Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AGB: SUMMARY NOT CERTIFIED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER, WHO IS SET TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR AII, SENDS AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD BUT DOES NOT SEND A 1' IN POSITION 37 OF THE 30 RECORD, WHICH IS A CERTIFICATION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY (ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE). THIS MESSAGE WAS CORRECT WHEN WRITTEN, BUT IT NOW (APR 2000) MEANS THAT THE CARGO CERTIFICATION (30 REC, POS 38) WAS OMITTED.
RB4: EXCESS/INVALID FEE COUNT

FOR RECONCILIATION, THE 'R20' ABI INPUT RECORD FEE COUNT IS EITHER NOT NUMERIC (INVALID) OR > 10 (EXCESS). IN OTHER WORDS, POS 78-79 OF THE R20 RECORD MUST SHOW A NUMERIC FIGURE WHICH EQUALS THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWING R21 RECORDS. IF ONE R21 RECORD FOLLOWS THE R20 RECORD, POS 78-79 WOULD BE "01", E.G. IF THE FILER SPACE FILLS THIS ELEMENT BUT TRANSMITS AN R21 RECORD, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT (THE 'INVALID' PART OF THE NARRATIVE). IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A FIGURE GREATER THAN '10', THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT (THE 'EXCESS' PART OF THE MESSAGE). NOTE: IF THE ENTRY IS AN AGGREGATE RECON, AND NO R21 RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED, THE FILER MUST STILL SHOW '00' IN POS 78-79 OF EACH R20 RECORD.
VGC: FD 701: STORAGE STATUS INV

THERE ARE ONLY THREE ACCEPTABLE FDA STORAGE STATUSES (REC FD01, POS 15): "R" FOR REFRIGERATED, "F" FOR FROZEN AND "A" FOR AMBIENT. USE OF ANY OTHER LETTERS, NUMBERS OR CHARACTERS WILL RESULT IN THIS 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'. 
AIC: OGA FORM DATA REQUIRED

THE HARMONIZED NUMBER ON THE LINE GENERATING THIS REJECT IS CODED AS "DATA REQUIRED" (E.G.FD2) AND THE FILER IS SET TO OPERATIONAL FOR THE NAMED OGA INTERFACE AND IS NOT SENDING THE REQUIRED DATA.
VNN: ACCEL. NOT ALLOWED FOR BOND TYPE

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THE ACCELERATED INDICATOR MAY ONLY BE A 'Y' IF THE BOND TYPE CODE IS NOT '0' (WOULD BE EITHER '8' OR '9'), UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT CLAIM INDICATOR IS ALSO 'Y' ('1' IF ABI).
CF2: FEI ALREADY ON ACS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE FDA INTERFACE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE 'SP' TRANSACTION. THIS IS WHERE FDA IS RESPONDING TO A FILER'S REQUEST TO ADD A DOMESTIC FIRM TO THE FEI FILE (FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER) AND IS RETURING TO ABI A 12 DIGIT NUMBER THAT IS ALREADY ON FILE.
999: DB ERROR HAS OCCURRED

THIS MESSAGE TELLS US THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACS DATABASE, OR THAT SOMETHING CAUSED THE PROGRAM TO "BLOW UP. "DRAWBACK DISKS WILL ONLY BE REJECTED FOR THIS ERROR AFTER  USCS HAS RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM TO DETERMINE IF IT IS DISK RELATED. ABI WILL REJECT THE DATA TRANSMISSION.
40J: SPI CLAIM INVALID FOR TARIFF

MOST TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE OR MORE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE DUTY REQUIRED. THESE ARE CODED AS "SPI" FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TARIFF NUMBER HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR. IF AN ABI FILERS TRANSMITS AN SPI (SUMMARY TRANSACTION 50 REC, POS 3, OR POS 78-79; 70/80/81 REC, POS 13 OR POS 79-80) THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THAT TARIFF NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FILERS SHOULD VERIFY THE SPI FROM THEIR HARMONIZED QUERY OUTPUT (V3 REC, POS 53-72) TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE SELECTED SPI APPLIES TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. NOTE: AS STATED IN ERROR MESSAGE 40L, IF THE TRANSMITTED SPI (50 RECORD OR 70 RECORD) IS ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER, IT MUST NONETHELESS AGREE WITH THE C/O CODE (EITHER "MX" OR "CA"). IF THE C/O IS "CA", AN SPI OF "MX" WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
AQR: BASE DATE QUALIFIER N/A

WHEN A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE IS SUBMITTED, FILER MUST DECLARE THE LIFECYCLE EVENT ASSOCIATED TO THE DATE. NO FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, OR IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED IN ERROR.
VNF: FD 701: NO BASE UNIT REPORTED

IF A FILER SENDS QUANTITY/UOM (UNIT OF MEASURE) INFORMATION (REC FD02) FOR AN FDA LINE, THE UOM MUST BE ONE OF THE FDA BASE UNITS LISTED ON PAGE OG-31 OF THE CATAIR IF ONLY ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT. IF MORE THAN ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT, THE LAST ONE MUST BE A BASE UNIT AND MUST BE A VALID ONE.
EJV: INBOX IND MUST BE 'R' OR SPACE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C01 REC, POS 56, PROVIDES THE FILER AN OPPORTUNITY TO INDICATE IF THE INVOICE BEING TRANSMITTED IS AN INITIAL INPUT (SPACE FILL THE POSITION) OR IS IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI REJECTION FROM CUSTOMS WHICH REQUESTED THE TRANSMISSION OF THE INSTANT INVOICE. IN THE LATTER CASE, THE ACCEPTABLE VALUE FOR THIS FIELD IS "R". ANY OTHER CHARACTER TRANSMITTED IN THIS FIELD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
ASC: SEQUENCE NUMBER INVALID

SEQUENCE NUMBER INVALID. ONLY NUMERALS ARE VALID FOR SEQUENCE. THE FIRST LINE WOULD BE 0001, THE TENTH LINE WOULD BE 0010. EITHER THE LINES ARE NOT SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED OR THE FORMAT USED IS INCORRECT. EXAMPLE: 1000 WOULD BE INCORRECT FOR LINE 1.
485: REFERENCE # CF4811 NOT ON FILE

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE AND WILL NOT CAUSE, BY ITSELF, A REJECTION OF THE SUMMARY INPUT. THE CF4811 IS A SPECIAL ADDRESS NOTIFICATION FORM THAT IS SUBMITTED IN HARDCOPY TO LOCAL CUSTOMS. (IT IS NOT AN AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR ABI AT THIS TIME). THE CF4811 AUTHORIZES REFUNDS, DRAWBACK PAYMENTS AND LIQUIDATION NOTIFICATIONS TO BE SENT TO AN AGENT OF THE IMPORTER OF RECORD. THE 4811 DATABASE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IMPORTERS AND THEIR AGENTS CREATED BY CF4811 PROCESSING. IF AN ABI FILER TRANSMITS HIS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43, (IN ONE OF THE THREE ACCEPTABLE FORMATS - SEE ERROR MESSAGE 486) AND THERE IS NO PRE-EXISTING CF4811 ON FILE IN THE DATABASE, THIS WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - FOR RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THE ABSENCE OF A CF4811 IS A REJECT CONDITION.
BRC: EXISTING ENTRY NOT RECON TYPE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED AN ADD OR REPLACE 'RA' RECONCILIATION TRANSACTION AND THE ENTRY NUMBER ALREADY EXISTS IN ACS AS ANOTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN '09'. 
SG5: INVALID TARIFF FOR CA SUGAR CERT

FOR ON-LINE, THE TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE REQUIRING SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA FROM CANADA. 
VDZ: FW 3-177: FWS QTY EXCEEDS USCS

IF THE FISH & WILDLIFE QUANTITY SENT IN THE FW03 RECORD, POSITIONS 5-16 EXCEED THE CUSTOMS QUANTITY SENT IN THE EI 50 RECORD, POSITIONS 24-35 THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR. THE FWS QUANTITY MUST BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE CUSTOMS QUANTITY.
AS1: WRN: ENTRY NOT LIQ/CANCELLED

THE ENTRY HAS NOT LIQUIDATED OR WAS CANCELLED. 
EJC: INVALID DIFFERENCE REASON CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C39 RECORD, POS 22-23, PROVIDES FOR THE INSERTION OF ONE OF 24 VALID TWO-CHARACTER "REASON FOR DIFFERENCE CODES". THE USE OF ANY OTHER CODE, OR A BLANK FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
VDB: INFORMAL FEE CAN'T BE > $2.00

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN AN ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY CERTIFIED FILER TRANSMITS AN INFORMAL ENTRY WITH AN INFORMAL FEE4 OF MORE THAN $2.00. THE INFORMAL FEE CANNOT EXCEED $2.00 IF THE FILER IS ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY CERTIFIED.
"27B: CENSUS QTY1/QTY2 (TARIFF 1)

THIS MESSAGE IS AN ABI REPLY TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION. IT INDICATES THAT THE RATIO OF THE FIRST QUANTITY TO THE SECOND QUANTITY FOR THE LINE IN QUESTION, FOR THE FIRST TARIFF REPORTED (OR THE ONLY ONE IF THE LINE ONLY CALLS FOR ONE TARIFF NUMBER) IS OUTSIDE THE LIMITS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY CENSUS FROM PREVIOUS IMPORTATIONS. IF THE FILER REVIEWS ITS DATA AND FINDS THAT BOTH QUANTITIES ARE CORRECT AS REPORTED, THE FILER DOES NOT NEED TO MAKE ANY ABI CHANGES, BUT SHOULD ALERT THE ENTRY TEAM THAT THE DATA IS CORRECT.
AFY: INVALID AD/CVD CASE/RATE/BOND IND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION IF THE FILER REPORTS ADD OR CVD DATA IN THE 60 RECORD, BUT USES ENTRY TYPE 01, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR UNTIL THE ENTRY TYPE IS CHANGED TO 03 OR 07 OR UNTIL THE ADD OR CVD DATA IS REMOVED. 
EIY: INVALID RELATE DOCUMENT ID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C19 RECORD IS USED TO REPORT THE PRESENCE OF DOCUMENTS THAT MAY RELATE TO THE INVOICE IN QUESTION. IF THE C19 RECORD IS USED, POS 4-6 MUST REFLECT ONE OF THE ACCEPTABLE VALUES FOR THE RELATED DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER. THESE IDENTIFIERS ARE LISTED IN APPENDIX B TO THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY INDICATOR NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX B WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
EJG: INVALID TITLE OF DECLARANT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 REC, POS 37-38, MUST CONTAIN A VALID CODE IDENTIFYING THE TITLE OF THE DECLARANT. THE ONLY VALID CODES, AS OF THIS DATE, ARE "IR" (IMPORTER) OR "CB" (CUSTOMS BROKER). AS OF 4/5/95, "IM" (IMPORTER) MAY ALSO BE USED.
EJQ: ENTRY ALREADY HAS ABI STATEMENT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF ANY ENTRY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVOICE IN THE INSTANT TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY APPEARED ON A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT, CHANGES TO THE INVOICE ARE NOT PERMITTED. UPDATES TO INVOICE DATA ARE ONLY PERMITTED IF THE ASSOCIATED ENTRIES HAVE NOT YET APPEARED ON A STATEMENT.

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