ABI Error Message

ARM:	ACTION CODE N/A

ACTION CODE NOT APPLICABLE.

AFF:	32 REC:DUPLICATE RELEASES FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR WHEN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS TRANSMITTED WITH DUPLICATE RELEASES IN THE 32 RECORD. AN ERROR MESSAGE WILL FOLLOW TELLING WHICH RELEASES ARE DUPLICATES.

VC9:	MPF SURCHARGE NOT REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). FILERS WHO HAVE ABE RECORDS ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT INDICATE OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR CARGO RELEASE OR BORDER CARGO RELEASE ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DEPOSIT THE MANUAL MPF SURCHARGE. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS CLASS CODE 500 WITH $2.00 ON ANY ENTRY AFTER OBTAINING OPERATIONAL CARGO STATUS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

957:	COUNTRY CODE NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, REPORTED IN THE H5 REC, POS 6-7, IS NOT LISTED ON THE COUNTRY CODE FILE, THIS ERROR WILL 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.

AF7:	SUBHOUSE REQUIRES HOUSE

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF AN AIR SHIPMENT IS BEING REPORTED, AND A SUBHOUSE AIR WAYBILL IS SENT IN THE 22 REC, POS 39-50, A HOUSE BILL MUST ALSO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 RE POS 27-38. IF THE HOUSE BILL IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

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".

VIK:	FD 701: CMPLNCE QUAL W/O AFFRM CD

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS SEEN IN THE FDA INTERFACE. SOME FDA PRODUCT CODES MAY REQUIRE WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE. THERE IS NO EDIT LINKING THE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRODUCT CODE. THE FILER, THROUGH PAST KNOWLEDGE OF THE SHIPMENT OR FROM INQURIES WITH FDA, KNOW WHICH PRODUCTS REQUIRE AFFIRMATIONS. AFFIRMATIONS ARE A THREE CHARACTER CODE WHICH IS MEANINGFUL TO FDA. SOME OF THESE AFFIRMATIONS REQUIRE "QUALIFIERS" WHICH MAY BE FORMS, LICENSES OR DECLARATIONS. IN THE FDC FILE THESE ARE CODED WITH "Y" FOR "YES, REQUIRED". THIS ERROR IS GENERATED WHEN THE FILER SENDS THE AFFIRMATION QUALIFIER BUT NOT THE AFFIRMATION CODE ITSELF. THE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE IS SENT IN REC FD01, POS 20-22. THE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE QUALIFIER IS SENT IN REC FD01, POS 23-47. SEE CATAIR, PAGE OGA-28.

ARU:	REFUND PARTY TYPE INVALID

WHEN LISTING A REFUND CARE/OF PARTY, BOTH AN IRS NUMBER AND PARTY TYPE CODE ARE REQUIRED. ONLY THE FOLLOWING LETTERS ARE VALID PARTY TYPE CODES: B - BROKER D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - SHIP'S MASTER S - SURETY T - ATTORNEY V - VESSEL OWNER/OPERATOR THE LETTER USED IN THE REFUND CARE/OF DATA FIELD IS NOT VALID.

4L6:	INVALID SEC SPI FOR TARIFF

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF A FILER TRANSMITS A QUOTA ENTRY TYPE (02, 07) AND CLAIMS A FOLKLORE EXEMPTION FROM QUOTA/VISA REQUIREMENTS (SPI = F), THE INDIVIDUAL LINES CLAIMED UNDER "F" MUST HAVE CATEGORY NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. IF THE FILER SHOWS AN "F" AGAINST A TARIFF NUMBER THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CATEGORY NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

AB9:	INVALID ACTIVITY CODE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT'S BOND IS VALID, BUT IS FOR AN ACTIVITY CODE OTHER THAN 1A (DRAWBACK). OLD CODE 1A1 BONDS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE FOR DRAWBACK.

95W:	52 REC - 'HK' SWPM IND INVALID

THE REQUIRED SOLID WOOD PACKING MATERIAL INDICATOR MUST BE '1' OR '2'.

DE5:	CONTRACT NUMBER NOT FOUND

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE CONTRACT NUMBER SENT IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE WAS NOT ON FILE IN ACS. IN MOST CASES, THE FILER WILL PROBABLY HAVE USED AN OLD NUMBER, NOT ONE OF THE NEW CONTRACT NUMBERS.

ARI:	PROTESTANT ID NBR REQUIRED

A VALID IRS OR CUSTOMS ASSIGNED ID NUMBER PRESENT ON THE CUSTOMS IMPORTER DATA BASE IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PROTEST TYPES EXCEPT F=FOREIGN AND O=OTHERS. THESE REQUIRE NUMBERS WHICH WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT VALIDATION.

R1B:	EARLIEST IMP DT > 1 YR - NO NAFTA

THE R10-EARLY-IMPORT-DATE IS MORE THAN ONE YEAR OLDER THAN THE RUN DATE. THIS EDIT OCCURS WHEN THE R10-ISSUE-CODE = NF. A NAFTA CLAIM CANNOT BE MADE MORE THAN 1 YEAR AFTER THE IMPORT DATE.

4FN:	NO DECIMALS IN QTY FIELDS ALLOWED

QUANTITY FIELDS IN ABI ARE WHOLE NUMBER FIELDS. DECIMAL QUANTITIES ARE NOT PERMITTED HENCE DECIMALS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN QUANTITY FIELDS.

VDW:	EXPORT DATE REQ/FTZ QUOTA PROCESS

BOTH AN EXPORT DATE AND A TEXTILE EXPORT DATE ARE REQUIRED FOR A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE (FTZ) ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF QUOTA TEXTILE MERCHANDISE. IF NON-TEXTILE QUOTA MERCHANDISE, AN EXPORT DATE IS REQUIRED.

AR1:	CANNOT CHANGE PROTESTANT TYPE

THE PROTESTANT PARTY TYPE CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER INITIAL FILING.

739:	ADDITIONAL TARIFF NBRS REQUIRED

THERE CAN BE SEVERAL CAUSES FOR THIS ERROR MESSAGE. IN GENERAL, THE MESSAGE INDICATES THAT ANOTHER TARIFF NUMBER IS A REQUIRED ASSOCIATION WITH THE ENTRY LINE TARIFF NUMBER IN QUESTION (50 REC, POS 3-14). SOME COMMON EXAMPLES ARE: -- 98020040, 50, 60, OR 80 WITHOUT A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER WHICH DESCRIBES THE ARTICLE BEING REPAIRED, ALTERED,OR ASSEMBLED. -- SOME WEARING APPAREL ENSEMBLES WHICH REQUIRE THE ACTUAL ARTICLE OF CLOTHING IN ADDITION TO THE ENSEMBLE HTS. -- WATCHES/CLOCKS, IN WHICH THE MOVEMENT, CASE, BAND, AND BATTERY MAY BE REQUIRED. -- TIB TARIFF NUMBERS IN CHAPTER 9813, WHICH REQUIRE THE IMPORTED ARTICLE'S TARIFF NUMBER.

AF0:	CITY HAS LEAD SPACE OR SPEC CHAR

FILERS CAN ADD ADDRESS INFORMATION IN SEVERAL APPLICATIONS. IF THE CITY PORTION OF THE ADDRESS IS SENT WITH A SPACE IN THE FIRST POSITION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

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.

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'.

VH9:	DT HS7: VIN LIST DUP POSITION: 2

IF THE FILER REPORTS DOT INFORMATION VIA THE DT03 RECORD AND THE DATA IS INCLUDED IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION, THERE ARE FOUR POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN THE DT03 RECORD TO REPORT UP TO FOUR VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (VIN). IF THE VIN REPORTED IN POSITIONS 5-21 (FIRST VIN FIELD) IS DUPLICATED IN POSITIONS 22-38, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

EIM:	PARTY NAME REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C08 RECORD IDENTIFIES THE VARIOUS PARTIES RELATED TO THE INSTANT INVOICE. A TWO-ALPHA CHARACTER PARTY QUALIFIER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C08 REC, POS 4-5. FOR ALL PARTY QUALIFIERS EXCEPT "IM" AND "UC", A NAME AND ADDRESS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C09-C11 RECORDS. IF THE NAME ELEMENT IN THE C09 REC, POS 4-38, IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

AQC:	FILING DDPP NOT PROTEST PORT

THE ADDRESS DDPP CODE IS VALID, BUT THE USCS ACS REGION-DISTRICT-PORT CODE RECORD FOR THAT PORT IS NOT FLAGGED AS OPERATIONAL FOR ELECTRONIC PROTEST. THE ELECTRONIC PROTEST SWITCH MUST BE SET TO 'YES'. PLEASE CONTACT THE PORT.

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