSION OF THE SUMMARY AS AN ELECTRONIC SUMMARY (EIP) WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS ERROR MESSAGE. **NOTE** IF THE FILER USES MORE THAN ONE 42 RECORD PER 40 RECORD, AND "INVREQ" PERTAINS TO THE 42 RECORD, EACH 42 RECORD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A 43 RECORD. IF THIS PAIRING IS NOT FOLLOWED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
AQG: ASSOC. CLAIM NBR NOT ON FILE

WHEN PROTESTING DENIAL OF A 520(C) OR 520(D) CLAIM, THE USCS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER OF THE DENIED CLAIM IS REQUIRED. THE DATE OF DENIAL OF THE CLAIM CONSTITUTES THE START OF THE 90 DAY FILING & AMENDMENT PERIOD FOR THE PROTEST. THE NUMBER ENTERED IN THE ASSOCIATED CLAIM NUMBER DATA FIELD IS NOT A VALID NUMBER IN THE USCS PROTEST FILE.
VAD: DT HS7:BOX NUMBER REQUIRED

IF MERCHANDISE IS SUBJECT TO DOT REPORTING, THE BOX NUMBER FROM THE HS-7 FORM IS A MANDATORY INPUT ELEMENT. IF THE BOX NUMBER IS NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE BOX NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT01 REC, POS 8-9.  
IN0: INVALID ENTRY NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY INPUT (APPLICATION IN). IF THE ENTRY NUMBER DOES NOT CONTAIN 11 DIGITS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. SPACES IN EITHER THE FILER CODE OR ENTRY NUMBER ALSO WILL CAUSE THIS REJECT MESSAGE.
95W: 52 REC - 'HK' SWPM IND INVALID

THE REQUIRED SOLID WOOD PACKING MATERIAL INDICATOR MUST BE '1' OR '2'. 
VBI: FW 3-177: INVLD FRGN EXPT PERMIT#

IF THE SPECIES CODE IN THE FWS FILE HAS A CITES INDICATOR OF 1,2, OR 3, THE FOREIGN EXPORT/REEXPORT PERMIT OR LICENSE NUMBER (REC FW02, POS 61-80) MUST BE TRANSMITTED. NOTE: THERE ARE NO EDITS FOR LENGTH OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS FOR THE EXPORT/REEXPORT PERMIT NUMBER.
8Q9: BILL REFUND IND MUST BE A B OR R

BILL REFUND INDICATOR CANNOT BE ANYTHING BUT A "B" OR "R". 
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).
VEJ: FC 740:TRADE NAME REQ

AN FCC TRADE NAME OF THE PRODUCT IMPORTED MUST BE SENT IN THE FC01 RECORD, POSITIONS 28-57. 
591: LINE ITEMS INVALID FOR ENTRY TYPE

THIS MESSAGE WILL RARELY BE OBSERVED ON ABI TRANSMISSIONS UNLESS THE FILER MANAGES TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY TYPE IN THE EI APPLICATION (10 REC, POS 71-72) THAT DOES NOT PERMIT THE REPORTING OF LINE ITEM DETAILS (40-62 RECORDS). USUALLY, THE ENTRY TYPE WILL BE THE ERROR (SUCH AS REPORTING A NON-EXISTENT ENTRY TYPE). MOST AUTOMATED SYSTEMS WILL NOT ALLOW FILERS TO USE ENTRY TYPES THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY USED FOR IMPORT TRANSACTIONS. THUS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RARELY SURFACE.
AP4: AFR REQUEST DATA INCOMPLETE

WHEN FURTHER REVIEW IS APPLIED FOR AT TIME OF INITIAL FILING, THREE CRITERIA QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN THE P16 RECORD. WHEN FURTHER REVIEW IS APPLIED FOR AT TIME OF INITIAL FILING OR BY AMENDMENT, THE THREE CRITERIA QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED, AND ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE MUST BE SENT JUSTIFYING FURTHER REVIEW ACCORDING TO CFR 174.25(B)(3). 

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