Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

8WL: INVALID CARRIER CODE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE (LN) TRANSACTION WHEN A FILER SENDS AN INVALID CARRIER CODE IN THE L1 RECORD, POSITIONS 32-35. 
95G: INVALID NAFTA RECON INDICATOR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE IMPORTER DESIRES THE INSTANT IMPORT ENTRY TO BE FLAGGED FOR A NAFTA RECONCILIATION, THE APPROPRIATE ABI INDICATOR IS A "1" IN POS 76 OF THE 20 RECORD. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS POSITION (EXCEPT A BLANK TO INDICATE NO NAFTA RECONCILIATION IS BEING ELECTED), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
4JB: QUANTITY MUST BE NUMERIC

MUST BE EITHER NUMERIC OR BLANK.  
27M: *CENSUS* QTY2/QTY1 (TARIFF 1)

THE RATIO OF THE SECONDARY TO THE PRIMARY QUANTITY IS NOT WITHIN SPECIFIC LIMITS. 
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. 
20U: CITY REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C11 AND C61 RECORDS PROVIDE SPACE IN WHICH TO REPORT THE CITY FOR THE PARTY IDENTIFIED IN THE C09 OR C59 RECORD. IF THE CITY FIELD IS TRANSMITTED WITH BLANKS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FREQUENTLY, THIS ERROR WILL CAUSE ERROR MESSAGE EIK, "NAME/ADDRESS REQUIRED" TO BE GENERATED, AS WELL.
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. 
79L: QUOTA-ENTRY SUMMARY REQUIRED

A MATCHING QUOTA RECORD EXISTS WITHOUT THE QM-TYPE = S 
999: DB ERROR HAS OCCURRED

THIS MESSAGE TELLS US THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACS DATABASE, OR THAT SOMETHING CAUSED THE PROGRAM TO "BLOW UP. "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.
LU3: LUMBER PERMIT NOT ALLOWED

THE SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES REQUIRES A SOFTWOOD LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER FOR LUMBER MILL PRODUCTS CLASSIFIED IN SUBHEADINGS 4407.10.00, 4409.10.10, 4409.10.20 AND 4409.10.90 THAT WERE "FIRST MANUFACTURED" INTO A PRODUCT IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCES OF XO, XQ, XC OR XA. THE LUMBER PRODUCT MUST MEET BOTH CRITERIA, TARIFF NUMBER AND PROVINCE. THE LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 57-65 OF THE 51 RECORD.THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS SENT FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT IN THE ABOVE NAMED SUBHEADINGS OR FOR A TARIFF NUMBER IN THE SUBHEADINGS BUT NOT FROM ONE OF THE FOUR NAMED PROVINCES. THE ERROR MESSAGE IS SENT WITH THE 50 RECORD NOT THE 51 RECORD.
VEI: FC 740:ID REQ FOR COND 01

AN FCC IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED WITH A 01 CONDITION CODE. 
EIP: DELIV TERMS/LOC QUAL INCONSISTENT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). FOR EACH TYPE OF "TERMS OF DELIVERY", A SPECIFIC "LOCATION QUALIFIER" IS PERMITTED IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE INTERFACE PROGRAM. PAGE AII-23, NOTE 2, OF THE CATAIR LISTS THE ACCEPTABLE COMBINATIONS OF TERMS OF DELIVERY AND LOCATION QUALIFIER. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS ONE OF THE TERMS OF DELIVERY CODES WITH A LOCATION QUALIFIER THAT IS NOT LISTED FOR THAT TERMS OF DELIVERY CODE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
27F: *CENSUS* OR-HI VAL/QTY(2)TARIFF 1

THE UNIT PRICE (VALUE/PRIMARY QUANTITY) IS NOT WITHIN SPECIFIC LIMITS  
8VZ: BILL DATA UPDATED AS REQUESTED

THIS MESSAGE IS AN "ERROR FREE" NOTIFICATION TO THE FILER THAT A BILL OF LADING UPDATE 'LN' TRANSACTION WAS SUCCESSFUL. A SUCCESSFUL BOL UPDATE MEANS THAT THE UPDATE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PASSED TO THE AMS CARRIER AND THAT THE SELECTIVITY FILE HAS BEEN UPDATED.
VJC: CONT BOND INSUFFICIENT: STB REQD

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE BOND FILE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT AN "N" IN THE FIELD "BOND SUFFICIENT - Y/N". THE LOCAL BOND DESK/OFFICE MAINTAINS THIS DATABASE. CR'S AS A GENERAL RULE, CANNOT OFFER MUCH MORE INFORMATION FOR THIS REJECT MESSAGE. FREQUENTLY, IF NOT ALWAYS, THE BOND INSUFFICIENT MESSAGE WILL DEFEAT THE ISSUANCE OF PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY, AS WELL.
CC7: DESCRIPTION REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE CB1 RECORD IS USED TO REPORT ADDITIONAL MARKS AND NUMBERS AT THE INVOICE HEADER LEVEL WHEN THE CA1 RECORD DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SPACE TO COMPLETELY REPORT THE SHIPPING MARKS AND NUMBERS. IF THE CB1 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, IT CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
1GF: ENTRY RELEASE ON FILE

INFORMS OPERATOR THAT RELEASE IS ON FILE FOR ENTRY NUMBER 
1GK: MAIL FEE AMOUNT INVALID

FOR ENTRIES USING MODE OF TRANSPORTATION 50 (MAIL IMPORTATION), IF ANY DUTY IS DUE ON THE ENTRY, A DUTIABLE MAIL FEE OF $5.00 MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 34 RECORD. ANY OTHER AMOUNT THAN $5.00 WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
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. 
EI7: COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVOICED ARTICLES IS TRANSMITTED TO ABI IN THE C35 REC, POS 4-73. THIS FIELD MAY NOT BE BLANK. IF SO, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
04A: INVALID BL NBR FOR PAIRED CITIES

BILL OF LADING NUMBER ENTERED MUST BE VALID (NOT SPACES OR NON-NUMERIC) FOR PAIRED CITIES. 
362: DWBK CHECK ALREADY ISSUED

  CHECK ALREADY ISSUED
APZ: FAX SENT DATE NOT APPLICABLE

THE CCYYMMDD THAT A FACSIMILE WAS SENT TO CUSTOMS IS REQUIRED AT INITIAL PROTEST, CLAIM AND INTERVENTION FILING WHEN THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX INDICATOR IS 'S'. NO VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX SENT DATE WILL BE ACCEPTED AFT ER INITIAL FILING, OR WHEN THE FAX INDICATOR IS NOT 'S'.
D08: DATE IS INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DATE IS NOT IN A VALID YYMMDDFORMAT (IN Y2K YYYYMMDD). 
VIG: MULTIPLE I.T. DATES NOT ALLOWED

IF AN ENTRY OR ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSION FROM AN ABI FILER CONTAINS MORE THAN 1 INTRANSIT NUMBER, THE DATE OF EACH I.T. NUMBER MUST BE THE SAME. THUS, AN I.T. OPENED ON JAN 15 AND ANOTHER I.T., OPENED ON JAN 16, COULD NOT BOTH BE TRANSMITTED UNDER THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER, EVEN IF THE ARRIVAL PORT AND DESTINATION PORT ARE THE SAME FOR BOTH I.T.'S. NOTE: AS OF MAY, 1999, THIS ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED ON AN ENTRY WITH ONE I.T. NUMBER IN A 22 RECORD AND NO I.T. NUMBER IN THE NEXT 22 RECORD. THIS CONDITION IS MORE PROPERLY COVERED BY ERROR MESSAGE VII (WHICH WAS ALSO APPENDED TO THE ENTRY TRANSMISSION).

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