Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

27J: *CENSUS* OR-AGR CHARGES/VALUE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED ON ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACATIONS WHEN THE LINE ITEM CHARGES (40 REC, POS 48-57) DIVIDED BY THE LINE ITEM VALUE (40 REC, POS 8-17) EXCEED A STATED PERCENTAGE. IF THE RATIO BETWEEN THE CHARGES AND VALUE EXCEEDS THE PERCENTAGE SHOWN ON TARIFF/CENSUS DATABASE BY MORE THAN 300 PERCENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. (EXAMPLE: VALUE IS $400 FOR TARIFF 8541402000 AND THE CHARGES ARE $100. THIS IS A 25% RATIO. THE RECORD FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER SHOWS 7% AS THE UPPER LIMIT. 7% OF $400 IS $28. 300% OF THIS FIGURE WOULD BE $84. THEREFORE, CHARGES FROM $1 TO $84 WOULD NOT GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE, BUT CHARGES OF $85 OR HIGHER WOULD.) FOR SHIPMENTS BY AIR, THE CHARGES IS SOMETIMES COMPARED TO THE GROSS WEIGHT (40 REC, POS18-27) AND THIS MESSAGE COULD BE GENERATED EVEN IN A CASE WHERE THE CHARGES/VALUE RATIO WAS BELOW 300% OF THE VALUE.
ADN: PROCESSED RLSE ALREADY ON FILE

IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY (RECORD 30, POSITION 39, "C" INDICATED), THE ENTRY NUMBER(S) LISTED IN RECORD 32, POSITIONS 13-23, 24-34, 35-45, ETC., MAY NOT HAVE AN EXISTING ENTRY SUMMARY ALREADY ON FILE.
RBS: RECONCILIATION IMPRTR ID INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FORMAT OF THE RECON IMPORTER ID IS NOT A VALID IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER FORMAT. VALID IRS FORMAT IS NN-NNNNNNNXX (WHERE 'XX'=SUFFIX); SS IS NNN-NN-NNNN; CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER IS YYDDPP-NNNNN.
ASA: ENTRY LIST NOT APPLICABLE

ENTRY LIST IS NOT APPLICABLE. THIS MESSAGE MAY BE RETURNED IF AN AMENDMENT OR ADDENDA TRANSACTION IS TRANSMITTED LISTING ENTRIES WITH NO ACTION CODE. 
961: TOT EST DUTY NOT=TOT EST LINE DUTY

THE ESTIMATED DUTY TOTAL FROM ALL LINES ON THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION DOES NOT EQUAL THE AMOUNT SHOWN AS THE TOTAL DUTY. THE 90 REC, POS 3-13, REFLECTS THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DUTY AMOUNT AND MUST EQUAL, TO THE PENNY, THE TOTAL OF ALL THE LINE ITEM DUTY AMOUNTS. UNLIKE THE LINE AMOUNTS, WHICH MAY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL FLUCTUATION OF UP TO $2.99 PER LINE (SEE MESSAGE 506), THERE IS NO FLUCTUATION PERMITTED BETWEEN THE 90 RECORD FIGURE AND THE TOTAL OF THE LINE AMOUNTS.
371: IR TAX REQUIRED

IF TARIFF FLAG = '1', AN INTERNAL REVENUE TAX APPLIES AND MUST BE INPUT ON THE LINE ITEM ENTRY . IF THE TARIFF FILE INDICATES THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER IS SUBJECT TO IRS EXCISE TAXES, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF NO TAX AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 60 RECORD, POS 59-68. NOTE THAT IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE THE FILER IS AUTHORIZED TO PAY LESS TAX (OR INADVERTENTLY TRANSMITS INCORRECT TAX), THAN THE STATUTORY TAX RATE WOULD INDICATE, ERROR MESSAGE 42N - "WARNING - EST TAX < COMPUTED TAX" WILL RESULT. 
DKZ: TARIFF NOT ONFILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. THE MESSAGE SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE NUMBER, AT THE 6, 8, OR 10 DIGIT LEVEL DOES NOT EXIST ON THE TARIFF FILE. NORMALLY, THIS OCCURS WHEN THE FILER HAS GIVEN 10 DIGITS ON OLDER RECORDS. FOR OLDER RECORDS, IF THE FILER USES 6 DIGITS (OR 8 IF PETROLEUM) THE PROBLEM IS MINIMIZED. 
" 8VM: OVER 100 ADD BILL TRANS INPUT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE (LN) TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO PERFORM A BILL OF LADING UPDATE FOR AN ENTRY THAT HAS MORE THAN 100 BILLS OF LADING.
VGL: FD 701: UOM 1 REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS A QUANTITY IN POSITIONS 5-14 OF THE FD02 RECORD BUT DOES NOT TRANSMIT A UNIT OF MEASURE IN POSITIONS 15-18 OF THE FD02 RECORD. THIS WOULD ALSO APPLY TO SUBSEQUENT QUANTITIES IN THE FD02 RECORD.
VG7: FEI NUMBER INVALID - NUMERICS REQ

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO QUERY AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER NUMBER (FEI) USING THE PP TRANSACTION AND HAS SENT CHARACTERS OTHER THAN NUMERICS IN REC FD10, POS 6-17. THE DATA ELEMENT IS DEFINED AS 12 AN (OR 12 NUMERICS.) ALL 12 POSITIONS MUST BE FILLED, INCLUDING ANY LEADING ZEROS.
28O: *CENSUS* MFR/SHP NO NAME/ADDRESS

MANUFACTURER/SHIPPER'S NAME AND/OR ADDRESS IS NOT ON FILE 
DKG: CLAIM EXISTS - SUBMIT 'DELETE'

THIS MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IF THE FILER HAS USED AN ADDITION/DELETION CODE OF 'A' ON THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD OF THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE (THE 'D10' RECORD FOR ABI) AND THE DRAWBACK CLAIM ALREADY EXISTS ON CUSTOMS FILE. A DELETE OF A CLAIM BY A FILER CAN ONLY BE HONORED IF THE CLAIM IS STILL IN ABI STATUS. ALL CLAIMS CREATED BY DISKETTE OR VIA ABI ARE PLACED IN ABI STATUS BY ACS WHEN FIRST ACCEPTED ERROR-FREE. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO IMPORT ENTRIES FILED ELECTRONICALLY VIA ABI. ONCE IN CUSTOMS STATUS, THEY CANNOT BE DELETED BY THE FILER. IF NOT IN CUSTOMS STATUS, FILER MUST SUBMIT A 'D' ACTION CODE. NOTE: THE CLAIM CANNOT BE DELETED AT ALL IF ACCELERATED DRAWBACK HAS BEEN PAID. IF ACCELERATED HAS BEEN PAID AND THE FILER WISHES TO DELETE, THE CLAIM WILL HAVE TO BE LIQUIDATED "NO DRAWBACK" AND A BILL ISSUED FOR REPAYMENT OF THE ACCELERATED DRAWBACK. IF ACCELERATED HAS NOT BEEN PAID, BUT THE ENTRY IS IN A CUSTOMS STATUS, IT CAN BE CANCELLED, BUT NOT DELETED.
977: TEXTILE CATEGORY INVALID

THIS MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN A SUMMARY THAT HAS QUOTA MERCHANDISE IS TRANSMITTED TO ABI WITH A LINE THAT IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA/VISA REPORTING, BUT FOR WHICH NO 51 RECORD IS ALSO INCLUDED. THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM ERROR MESSAGE 0LK, WHICH  WILL RESULT FROM THE TRANSMISSION OF THE WRONG CATEGORY NUMBER (FROM THE TARIFF FILE).
15D: TARIFF NUMBER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THE REJECTED TARIFF NUMBER IS NOT IN THE PROPER SEQUENCE WHEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER TARIFF NUMBERS REPORTED FOR THIS LINE ON THE ENTRY. IF THE REJECTED LINE INVOLVES CHARPER 98 OR 99 TARIFF NUMBERS, THOSE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED BEFORE THE CHAPTER 1-97 NUMBERS. FOR WATCHES, THE TARIFF NUMBERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE REPORTED FOR THE MOVEMENT/ CASE/BATTERY/BAND IN THAT ORDER. IN MOST CASES, THE TARIFF NUMBERS WILL BE IN NUMBERICAL ORDER, BUT FOR TARIFF NUMBER 9102128010 (MOVEMENT/CASE), 9102128020 (BATTERY) AND 9102124000 (BAND), THE NUMBERS MUST BE REPORTED IN THE ORDER SHOWN HERE.
EII: PARTY NUMBER REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C08 RECORD IDENTIFIES THE PARTY TYPE BEING REPORTED IF THE PARTY TYPE IS "IM" OR "UC", A VALID PARTY NUMBER IS REQUIRED IN ONE OF THE THREE ACCEPTABLE FORMATS (IRS NUMBER, SSN, OR USCS ASSIGNED NUMBER). IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
27E: *CENSUS* OR-HI VAL/QTY (1)TARIFF2

THE UNIT PRICE (VALUE/PRIMARY QUANTITY) IS NOT WITHIN SPECIFIC LIMITS  
AEZ: RLSE'S NOT REQUIRED BY 30 REC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A 32 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED IN AN EI ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (CONSOLIDATED ENTRY RECORD) AND A 'C' IS NOT SENT IN THE 30 RECORD, POSITION 39 SIGNIFYING A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY. 
VN5: DESCRIPTION MUST BE > 1 CHARACTER

WHILE DESCRIPTION FIELD ARE CURRENTLY OPTIONAL DATA IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE, IF A FILER DOES INPUT DESCRIPTIONS, THEY MUST BE MORE THAN A SINGLE CHARACTER.
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.
VDP: FTZ NUMBER INVALID

THE FTZ NO IN REC 20, POS 8-14 (EI APPLICATION) OR REC H2, POS 60-66 (HI APPLI- CATION) IS MANDATORY FOR ENTRY TYPE 06. IT MUST START WITH "FTZ" AND BE FOLLOWED BY FOUR NUMERICS. IF THE FTZ NO IS LESS THAN FOUR NUMERICS, THE NUMBER MUST BE PRECEDED BY ZEROS I.E. "FTZ0001".
AD8: INVOICE LINES NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN EI 42 RECORD IS SENT WITH INVOICE LINES THAT ARE NOT ALL NUMERIC (E.G. A001).  
VMP: FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATR INVALID

FOR WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS TRANSMITTED THROUGH ABI (CURRENTLY THESE ARE ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, 38), THE FILER MUST STATE WHETHER OR NOT THE INSTANT WITHDRAWAL IS THE FINAL ONE AGAINST THE WAREHOUSE ENTRY NUMBER REPORTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 21-31. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS FOR THIS FIELD ARE "0" (NOT FINAL WITHDRAWAL) OR "1" (FINAL WITHDRAWAL). ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. NOTE: IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATOR ON ANY OTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN THE 3N SERIES, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
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. 
EIX: ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DESCR REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C17 AND C18 RECORD. THE FREE-FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARGE DESCRIBED BY THE ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED IN POS 4 OF THE C17 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C18 REC, POS 30-64.THIS FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK. IF NO DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELEMENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
6GC: FDA CODE INVALID MUST BE '1'

WHEN REPORTING FDA ON THE G01 RECORD, MUST BE '1' OR SPACES. 

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