Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VGQ: FD 701: ESTBLSMNT ID NOT ON FILE

AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER (FEI) NUMBER IS A TWELVE-DIGIT NUMBER THAT IDENTIFIES A DOMESTIC LOCATION (ADDRESS) OF AN FDA IMPORTER OR DOMESTIC CLIENT. THESE NUMBERS ARE CREATED IN THE FDA INTERFACE BY FILERS REQUESTING, THROUGH ABI TO FDA, A NUMBER FOR A DOMESTIC LOCATION. THE REQUEST IS MOST OFTEN MADE WHEN THE FILER HAS SENT A FOREIGN-BASED CONSIGNEE AND HAS RECEIVED AN FDA REJECT. THE FEI NUMBER, IF USED, IS SENT IN REC FD03, POS 15-26 AND MUST CONTAIN 12 NUMERIC CHARACTERS. THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE IS TO OMIT THE FIRST TWO ZEROS AND TRANSMIT ONLY TEN NUMBERS.
15K: DUTY COMPUTATION NOT PERFORMED

OTHER ERRORS MUST BE CORRECTED BEFORE DUTY COMPUTATION CAN BE PERFORMED. 
DK5: TARIFF TRAILER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. THE CANADIAN IMPORT ENTRY TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS (0001-9999) ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE (EG: 0001, 0003, 0002 INSTEAD OF 0001, 0002, 0003). NOTE THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. FOR CANADIAN IMPORTS, TRAILERS ARE SEQUENCED 00001-99999.
VEM: FC 740:QTY EXCEEDS 03 ALLOWANCE

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. IF QUANTITY EXCEEDS 200, REPORT PRIOR APPROVAL BY SENDING A "Y" IN POSITION 7 OF THE FC01 RECORD, DATA ELEMENT "03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER QUANTITY APPROVAL".
8VQ: FATAL DATABASE ERROR

THIS MESSAGE IS SIMILIAR TO '999' "DB ERROR HAS OCCURRED". THERE IS AN INTERNAL ACS PROBLEM WITH THE PROGRAM. 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.
BRF: NAFTA RECON ALREADY ON FILE

FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FILE A RECON AGAINST AN IMPORT ENTRY FOR A NAFTA ISSUE AND A RECON IS ALREADY ON FILE AGAINST THAT IMPORT ENTRY FOR NAFTA. 
AD1: HOUSE INVALID WITHOUT MASTER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF A HOUSE BILL IS TRANSMITTED IN THE HA RECORD, POSITION 27-38, A MASTER BILL NUMBER IS REQUIRED IN POSITIONS 15-26. 
VGO: FD 701: FDA VALUE EXCEEDS USCS

THE FDA VALUE (REC03, POS 5-14) MUST NOT EXCEED THE CUSTOMS VALUE IN THE40+70+80+81 RECORD(S) OR THIS REJECT WILL OCCUR. THIS REJECT WILL ALSO OCCUR IF MULTIPLE FDA LINES (FD01-FD05 RECORDS) ARE SENT WITHIN ONE CUSTOMS LINE AND ALL OF THE VALUES COMBINED IN THOSE LINES EXCEED THE CUSTOMS VALUE.
VKX: HLT: POS&LEN EXCEEDS FIELD LENGTH

THE LENGTH VALUE SPECIFIED IN THE OPTIONAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER EXCEEDS THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE FIELD. THE LENGTH MUST FIT WITHIN THE FIELD BEGINNING FROM THE SPECIFIED POSITION. 
AGU: RELEASD-CANT UPDATE INVOICE

IF SSA01-RELEASE IS NOT SPACES, AN ASSOCIATED INVOICE CANNOT BE UPDATED. THE ABOVE COMMENT MEANS THAT AN INVOICE INPUT (APPLICATION CI) CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED IF THERE IS A RELEASE DATE ALREADY POSTED TO ANY ENTRY NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVOICE.
42A: SPI INVALID FOR CATEGORY

IF SPI FOR THIS ENTRY IS'G' THEN CATEGORY MUST BE '443', '444', '643', '644', '843', OR '844'. 
4AC: IN-BOND NUMBER NOT FOUND

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER PROVIDED AN INBOND NUMBER IN HIS EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) TRANSACTION, BUT DID NOT INCLUDE A MASTER BILL NUMBER (OR AIR WAYBILL) IN THE 22 RECORD. AS OF SEP 28, 1998, THE REVISED INBOND PROGRAM REQUIRES INBOND NUMBERS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY BILL NUMBERS. THIS ERROR SHOULD NOT OCCUR FOR TRUCK SHIPMENTS (MOT 30 OR 31), BUT, AS OF SEP 30, 1998, IF THE BILL OF LADING FIELD DOES NOT CONTAIN A MINIMUM OF 5 CHARACTERS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
DKO: CANADIAN TRAILER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE NAFTA IMPORT ENTRY TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS (00001-99999) ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE (E.G.:00001,00003,00002 INSTEAD OF 00001, 00002, 00003) (DRAWBACK MODULE).
ACQ: ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE IS INACTIVE

THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE (HI APPLICATION, REC H POS 11-22 OR EI APPLICATION, REC 10, POS 20-31) IS CURRENTLY IN 'INACTIVE' STATUS ON THE IMPORTER FILE. ABI FILERS SHOULD USE APPLICATION 'TI' 5106 UPDATE, TO SUBMIT THE REACTIVATION. IF THE NUMBER IS A U.S. CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER, THE ENTRY TEAM CAN REACTIVATE THIS NUMBER. 
8VE: DATA CONTAINED IN FUTURE FIELD

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). THE FILER HAS ENTERED DATA IN ONE OF THE TWO FIELDS RESERVED FOR THE SCAC (STANDARD CARRIER ALPHA CODE) OF THE ISSUER OF THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER (L3 REC, POS 32-35) OR THE SUBHOUSE BILL NUMBER (L3 REC, POS 48-51). THESE ARE FUTURE USE FIELDS.
APW: FAX INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A FACSIMILE WAS SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT INITIAL FILING OF PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION. 'N' INDICATES THAT NO FACSIMILE WAS SENT. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'. 
VGM: FD 701: QTY IND;PREV QTY=0'S

UP TO SIX QUANTITIES CAN BE SENT IN THE FDA INTERFACE. IF ZEROS WERE TRANSMITTED IN A PRECEDING QUANTITY BLOCK AND A QUANTITY WAS TRANSMITTED IN THE INSTANT BLOCK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS. FOR INSTANCE, IF ZEROS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE UNIT 1 QUANTITY BLOCK OF REC FD02, POS 5-14 AND 0000000009 TRANSMITTED IN THE UNIT 2 QUANTITY BLOCK OF REC FD02, POS 19-28, THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS.
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. 
VBE: FW 3-177: INVLD SPECIE NAME GENUS

IF XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE IN REC FW01, POS 5 - 8, THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS (REC FW01, POS 9-26) IS MANDATORY. IF THE SPECIES CODE IS OTHER THAN XXXX, THE FIELD FOR THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS MUST BE BLANK. THE LANGUAGE IN THE ERROR MESSAGE VBE IS INACCURATE. IT SHOULD READ "INVLD SCIENT NAME GENUS". (NOTE: WHEN XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE, THE COMMON NAME SPECIFIC (RECORD FW02, POS 5-22) AND THE COMMON NAME GENERAL (RECORD FW02, POS 23-40) ARE ALSO MANDATORY.
662: IMPORTER NUMBER IS VOIDED

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
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.
EIS: LOCATION OR LOC CODED REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 RECORD REPORTS THE LOCATION OF THE INVOICE DELI TERMS. POS 9-10 AND 11-15 MUST BE REPORTED IN COMBINATION TO REPORT A LOCATION CODE IDENTIFIER AND THE LOCATION CODE. IF THESE ARE NOT TRANSMIT THE ACTUAL LOCATION MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 16-50. IF ALL THREE ELEMENTS ARE BLANK IN THE C13 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
RBL: RECON EXISTS - REPLACE OR DELETE

THE RECON ALREADY EXISTS ON CUSTOMS FILE AND THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED AN 'A' TRANSACTION. FILER MUST PERFORM AN 'R' IF THE RECON IS ALREADY IN CUSTOMS STATUS, OR IS IN REJECTED STATUS. IF THE RECON ENTRY IS STILL IN ABI STATUS, THE FILER MAY TRANSMIT A 'D' TO DELETE THE RECON. NOTE: IF THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS RECEIVED, OFTEN THE FILER WILL ALSO RECEIVE ERROR MESSAGE BRH 'OTHER RECON ALREADY ON FILE' FOR ALL THE ASSOCIATED IMPORT ENTRIES. CORRECTING ERROR RBL WILL ALSO CORRECT ERROR BRH.
VNG: FD 701: UOM INVALID/UNKNOWN

A MAXIMUM OF SIX QUANTITIES AND UNITS OF MEASURE (UOM) CAN BE SENT ON A SINGLE FDA LINE. THE UOM MUST BE ONE OF THE BASE UNITS SHOWN ON PAGE OG-31 OF THE CATAIR OR ONE OF THE VALID FDA CONTAINER CODES SHOWN ON PAGES OG-32-33 OF THE CATAIR. IF ANY OTHER UOM IS TRANSMITTED, EVEN IF IT IS A VALID ONE FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE ABOVE REJECT WILL BE GENERATED.
VQP: MISSING FTZ NUMBER

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE INDICATOR IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITION 4 IS A '2' (FTZ) THEN THE IMPORT FTZ NUMBER IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 28-34 CANNOT BE SPACES.

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