Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AFS: 43 SENT; NOT REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE HAS OCCURRED IN TWO SITUATIONS. WHEN A PIRP NUMBER WAS SENT IN THE EI 43 RECORD WITH A PIRP CODE OF 'D', THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWED THE AFU' "PIRP NUMBER INVALID FOR 'D' TYPE". IT OCCURRED BY ITSELF WHEN A 43 RECORD WAS SENT WITHOUT A PIRP NUMBER BUT WITH A PIRP TYPE OF 'D'.  
VBZ: DT HS7: INVALID TIRE CODE

IF A TIRE CODE (RECORD DT01, POS 38-40) IS TRANSMITTED WITH A SPACE IN ONE OF THE THREE CHARACTERS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE CODE MUST CONTAIN SOME COMBINATION OF THREE NUMBERS OR LETTERS. SINCE DOT GIVES OUT 2-CHARACTER CODES THE FILER MUST ADD EITHER A LEADING OR TRAILING ZERO.
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).
95D: 21 REC SENT; NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). THE 21 RECORD TO REPORT THE BOND AMOUNT AND THE PRODUCER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS ONLY PERMITTED WHEN A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND (BOND TYPE 9) IS TRANSMITTED. IF ANY OTHER TYPE OF BOND INDICATOR IS SENT IN THE 10 REC, POS 49, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VID: DT HS7: BLANK VIN POSITION: 2

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION IS USED TO REPORT DOT DATA VIA ABI. IF THE FILER USES THE DT03 TO REPORT VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (VIN), THE FIRST TWO VINS BEING REPORTED MUST BE IN POSITIONS 5-21 AND 22-38 OF THE DT03 RECORD. IF THE SECOND VIN FIELD IS BLANK AND THE FILER USES POSITIONS 39-55 TO REPORT THE SECOND VIN, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
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.
VLX: DRAWBACK CM/CD CODE INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER USED AN INDICATOR OF OTHER THAN 'E' (DIRECT DESIGNATION), 'D' (DESIGNATION FROM A CD) OR 'M' (DESIGNATION FROM A CM) WHERE THEY ARE GIVING IMPORT ENTRY DATA BECAUSE IT IS AVAILABLE.
0GI: VESSEL CODE NOT PERMITTED FOR MOT

THIS MESSAGE WILL GENERATE, IF A VESSEL CODE (REC. 20, POS. 3-7) IS TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION WITH A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION CODE OTHER THAN OCEAN (MOT = 10, 11). 
FD3: AFFIRMATION COMPLI TYPE INVALID

COMPLIANCE TYPE HAS TO BE ALPHANUMERIC WITH NO SPACES. 
VHO: DT HS7: CONTRACT/STMNT CERT REQ'D

IF BOXES 2B, 06, 07, 08, OR 09 ARE INDICATED IN THE DT01 RECORD, POSITIONS 8-9, POSITION 36 OF THE DT01 RECORD MUST REFLECT A "Y". IF ANY OTHER BOX NUMBER ARE INDICATED, THIS FIELD MUST BE BLANK. 
ADR: ENTRY TYPE MUST BE 01 OR 11

A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS ONLY VALID FOR ENTRY TYPE 01 OR 11.IF A FILER TRANSMITS THE CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY FLAG "C" IN REC 30, POS 39 (EI APPLICATION INPUT), WITH ANY ENTRY TYPE OTHER THAN 01 OR 11, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.  
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).
33C: DATE OVER 90 DAYS INTO FUTURE

THE END DATE CANNOT BE OVER 90 DAYS UNLESS IT IS INDEFINITE. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE DEFINITION, IF ABI FILERS TRANSMIT ENTRY SUMMARY DATA WITH A PAYMENT DUE DATE MORE THAN 90 DAYS IN THE FUTURE, AS COMPARED TO THE TRANSMISSION DATE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
381: ORIGIN COUNTRY INVALID - UNKNOWN

INVALID COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - NOT ON FILE. FOR THE EI APPLICATION, REC 40,POS 6-7 IS BLANK OR CONTAINS A TWO CHARACTER ISO CODE THAT IS NOT PRESENT IN THE ACS COUNTRY CODE FILE, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
546: EXISTING ENTRY IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS. CUSTOMS STATUS MEANS THAT CUSTOMS HAS "PROCESSED" THE ENTRY. THE MOST COMMON SITUATION FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN A PAYMENT HAS BEEN COLLECTED (BY CHECK, STATEMENT PROCESSING OR ACH) AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY DATA. ANOTHER COMMON CAUSE FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN THE ENTRY NUMBER APPEARS ON A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE SUMMARY DATA WITHOUT FIRST REMOVING THE ENTRY FROM STATEMENT STATUS. IF THE ENAI SCREEN SHOWS "ENT ACP NOT LIQ", THE FILER MAY NOT RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY UNTIL THE SUMMARY IS PUT INTO A REJECTED STATUS. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS A DRAWBACK CLAIM THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS AND THE FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE DATA, THE DISKETTE WILL BE REJECTED AND CUSTOMS WILL MANUALLY PROCESS ANY CHANGES AS INDICATED ON THE PAPER CLAIM. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS NOT A DRAWBACK CLAIM, BOTH THE CLAIM AND DISKETTE WILL BE RETURNED. ACCELERATED DRAWBACK WILL BE PAID UPON CORRECTION (IF NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID). ABI WILL REJECT THE TRANSMISSION.
8WI: TRANSACTION DATA REJECTED

THIS IS THE STANDARD REJECTION MESSAGE THAT WILL BE GENERATED WHEN A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION INPUT HAS FATAL ERRORS. 
EJZ: REASON FOR DIFFERENCE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IN THE C39 RECORD, POS 24-58 IS PROVIDED TO ENABLE THE FILER TO PROVIDE A FREE FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUANTITY OF CARGO SHIPPED BY THE INVOICING PARTY AND THE QUANTITY REPORTED ON THE C33 RECORD. THIS FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
14L: VALUE/RANGE ERROR FOR TARIFF NBR

ENTERED VALUE IS NOT IN THE RANGE FOR THIS TARIFF NBR IN THE TARIFF DATABASE.
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.
LU3: LUMBER PERMIT NOT ALLOWED

THE SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES REQUIRES A SOFTWOOD LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER FOR LUMBER MILL PRODUCTS CLASSIFIED IN SUBHEADINGS 4407.10.00, 4409.10.10, 4409.10.20 AND 4409.10.90 THAT WERE "FIRST MANUFACTURED" INTO A PRODUCT IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCES OF XO, XQ, XC OR XA. THE LUMBER PRODUCT MUST MEET BOTH CRITERIA, TARIFF NUMBER AND PROVINCE. THE LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 57-65 OF THE 51 RECORD.THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS SENT FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT IN THE ABOVE NAMED SUBHEADINGS OR FOR A TARIFF NUMBER IN THE SUBHEADINGS BUT NOT FROM ONE OF THE FOUR NAMED PROVINCES. THE ERROR MESSAGE IS SENT WITH THE 50 RECORD NOT THE 51 RECORD.
14G: THIS TARIFF NBR ALREADY ENTERED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN A SET PROVISION SITUATION WHEN THE TARIFF NUMBER SENT IN THE 70 RECORD IS THE SAME AS THE SET PROVISION TARIFF NUMBER SENT IN THE 50 RECORD. THE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 70 RECORD MUST BE DIFFERENT AND MUST BE THE NUMBER THAT ESTABLISHES THE CORRECT RATE OF DUTY FOR THE SET. THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN ALSO OCCUR IN NON SET PROVISION LINES IF THE FILER USES THE SAME TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 50 AND 70 RECORDS OR IN THE 70 AND 80 RECORDS.
VAC: FC 740:03 APPROVAL NOT REQUIRED

A 03 PRIOR APPROVAL INDICATOR IS NOT REQUIRED FOR QUANTITIES LESS THAN 201. 
AD7: SUPPLIER/MFG INVALID

PLEASE REFER TO CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 3500-13, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1987 FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON DETERMINING A VALID MANUFACTURER OR SUPPLIER CODE. 
VPP: EXPORT DT CANNOT BE > SYS DATE +2

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE EXPORT DATE IS SENT IN POSITIONS 22-27 OF THE D01 RECORD AND CANNOT BE MORE THAN 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE SYSTEM DATE.
AQZ: TEST CASE NUMBER NOT ON FILE

A MATCH FOR THE NUMBER ENTERED IN THE TEST SUMMONS NUMBER FIELD MUST BE FOUND IN THE USCS COURT SUMMONS FILE. A MATCH WAS NOT FOUND. ONLY SUMMONSES FILED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE ARE RECORDED IN ACS. SUMMONSES SERVED AGAINST OTHER AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CANNOT BE USED AS TEST CASE NUMBERS. 

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