Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VPO: CLAIM EXPORT DATE INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE EXPORT DATE IS SENT IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITIONS 22-27. THIS EXPORT DATE MUST BE IN MMDDYY FORMAT. IF THE DATE IS SENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN YYDDMM OR WITH '999999, THIS REJECT WILL OCCUR.
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.
94L: EXPECTED UNA/UNB SEGMENT NOT FND

EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR. THE UNA/UNB (INTERCHANGE HEADER) SEGMENTS ARE MISSING.
VBR: OGA DATA IGNORED

THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN ERROR MESSAGE BUT RATHER AN INFORMATIONAL WARNING MESSAGE. IT OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO CERTIFY A SUMMARY WHICH HAS OGA INFORMATION WHEN CARGO SELECTIVITY HAS ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED PREVIOUSLY. IF THE FILER IS RECERTIFYING INADVERTENTLY, THE WARNING MESSAGE MAY BE IGNORED. IF THE FILER IS CHANGING SUMMARY DATA THAT AFFECTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FDA DATA, THE FILER SHOULD CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE CUSTOMS OFFICE TO REQUEST A DELETE OF SELECTIVITY. THE APPROPRIATE CUSTOMS OFFICE WILL APPROVE OR DENY THE REQUEST. IF APPROVED, THE FILER SHOULD RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY AND CERTIFY FOR CARGO.
DKT: IMPORT DATE TOO OLD FOR NAFTA

THE CANADIAN IMPORT ENTRY DATE CANNOT BE EARLIER THAN JANUARY 1, 1996, BECAUSE NAFTA DRAWBACK ONLY APPLIES FOR EXPORTS TO CANADA ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1996.  
AFW: ENT REQ 1 VALID ADD/CVD LINE ITEM

IF ENTRY TYPE 03 OR 07 IS TRANSMITTED BY A FILER ON A SUMMARY INPUT, THERE MUST BE AT LEAST ONE LINE WITH ADA OR CVD DATA IN THE 60 RECORD.  
23M: SURETY SANCTION IN EFFECT

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE SURETY COMPANY SENT BY THE FILER IS UNDER SANCTION. 
VNB: FD 701:FORM REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE FILER SENDS A TARIFF NUMBER LINE WHERE THE HARMONIZED NUMBER IS CODED FD2 (FDA DATA IS REQUIRED) IN THE HSA FILE BUT FDA INFORMATION (RECS FD01-FD05) HAS NOT BEEN TRANSMITTED. A DISCLAIM WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
VMD: VERIFY WHSE EXPIRATION PERIOD

ENA01-IMP-DATE ON AN ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE ENTRY REFERENCED BY A WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL WAS NOT GIVEN (NOT NUMERIC). 
VBY: HS7:CODE/MFR MUST BE ALPHANUMERIC

THE FIELD FOR THE TIRE MANUFACTURER CODE (RECORD DT01, POS 38-40) OR THE TIRE MANUFACTURER BRAND NAME (RECORD DT01, POS 41-60) WILL ACCEPT ONLY LETTERS AND NUMBERS. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS TRANSMITTED IN EITHER FIELD, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. SLASHES, DASHES, PERIODS, ETC. WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THESE ELEMENTS.
2DF: CARR CODE REQ FOR MOT 10,11,40

ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS FOR CARGO ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES BY AIR OR OCEAN (MOT 10, 11, 40, 41) MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE CODE REPRESENTING THE IMPORTING AIR OR OCEAN CARRIER. THE CARRIER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-76 (FOR THE FOUR CHARACTER OCEAN CARRIER CODE) AND IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-74 (FOR THE TWO CHARACTER AIR CARRIER CODE). THIS CODE IS REQUIRED WHETHER OR NOT THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION REQUEST FLAG. IF THE FILER DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE CARRIER CODE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE CARRIER CODE IS OMITTED FROM THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER HI) FOR AIR OR OCEAN MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
ASD: SEQUENCE NUMBER ERROR

SEQUENCE NUMBER ERROR. ENTRIES AND LINES OF NARRATIVE MUST BE LISTED IN ASCENDING ORDER FROM 0001 TO 9999. THIS MESSAGE MAY BE RETURNED IF AN ENTRY OR LINE OF NARRATIVE WAS ASSIGNED A NUMBER OUT OF SEQUENCE.
EJH: SIGNATURE INDICATOR MUST BE 'X'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 REC, POS 39, MUST REFLECT AN "X" TO INDICATE THE SIGNATURE FOLLOWS. NO OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, MAY BE TRANSMIT IN THIS POSITION. 
8RA: CLAIM AMOUNT MUST BE < PD/LIQ AMT

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE WILL APPEAR FOR CLAIM TYPES '41' THRU '45' IF THE CLAIMED AMOUNT FOR AN IMPORT ENTRY OR CM EQUALS THE FULL AVAILABLE DUTY/TAX AMOUNT, SINCE THE MAXIMUM CLAIMED AMOUNT CANNOT EXCEED 99 PERCENT THEREOF. BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHERE THE CLAIMED DRAWBACK MAY BE EQUAL TO THE FULL DUTY/TAX PAID (E.G. MERCHANDISE EXPORTED FROM CUSTOMS CUSTODY ON WHICH DUTIES WERE ALREADY PAID), CUSTOMS ALLOWS FOR THIS THROUGH THE USE OF CLAIM '46' FOR CLAIMS COVERING THESE OBSCURE CONDITIONS.
VGX: INVALID FORMAT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE FDA INTERFACE WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND A QUERY OR AN ADD REQUEST FOR AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER (FEI) IN THE PP TRANSACTION AND THE FORMAT OF THEIR QUERY IS INCORRECT. THIS CAN TAKE MANY FORMS BUT USUALLY INVOLVES TRYING TO FIT A FOREIGN ADDRESS INTO FIELDS THAT ONLY ACCEPT A US ADDRESS. IN MOST CASES, IT INVOLVES A PROGRAMMING PROBLEM IN THE FILERS SOFTWARE. PROPER FORMAT FOR THE PP TRANSACTION IS SHOWN ON PAGES OGQ 14-20 OF THE CATAIR.
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. 
EJY: UNIT OF MEASURE REQUIRED

IF THE FILER SENDS A QUANTITY IN THE SUMMARY INPUT (EI APPLICATION, REC 22, POS 51-58) AND DOES NOT ALSO INCLUDE A UNIT OF MEASURE (REC 22, POS 51-58) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO THE CARGO RELEASE INPUT (HI APPLICATION, REC HA, POS 51-58 FOR THE UNIT OF MEASURE). IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI), THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING. IF THE C34 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, THE FIRST QUANTITY FIELD, POS 4-18, MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THE FIRST UNIT OF MEASURE IN POS 19-21 IS OPTIONAL. IF THE SECOND UNIT OF MEASURE, POS 37-39, IS TRANSMITTED WITHOUT A SECOND QUANTITY IN POS 22-26, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED. A BETTER MESSAGE WOULD BE "UOM NOT ALLOWED WITH QUANTITY."
366: ENTRY ALREADY CANCELLED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND A DELETE 'D' ACTION CODE IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY SEND FOR AN ENTRY SUMMARY THAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY CUSTOMS. 
0LL: VISA NUMBER INVALID

MANY COUNTRIES ADHERE TO A STANDARD CONVENTION IN CREATING VISA NUMBERS. THE CURRENT CONVENTION IS: 9 CHARACTERS, WITH THE FIRST CHARACTER A NUMERIC TO REPRESENT THE LAST DIGIT OF THE CALENDAR YEAR; THE SECOND AND THIRD CHARACTERS ARE ALPHA AND REPRESENT THE ISO CODE OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE VISA WAS ISSUED. THE LAST SIX CHARACTERS ARE NUMERIC AND REPRESENT THE ACTUAL VISA NUMBER. FOR COUNTRIES WHICH USE THE STANDARD VISA NUMBERING SYSTEM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY TO THE TRANSMITTED VISA NUMBER: - THE FIRST DIGIT IS BLANK OR DOES NOT EQUAL THE YEAR OF EXPORT. - THE ISO CODE IS INVALID (NOT LISTED ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE), IS MISSING OR DOES NOT EQUAL THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR HK) - THE NUMERIC PART (LAST SIX CHARACTERS) IS NOT EXACTLY SIX CHARACTERS. - THE LAST SIX CHARACTERS DO NOT REPRESENT THE ACTUAL VISA NUMBER THAT WAS TRANSMITTED BY THE ISSUING COUNTRY. THESE ARE ELECTRONICALLY REPORTED (ELVIS) TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND, IF NOT ON FILE WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS HIS DATA, WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE TO BE INVOKED.
89H: EST FEE NO MATCH TO COMPUTED FEE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS A LINE LEVEL ERROR MESSAGE THAT OCCURS WHEN THE SYSTEM COMPUTED FEE ON THE 62 LINE DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE AMOUNT THE FILER TRANSMITTED. THE ERROR MESSAGE WILL BEGIN WITH "E62" AND THE 62 RECORD IN ERROR WILL BE THE IMMEDIATE PRECEDING LINE.
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. 
ABX: BROKER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR REQUEST

A BROKER HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION THAT MAY BE ON FILE, BUT IS NOT ASSIGNED ITS FILER CODE. FOR RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER IS NOT A STATEMENT FILER IN THE PORT OF PROCESS. RECONCILIATION ENTRIES MUST BE PAID VIA STATEMENT PROCESSING, THUS THE FILER WILL GET THIS REJECT MESSAGE UNTIL HIS PROFILE RECORD REFLECTS OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING.
99C: AG LICENSE NOT REQUIRED

AN AGRICULTURE LICENSE WAS ENTERED WITH THE FIRST TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE OUT SIDE OF THE FOLLOWING CONSTRAINTS; '99041009' THRU '99041021' INCLUSIVE AND 99041027 THRU 99041060 INCLUSIVE. THIS ERROR IS ALSO GENERATED WHEN THE FIRST TARIFF NUMBER IS 99041030, THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS 'CA' AND AN AGRICULTURE LICENSE IS ENTERED.
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.
228: INVALID DAY FOR BEGINNING DATE

DAY OF BEGINNING EFFECTIVE DATE UPDATE IS INVALID 

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