Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

ASC: SEQUENCE NUMBER INVALID

SEQUENCE NUMBER INVALID. ONLY NUMERALS ARE VALID FOR SEQUENCE. THE FIRST LINE WOULD BE 0001, THE TENTH LINE WOULD BE 0010. EITHER THE LINES ARE NOT SEQUENTIALLY NUMBERED OR THE FORMAT USED IS INCORRECT. EXAMPLE: 1000 WOULD BE INCORRECT FOR LINE 1.
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.
ASK: MERCHANDISE DESC. REQUIRED

A SPECIFIC COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MERCHANDISE AFFECTED BY THE DECISION AS TO WHICH PROTEST, PETITION, OR INTERVENTION IS MADE MUST BE INCLUDED AT TIME OF INITIAL FILING. THE P71 RECORD IS MISSING OR BLANK. 
48A: CONSIGNEE IS FOREIGN BASED

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE THAT OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A FOREIGN BASED CONSIGNEE IN A SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION. IT WARNS THE FILER THAT THE ADDRESS FOR THE CONSIGNEE NUMBER IS NOT A U.S. ADDRESS. IN THE FDA INTERFACE THE FDA'S SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY REJECT THIS TYPE OF CONSIGNEE AND SEND A 'DT' REJECT BACK TO THE FILER. THE FILER MUST THEN OBTAIN A FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER NUMBER (FEI) FROM FDA THROUGH ABI AND SEND THAT NUMBER IN AN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY CORRECTION TRANSACTION (CP). THIS MESSAGE IS FOLLOWED BY THE INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE 42F "DATA ADDED WITH WARNINGS".
11R: 3 TARIFF QUOTA LINE CANNOT BE ABI

AN ABI ENTRY WAS ENTERED WITH A QUOTA TARIFF NUMBER ON A LINE THAT CONTAINS MORE THAN 2 TARIFF NUMBERS. 
23H: BOND SANCTION IN EFFECT

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT A SANCTION HAS BEEN PLACED AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL BOND TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER.  
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.
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.
CF2: FEI ALREADY ON ACS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE FDA INTERFACE, SPECIFICALLY IN THE 'SP' TRANSACTION. THIS IS WHERE FDA IS RESPONDING TO A FILER'S REQUEST TO ADD A DOMESTIC FIRM TO THE FEI FILE (FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER) AND IS RETURING TO ABI A 12 DIGIT NUMBER THAT IS ALREADY ON FILE.
VP9: TOT CANADIAN PAID MUST = ZERO

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL NAFTA CTRY PAID DUTY IS SENT IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 26-36. IT MUST BE ZERO IF IT IS GREATER THAN THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DUTY (U.S.). (JO 081098) THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED WHEN POSITION 68 OF THE D30 RECORD IS SPACED FILLED INDICATING THAT THE ASSOCIATED NAFTA CTRY ENTRY DATA WILL BE PROVIDED AND NO D20 RECORD CONTAINING THE DATA IS SENT.
ST1: PREVIOUS SET IS INCOMPLETE

THE PROCESSING OF A SET WAS IN PROGRESS WHEN THIS LINE INTERRUPTED THE SET. IN ABI TERMS, THIS MEANS THAT AN "X" LINE WAS DETECTED ON A PREVIOUS LINE IN THE SUMMARY INPUT (APPLICATION EI), BUT NO "V" LINES OCCURRED PRIOR TO THE REPORTING OF THE LINE BEING REJECTED. FOR EXAMPLE, IF LINE 4 HAS AN "X", LINES 5 AND 6, AT A MINIMUM, MUST HAVE "V" INDICATORS. IF LINE 5 DOES NOT SHOW THE "V", IT WILL BE SHOWN IN THE OUTPUT TO THE FILER WITH THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
VLW: DRAWBACK ACCELERATED CODE INVALID

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE MEANS THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) IF VIA DISKETTE OR 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) IF ABI FOR WHETHER THIS IS AN ACCELERATED CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' ('Y' IF ABI) OR 'N'('N' IF ABI) AND CANNOT LEAVE A SPACE IN THE FIELD.
EI9: ID NUMBER (A) REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C37 RECORD PROVIDES FOR THE REPORTING OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (OTHER THAN THE ITEM NUMBER REPORTED IN THE C33 RECORD). EACH IDENTIFICATION NUMBER MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ID QUALIFIER, TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6 (FOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER "A"). IF POS 4-6 IS POPULATED WITH ONE OF THE FOUR VALID QUALIFIERS, POS 7-41 MUST CONTAIN DATA. IF POS 7-41 IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - AT THE CURRENT TIME (APRIL 1998), IF POS 4-6 IS BLANK AND POS 7-41 IS ALSO BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO GENERATE.
8WO: ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE FUNCTION (LN). THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO SEND A NEW ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IN POSITIONS 41-46 OF THE L1 RECORD WHEN THERE IS AN ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL POSTED TO THE ENTRY FIL . PAGE BOL-3 OF THE CATAIR STATES "THE ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL CANNOT BE UPDATED IF THE AMS MODULE HAS ALREADY POSTED AN ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL TO THE ENTRY."
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.
VN6: SECURITY VIOLATION/JJ NOT ALLOWED

THIS ERROR INDICATES THAT THE FILER'S ABI CONTROL RECORD IN ACS HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTLY SET UP. IF THIS MESSAGE APPEARS ON A CLAIM FILED VIA DISKETTE, IT WILL BE DISREGARDED BY CUSTOMS AND THE FIELD OFFICE WILL CONTACT HEADQUARTERS. IF THIS MESSAGE APPEARS ON A CLAIM FILED VIA ABI, THE FILER SHOULD CONTACT THEIR ASSIGNED CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE
4BO: REMOTE ENTRY-CANNOT DEL FROM STMT

A REMOTE-FILE ENTRY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM ABI STATEMENT.
VP6: I.E. DATE INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE IE DATE IS SENT IN THE D03 RECORD, POSITIONS 16-21. THIS DATE MUST BE IN VALID MMDDYY FORMAT. THIS REJECT WILL BE GENERATED IF THE DATE IS LESS THAN 010196, IF THE DATE IS SENT IN YYMMDD FORMAT, IF THE DATE IS SENT AS 999999 OR IF THE DATE FIELD IS SPACE FILLED.
VAK: FW 3-177: SPECIES NOT ON FILE

THE SPECIES CODE TRANSMITTED IN THE FW01 RECORD, POSITIONS 5-8 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWS FILE.  
EJX: UNITS MUST BE IN ORDER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE AT TWO LEVELS, IN THE C06/C07 RECORD AND/OR THE C47/C49 RECORDS. IN EITHER CASE, THE OUTER SHIPPING UNIT (USUALLY A CONTAINER) IS IDENTIFIED IN THE C06 RECORD. IF INTERIOR PACKAGING ENTITIES ARE SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED WITHIN A CONTAINER, THOSE IDENTIFIERS ARE REPORTED IN THE C07/C49 REC. EACH OF THESE RECORDS PROVIDES SPACE TO REPORT ONE OR TWO INTERIOR PACKAGING UNIT IDENTIFIERS (OR A RANGE OF IDENTIFIERS). THE INTERIOR PACKAGING IDENTIFERS MUST BE UNIQUE AND MUST BE REPORTED IN ORDER. THAT IS, THE C07 REC, POS 4-20, IS USED TO REPORT THE FIRST PACKAGING IDENTIFIER. THE NUMBER IN THIS FIELD MUST BE DIFFERENT FROM THE UNIT IDENTIFIER IN POS 21-37. FURTHER, DATA CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 21-37 UNLESS POS 4-20 IS USED FIRST. WHEN REPORTING RANGES, THE NUMBER OF DIGITS IN THE HIGHEST RANGE MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR ALL RANGES (USE 0001 TO 0800 IF THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE RANGE IS 4000, NOT 1 TO 800, 801 TO 1600, FOR EXAMPLE).
EIZ: RELATED DOCUMENT NUMBER REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C19 REC, POS 7-41, ALLOWS THE FILER TO DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF RELATED DOCUMENT IDENTIFIED IN POS 4-6 OF THIS RECORD. IF A VALID DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER (SEE APPENDIX B OF THE CATAIR) IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6, POS 7-41 CANNOT BE BLANK.  
APE: FILER REF. NBR ALREADY USED

THE BROKER/FILER ASSIGNED ASSIGNED DOCUMENT/REFERENCE NUMBER FILED FOR THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION WAS ALREADY USED FOR A PRIOR FILING. THE BROKER ASSIGNED DOCUMENT/REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE UNIQUE FOR EACH PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION. 
ARB: SURETY CERTIFICATION REQ'D

WHEN THE PROTESTANT IS A SURETY, THE FOLLOWING DECLARATION MUST BE CERTIFIED TO BE TRUEBY SUBMITTING 'Y' IN THE SURETY CERTIFICATION FIELD: "THIS PROTEST IS NOT BEING FILED COLLUSIVELY TO EXTEND ANOTHER AUTHORIZED PERSON'S TIME TO PROTEST."
392: CLAIM INVALID FOR ORIGIN COUNTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO CLAIM A SPECIAL PROGRAM (SPI) THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THE COUNTRY OR PROVINCE OF ORIGIN THAT IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER. THE VARIOUS SPI'S ARE LISTED IN THE CATAIR ON PAGES ENS-48 THROUGH 50. SOME OF THE SPI'S LISTED ARE NOT COUNTRY SPECIFIC, SUCH AS "K", "L", AND "F". FOR THOSE THAT ARE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC, ONLY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WILL BE PERMITTED FOR THE PARTICULAR SPI.
AQY: LEAD NBR NOT A 514 PROTEST

THE NUMBER ENTERED IN THE LEAD PROTEST NUMBER FIELD IS A VALID NUMBER BUT BEEN ASSIGNED TO A CLAIM OR INTERVENTION, NOT A PROTEST BY USCS. 

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