Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

APV: SAMPLE IND. CANNOT CHANGE

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A SAMPLE HAS BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT A SAMPLE DOES NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE SAMPLE INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. 
BRM: POSSIBLE FEE MISMATCH

THE ORIGINAL FEE AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN FEE CLASS CODE IN THE RECON'S 'R21' RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT USCS SHOWS AS BEING THE FEE AMOUNT FOR THAT CLASS CODE ON THE ORIGINAL IMPORT ENTRY. THIS MESSAGE USUALLY RESULTS WHEN ABI ATTEMPTS TO VERIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FEE CLASS AMOUNTS ON THE IMPORT ENTRY AGREE WITH THE AMOUNTS REPORTED IN THE RECON ENTRY (R21 RECORD). IF THE IMPORT ENTRY HAS BEEN RED-LINED DURING THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS, THE USFI RECORD (WHERE FEES ARE DISPLAYED BY CLASS CODE AND AMOUNT) WILL BE BLANK AND THE LNLI RECORDS (ENTRY LINE DATA FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY) IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE BLANK. THUS ABI HAS NO FILE TO SEARCH TO VERIFY THE HMF OR MPF AMOUNT CLAIMED BY THE RECON FILER IN ITS R21 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE IS A WARNING, HOWEVER, AND WILL NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CAUSE A RECON ENTRY TO BE REJECTED.
8WN: DATE CHANGE REQUIRES AMS CARRIER

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT AN UPDATED ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE, THE CARRIER IN THE PORT OF ARRIVAL MUST BE AN AMS CARRIER (AIR OR OCEAN). IF THE CARRIER IS NOT AUTOMATED IN THE PORT OF ARRIVAL, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
07F: INVALID SYSTEM DATE

THIS MESSAGE SHOULD RARELY, IF EVER, OCCUR. THIS IS AN INTERNAL ACS PROBLEM WITH THE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EITHER THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR THE ABI TRANSMISSION. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES A SIMILAR PROBLEM.
EJU: ITEM AMT MUST=UNIT PRCXNO PRC UNT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C33 RECORD ENABLES THE FILER TO REPORT NUMBER OF ITEMS IMPORTED, COST PER ITEM AND TOTAL COST FOR THE ITEM, AMONG OTHER ELEMENTS. IF THE NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS, WHEN MULTIPLIED BY THE PRICE PER UNIT, DOES NOT EQUAL THE "ITEM AMOUNT" TOTAL, REPORTED IN POS 37-51 OF THIS RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE FIGURE SENT TO ABI CAN VARY BY UP TO, BUT NOT OVER, $1 (PLUS OR MINUS) FROM THE CALCULATED AMOUNT FOR "ITEM AMOUNT" TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO ABI.
4K7: CERTIFICATE NUMBER INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A COTTON CERTIFICATE NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 48-56 OF THE 51 RECORD AND THERE IS NO COTTON FEE CODE (056) INDICATOR IN THE HARMONIZED RECORD. IT WILL ALSO OCCUR WHEN THERE IS A DUAL TARIFF NUMBER (E.G. CHAPTER 99) AND THE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 70 RECORD DOES NOT HAVE A COTTON FEE CODE. SENDING A COTTON CERTIFICATE NUMBER WITH A NON-NUMERIC OR ONE THAT IS LESS THAN THAN NINE NUMERICS ALSO GENERATES THIS MESSAGE.
RBT: RECON DATE OVER 90 DAYS IN FUTURE

FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE DATE IS IN A VALID FORMAT, BUT IS GREATER THAN 90 DAYS IN THE FUTURE. DATES UP TO 90 DAYS IN IN ADVANCE ARE ACCEPTED VIA  ABI FOR RECONCILIATION.
DEP: VALID INPUT = 'Y'

THE ONLY VALID INPUT FOR THIS FIELD IS 'Y'. OTHERWISE, THE FIELD SHOULD REMAIN BLANK. 
8WA: NO ENTRY EXISTS OR ENTRY CLOSED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRASNMISSION. IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND APPLICATION LN AGAINST AN ENTRY NUMBER FOR WHICH NO PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY STATUS HAS BEEN ISSUED BY ABI, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. MOST OF THE TIME, ERROR MESSAGE 8WB, ENTRY BELONGS TO ANOTHER DD/PP, WILL ALSO BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - THIS MESSAGE CAN ALSO APPLY TO OTHER APPLICATIONS WHICH INVOLVE AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS NOT RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY OR SELECTIVITY DATABASES. **NOTE** THIS ERROR MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO A FILER'S ATTEMPT TO SEND A TIB EXTENSION REQUEST AFTER THE DATE THAT THE TIB ENTRY SHOWS AS 'CLOSED' PER THE ENTRY RECORD.
EIQ: INVALID LOCATION CODE INDICATOR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 9-10, IS USED TO REPORT ONE OF THREE LOCATION CODE INDICATORS. THE VALID INDICATORS ARE "25" (WHICH INDICATES THE LOCATION CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL BE A CENSUS SCHEDULE K FIVE-NUMERIC FOREIGN PORT OF LADING CODE), "26" (WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL A U.S. PORT OF ENTRY FROM CENSUS SCHEDULE D), OR "66" (WHICH INDICATES THAT T LOCATION IN POS 11-15 WILL BE AN ISO COUNTRY CODE). IF ANY OTHER CODE IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
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. 
EIH: INVALID PARTY CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE TWO CHARACTER PARTY QUALIFIER CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C08 REC, POS 4-5. THE ACCEPTABLE VALUES FOR THIS FIELD ARE LISTED ON PAGE AII-17 OF THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY OTHER PARTY QUALIFIER CODE, INCLUDING A BLANK RECORD IN THIS FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
VAL: FW 3-177: LICENSE NOT ON FILE

THE LICENSE NUMBER WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE FW02 RECORD, POS 45-50 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWL FILE. THE LICENSE NUMBER IS ISSUED BY FSW TO IMPORTERS IMPORT OVER $25,000 ANNUALLY OF MERCHANDISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO FWS. CUSTOMS DOES NOT TRACK CUMULATIVE VALUES. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FWS. FWS UP- LOADS THE U.S. LICENSE INFORMATION TO ACS ONCE A WEEK. IF A FILER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A U.S. LICENSE NUMBER AND ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT IT PRIOR TO THE UPLOAD, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL FWS OFFICE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON CLEARING MERCHANDISE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS RESIDENT IN OUR DATA BASE. THERE ARE NO EDITS TO REQUIRE THE USER TO TRANSMIT THE LICENSE NUMBER, BUT IF A LICENSE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED, THERE MUST BE AN EXACT MATCH WITH ONE OF THE LICENSE NUMBERS IN THE FWL FILE.
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.
ARG: PROTESTANT TYPE REQUIRED

A VALID VALUE IS REQUIRED IN THE PROTESTANT TYPE FIELD VALID VALUES ARE: D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT F - FOREIGN MAUFACTURER/PRODUCER/EXPORTER I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - MASTER OF VESSEL S - SURETY V - VESSEL OPERATOR O - OTHER
27A: CENSUS IMPROBABLE COUNTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS AN ABI REPLY TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) INPUT TRANSACTION. IT INDICATES THAT THE DATA COLLECTED BY CENSUS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE LINE IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FROM THE TRANSMITTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. THE FILER SHOULD VERIFY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR TARIFF NUMBER AND, IF NECESSARY, MAKE CORRECTIONS. IF THE DATA IS ACCURATE AS TRANSMITTED, NO FURTHER ACTION VIA ABI IS NECESSARY.
VO1: DT HS7: FORM REQUIRED

IMPORTED PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE CODED DT1 OR DT2 ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE. IF THE CODING IS DT2, THE FILER IS REQUIRED TO REPORT DOT INFORMATION FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER. IF NO DATA IS TRANSMITTED, THE ABOVE ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VGA: FD701: INV LINE#/SEQ

THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER SENDS AN FDA CORRECTION (CP TRANSACTION) TO RESPOND TO AN FDA DT REJECT MESSAGE AND THE CUSTOMS LINES THAT THEY ARE SENDING IN THE FDA CORRECTION DO NOT MATCH THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF LINES IN THE SELECTIVITY RECORD. WHEN A CORRECTION IS DONE, THE FILER MUST SEND THE CUSTOMS LINES (WITH THE CORRESPONDING FDA DATA OR DISCLAIM AS APPLICABLE) IN THE EXACT ORDER AS IT APPEARS ON THE SELECTIVITY LINE ITEM SCREEN. THE FILER MUST ALSO SEND ALL CUSTOMS LINES WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE FDA REGULATED. CHECK THE ORDER OF THE TARIFF NUMBERS IN THE CP SEND AGAINST THE SELECTIVITY LINE ITEM SCREEN. THEY MUST MATCH EXACTLY. THIS MESSAGE ALSO RESULTS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPS TO START A FDA LINE NUMBER WITHIN A CUSTOMS LINE WITH A NUMBER OTHER THAN 001. THE MOST COMMON OCCURANCE IS WHEN CUSTOMS LINE 001 IS SENT AND, FOR EXAMPLE FDA LINES 001 AND 002 ARE SENT WITH IT. THEN THE FILER SENDS CUSTOMS LINE 002 AND STARTS THE FDA LINE NUMBERING WITH 003. THIS REJECT WILL ALSO OCCUR IF THE FILER SENDS BOTH AN FD0 (DISCLAIM) AND FDA DATA FOR THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE ON AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION.
EJ0: NEGATIVE AMT IND NOT 'N' OR ' '

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARGES REPORTED IN ALL C17/C18 RECORDS (CODES "S" OR "C" ON THE C17 REC) EXCEED THE TOTAL OF ALL ALLOWANCE REPORTED IN ALL C17/C18 (CODES "A" OR "R" ON THE C17 RECORD), THE NEGATIVE AMOUNT INDICATOR SHOULD BE LEFT BLANK (" ").IF THE REVERSE IS TRUE, THEN THE NEGATIVE AMOUNT INDICATOR MUST BE "N". ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THIS FIELD (C84 REC, POS 34) WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
169: INVALID COUNTRY CODE

THE COUNTRY CODE IS NOT ON FILE. IN ABI, THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN RESULT WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS APPLICATION EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) AND INCLUDES A 42 RECORD BUT OMITS THE SUPPLIER ID NUMBER. THE FIRST TWO CHARACTERS OF THIS RECORD REPRESENT THE ISO COUNTRY CODE. IF THE SUPPLIER ID IS BLANK, ABI INTERPRETS THIS AS AN INVALID ISO CODE AND GENERATES THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
176: INVALID FILER CODE

THE THREE CHARACTER FILER CODE MUST BE ALPHA-NUMERIC. NO SPECIAL CHARACTERS AND MUST NOT BE LEFT BLANK.  FILER MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE APPROPRIATE ACS FILE AS A NATIONAL FILER, AND IN THE DISTRICT FILE AS ALLOWED TO FILE ENTRIES IN YOUR DISTRICT. ( ENTRIES FILED AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1986).
B35: INVALID OR MISSING ZIP CODE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE $I (ADD MANUFACTURER) TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER SENDS AN INVALID ZIP CODE OR IS SENDING BLANKS IN THE ZIP CODE FIELD. 
0LJ: TEXTILE DATE OF EXPORT INVALID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY PROCESSING (EI) AND WILL REJECT ON THE 51 RECORD. THE DATE OF EXPORTATION (TEXTILE) REPRESENTS THE DATE THE TEXTILE GOODS WERE EXPORTED FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. IF THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN AND EXPORT ARE THE SAME, THE DATE OF EXPORTATION IN THE 50 RECORD AND THIS DATE IN THE 51 RECORD MUST BE IDENTICAL. IF THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN DIFFER, THIS DATE CAN BE EARLIER THAN OR EQUAL TO THE DATE OF EXPORTATION ON THE 50 RECORD. SEE CATAIR PAGE ENS-53. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF A TEXTILE EXPORT DATE IS REPORTED WHEN NONE IS REQUIRED (NON-TEXTILE CATEGORY CLASSIFICATION)
8WO: ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE FUNCTION (LN). THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO SEND A NEW ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IN POSITIONS 41-46 OF THE L1 RECORD WHEN THERE IS AN ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL POSTED TO THE ENTRY FIL . PAGE BOL-3 OF THE CATAIR STATES "THE ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL CANNOT BE UPDATED IF THE AMS MODULE HAS ALREADY POSTED AN ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL TO THE ENTRY."
APJ: AFR QUES MISSING/INCOMPLETE

AN APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW, INDICATED BY 'R', APPLIES ONLY TO 514 PROTESTS, AND MUST BE REQUESTED DURING THE FILING AND AMENDMENT PERIOD, EITHER AT INITIAL FILING OR BY AN AMENDMENT FILING. EITHER THE FILING IS NOT 514 PROTEST, OR THE FILING AND AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS EXPIRED. 

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