Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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.
VHK: DT HS7: DT02 REQUIRED

REGARDLESS OF WHICH BOX IS USED (REC DT01, POS 8-9) IF THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS "V", THEN A DT02 RECORD IS REQUIRED. HOWEVER, IF BOX 05 IS USED AND THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS "E" OR "T", A DT02 RECORD IS STILL REQUIRED (SEE COMMENTS FOR MESSAGE VHG). AS OF JUNE 2000, ALL BOXES EXCEPT 2B AND 11 REQUIRE A DT02 RECORD IF THE CLARIFICATION CODE IN THE DT01 RECORD IS 'V'.
ARK: PROTESTANT NAME REQUIRED

PROTESTANT NAME IS REQUIRED WHEN PROTESTANT TYPE IS "F" (FOREIGN) OR "O" (OTHER). 
487: INVALID REFERENCE NUMBER FORMAT

THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER AND USUALLY REPRESENTS THE FILER'S IRS, OR SSN NUMBER. WHEN A CUSTOMS FORM 4811 HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY LOCAL CUSTOMS, THE AGENT (OWNER OF THE REFERENCE NUMBER) WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS, LIQUIDATION NOTICES, ETC. FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD ON THE ENTRY. THE REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN ACCEPTABLE IRS (NN-NNNNNNNNN) OR SSN (NNN-NN-NNNN) FORMAT IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43. IF THE FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
841: FY/ENTRY DATE MISMATCH

THE FY AND ENTRY DATE MISMATCH. FY BEGINS ON OCT 1ST, ERROR CONDITIONS INCLUDE: A. DATE OF ENTRY PRECEDES SEPT 30TH AND THE NEXT FY IS USED B. DATE OF ENTRY EXCEEDS DEC 31ST AND THE PREVIOUS FY IS USED DATES OF ENTRY PRECEDING THE CHANGEOVER OF FY STARTING ON OCT 1, 1976 DISPLAY THIS MESSAGE ERRONEOUSLY WHEN THE DATE OF ENTRY IS FROM JULY 1ST THRU SEPT 30TH FY 76 BEGAN ON JULY 1, 1975 AND ENDED ON SEPT. 30, 1976. ALL PREVIOUS FY'S BEGAN ON JULY 1ST AND ENDED ON JUNE 30TH. ERROR OVERRIDE CAUSES REJECTION. EFFECTIVE 100484: ENTRY SUMMARY RECORDS ALLOW SEPTEMBER 84 DATES WITH FY 85 ENTRY NUMBERS.
14M: QTY/RANGE ERROR FOR TARIFF NBR

ENTERED QUANTITY IS NOT IN RANGE FOR THE TARIFF NBR IN THE TARIFF DATABASE. THIS ERROR MESSAGE GENERATES IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC QUANTITY EDITS EXISTING ON THE TARIFF FILE. THE TARIFF NUMBERS QTY1/QTY2 VALUES REPORTED VIA ABI FALL OUT OF RANGE FOR THE EXISTING TARIFF QTY LO/HI BOUNDS. TO CALCULATE THE QUANTITY RATIO, USE THE QTY EDIT CODES LOCATED ON THE TARIFF DATABASE. FOR EXAMPLE, SEE HTS 5208521000. THE QTY EDIT CODES ARE 211. USE THE SECOND REPORTED QUANTITY (KG) AS THE NUMERATOR AND THE FIRST REPORTED QUANTITY (M2) AS THE DENOMINATOR TO DERIVE THE QUANTITY RATIO (SEE HTS USER'S GUIDE APPENDIX D, PAGES D-3 & D-4). FOR THIS HTS, THE QTY RATIO MUST FALL BETWEEN THE LO/HI/ QTY VALUES OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. TO CORRECT THE ERROR, THE FILER CAN 1) VERIFY THE QUANTITIES, 2) CONSULT THE HARMONIZED TARIFF FOR A BETTER CLASSIFICATION OR 3) CONTACT AN IMPORT SPECIALIST. ERROR MSG 15K, "DUTY COMPUTATION NOT PERFORMED" WILL ALSO BE GENERATED WITH MSG 14M.
VK1: HLS: RELATIONAL OPERATOR INVALID

THE RELATIONAL OPERATOR CODE MUST BE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: LT = LESS THAN LE = LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO EQ = EQUAL  GE = GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO NE = NOT EQUAL NY = IS NULL NN = NOT NULL NV = NULL VALUE SP = STRING PRESENT SA = STRING ABSENT IG = IGNORE
0CM: ELECTION CODE INVALID

THE ENTRY DATE ELECTION CODE IS IN THE HI TRANSACTION, H2 RECORD, POS 23. VALID VALUES ARE P (PRESENTATION DATE), A (ARRIVAL DATE) OR SPACE FILLED.
06M: PROCESSING DIST/PORT NONEXISTENT

PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT IS NOT IN THE DISTRICT/PORT FILE. 
B16: MID INVALID - LESS THAN 7 CHARACT

MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER CODE CONTAINS LESS THAN SEVEN CHARACTERS.
VEL: FC 740:QUANTITY MUST BE > ZERO

IF THE CONDITIONAL FCC FC02 RECORD IS SENT, THE FCC QUANTITY IN POSITIONS 5-16 OF THIS RECORD MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. 
" 42F: DATA ADDED WITH WARNINGS

THIS IS AN ABI OUTPUT MESSAGE IN REPLY TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OR MORE MESSAGES THAT INDICATE THAT SOME OF THE INPUT DATA IS NOT IN STRICT COMPLIANCE WITH ACS REQUIREMENTS, BUT WHICH, NONETHELESS, IS ACCEPTABLE. ('ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NOT ON FILE' IS AN EXAMPLE). THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE FILER'S INPUT CONTAINS AN 'ADD' INDICATOR (LETTER "A") IN THE H1 RECORD, POS 3
99D: INVALID LIVE IND FOR AG LICENSE

IF AN AGRICULTURAL LICENSE NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 38-47 OF THE 51 RECORD, THE LIVE INDICATOR CAN BE = '1' OR SPACES. IF THE HSA RECORD FOR THE ENTRY-LINE TARIFF NBR HAS A QUOTA INDICATOR = '1', THEN ABI RECORD 10 POSITION 44, MUST BE = '1' (LIVE ENTRY REQUIRED.) IF TARIFF RECORD FOR THE ENTRY-LINE TARIFF NBR HAS QUOTA INDICATOR = '2' '3' OR SPACE, THEN ABI RECORD 10 POSITION 44 CAN BE EITHER '1' OR SPACE. THE LIVE INDICATOR EDIT IS INVOKED ONLY IF THE ENTRY-LINE REQUIRES AN AGRICULTURE LICENSE.
51A: INFORMAL ENTRY HAS TOO HIGH VALUE

VALUE LIMIT FOR ALL INFORMAL ENTRIES IS $2000, EXCEPT FOR 'AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED' IN CHAPTER 98 AND "PERSONAL" SHIPMENTS (INDICATOR "P" IS SENT BY THE FILER IN THE 30 REC, POS 39). SELECTED TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO DOLLAR LIMITATIONS FOR INFORMAL ENTRIES AS LISTED IN APPENDIX K OF THE CATAIR, PAGE K-3. SEE ALSO ERROR MESSAGE 51D. FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED ENTRIES, USING TARIFF 98010010NN ONLY, THE VALUE LIMIT IS $10,000. FOR INFORMAL ENTRIES USING "P", THERE IS NO VALUE LIMIT EXCEPT AS MENTIONED ABOVE IN APPENDIX K FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
AQK: ASSOC.PROT. NOT OPEN NAFTA

WHEN FILING AN INTERVENTION IN A PROTEST OF AN ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA, THE USCS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER UPON WHICH IS BEING INTERVENED IS REQUIRED. THE INTERVENTION MAY BE FILED AT ANY TIME AFTER PROTEST FLING UNTIL USCS DECISION. THE PROTEST NUMBER IN THE ASSOCIATED PROTEST NUMBER FIELD IS A VALID NUMBER IN THE USCS PROTEST FILE, BUT IS EITHER NOT A PROTEST OF AN ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA, IS NOT IN OPEN STATUS OR HAS ALREADY BEEN ENTERVENED UPON.
8Q9: BILL REFUND IND MUST BE A B OR R

BILL REFUND INDICATOR CANNOT BE ANYTHING BUT A "B" OR "R". 
BR4: RECON TAX MISMATCH (R20:R90)

THE TOTAL RECONCILED TAX FROM THE SUM OF ALL 'R20' RECORDS DOES NOT MATCH THE TOTAL RECONCILED TAX AS REFLECTED BY THE FILER IN THE RECON'S 'R90' RECORD. THIS APPLIES TO ENTRY-BY -ENTRY RECONCILIATION. 
VQA: TOT D20 PAID NOT = TOT CAN PAID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR EQUALS 2, 3, OR 5 IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITION59, THEN AT LEAST ONE VALID D20 RECORD MUST BE PRESENT. THE TOTAL NAFTA CTRY PAID DUTY IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 58-69 MUST EQUAL THE TOTAL NAFTA CTRY PAID DUTY IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 26-36 (AND VICE-VERSA) OR THIS REJECT WILL RESULT.
VLS: DRAWBACK INSPECTION IND INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' ("YES") OR 'N' ("NO") FOR WHETHER THIS IS AN INSPECTION CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR SPACE ("NO") OR '1' ("YES") FOR ABI.
B35: INVALID OR MISSING ZIP CODE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE $I (ADD MANUFACTURER) TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER SENDS AN INVALID ZIP CODE OR IS SENDING BLANKS IN THE ZIP CODE FIELD. 
EJR: REQUIRED-PARTY-MISSING

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C08 REC, POS 4-5, IS USED TO REPORT PARTY QUALIFIER CODES THAT RELATE TO THE INVOICE. THREE PARTY QU LIFIER CODES ARE MANDATORY IN EVERY INVOICE: "UC" (ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE), "SU" (SUPPLIER), AND "IM" (IMPORTER). IF A C08 RECORD IS NOT TRANSMITTED WITH EACH OF THESE THREE CODES, AT A MINIMUM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
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.
2AI: INVALID BOND TYPE

A SHORT LISTING OF CURRENT BOND TYPES AND THEIR CORRESPONDING ACTIVITY CODES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CATAIR ON PAGE QIB-8. NOTE: ABI FILERS WHO DO BOND QUERIES WILL RECEIVE A SINGLE ALPHA CHARACTER CODE DESIGNATING WHICH TYPE OF BOND IS ON FILE, IF ANY, FOR THE IMPORTER BEING QUERIED. THE FILER'S SOFTWARE SHOULD TRANSLATE THE CODE INTO THE APPROPRIATE BOND TYPE AND DESCRIPTION.
DKC: DUPLICATE CONTRACT # ENCOUNTERED

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THE SAME CONTRACT APPEARS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THIS DRAWBACK CLAIM, EITHER IN THE 'CH' CLAIM HEADER (D11) OR THE 'CN' CONTRACT TRAILER (D A GIVEN CONTRACT SHOULD ONLY BE SHOWN ONCE IN A CLAIM. 
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.

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