Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VAU: ULT CONSIGNEE IN ENTRY HEADER

WHEN AN ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE HI APPLICATION, REC H2, POS 11-22 (INDICATING ONE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE FOR THE SHIPMENT), POS 33-44 IN REC H5 MUST BE SPACE FILLED.
AQD: TARIFF ACT CITATION REQUIRED

THIS FIELD IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE SECTION OF CUSTOMS CODE UNDER WHICH THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS BEING FILED. VALID VALUES ARE: ST. THE ELECTRONIC PROTEST SWITCH MUST BE SET TO 'YES'. PLEASE CONTACT THE POR . R MX' OR 'CA' FOR MEXICAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F'. RANSMITTING 'S'.IF THE PJ OR PREVIOUS QJ OR RJ WAS TRANSMITTED TO UPDATE TO SAMPLE SENT, A SUBSEQUENT QJ OR RJ CANNOT BE USED TO CHANGE THE SAMPLE SENT BACK TO NO SAMPLE. INSTEAD THE FILER MUST CONTACT THE PROTEST PROCESSING TEAM AT THE PORT WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AND REQUEST CUSTOMS MANUALLY UPDATE THE RECORD.
VMP: FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATR INVALID

FOR WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS TRANSMITTED THROUGH ABI (CURRENTLY THESE ARE ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, 38), THE FILER MUST STATE WHETHER OR NOT THE INSTANT WITHDRAWAL IS THE FINAL ONE AGAINST THE WAREHOUSE ENTRY NUMBER REPORTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 21-31. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS FOR THIS FIELD ARE "0" (NOT FINAL WITHDRAWAL) OR "1" (FINAL WITHDRAWAL). ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. NOTE: IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATOR ON ANY OTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN THE 3N SERIES, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
AQM: FILING PERIOD BASE DATE REQR'D

WHEN THE ENTRY IS NOT LIQUIDATED, IS CANCELLED, OR IS SCHEDULED TO LIQUIDATE, BUT HAS NOT LIQUIDATED, OR IF ENTRY HAS BEEN DENIED, THE FILER LISTS ANOTHER DATE FROM WHICH THE FILING PERIOD IS CALCULATED. EXAMPLE: WHEN THE PROTEST IS FILED BY THE SURETY, THE SURETY HAS 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF NOTICE OF FIRST DEMAND FOR PAYMENT FROM CUSTOMS TO FILE THE PROTEST.
VGR: FD 701: DMNS MUST BE IN INCH/16TH

IN THE FDA INTERFACE THE FILER MUST SEND CONTAINER DIMENSIONS FOR LOW ACID CANNED FOODS. CONTAINER DIMENSIONS ARE FOUND IN THE FD03 RECORD. CONTAINER DIMENSION 1 IS FOUND IN POSITIONS 65-68, CONTAINER DIMENSION 2 IN POSITIONS 69- 72 AND CONTAINER DIMENSION 3 IN POSITIONS 73-76. IF A CONTAINER DIMENSION IS TRANSMITTED IT MUST BE IN INCHES AND 16THS OF AN INCH. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE CAN SIZE IS 5 AND 3/16, IT WOULD BE REPORTED AS "0503". IF THE CAN SIZE IS 13 AND 13/16, IT WOULD BE REPORTED AS "1313".
8WB: ENTRY BELONGS TO ANOTHER DD/PP

THIS MESSAGE IS USALLY FOUND IN CONJUNCTION WITH MESSAGE 8WA (NO EXISTING ENTRY FOUND). IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT A BILL OF LADING UPDATE ACTION AGAINST AN ENTRY FOR WHICH NO PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED VIA ABI, MESSAGE 8WA WILL BE ISSUED, AS WILL THIS MESSAGE.
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.
VN4: D41 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE COULD BE THE RESULT OF A DRAWBACK OR ABI DRAWBACK PROBLEM. IT IS SAYING THEN WHEN CUSTOMS FORMATTED THE RECORDS FROM THE DISKETTE OR WHEN THE DATA WAS SENT VIA ABI, NO DATA WAS PRESENT IN THE GIVEN RECORD. IF THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE HAS NO DATA, THE PC PROGRAM SHOULD STOP IT BEFORE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DATA THERE, BUT IT WAS BAD DATA.
10U: RECORD NOT FOUND

FILERS WHO USE APPLICATION HI TO TRANSMIT CARGO RELEASE DATA MAY USE BOND TYPE CODE "8" (CONTINUOUS BOND) OR "9" (SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND). BOND TYPES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE H1 REC, POS 40. IF BOND TYPE 9 IS ELECTED, THE FILER IS REQUIRED TO TRANSMIT A SURETY CODE (H1 REC, POS 71-73). IF THE SURETY CODE TRANSMITTED IS IN "REVOKED" STATUS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
04C: UNLADING DIST/PORT NOT NUMERIC

PORT OF UNLADING MUST BE NUMERIC 
ARN: PROTESTANT DATA INCOMPLETE

PROTESTANT DATA IS INCOMPLETE.
BRI: BOND NUMBER NOT SAME

THE BOND NUMBER ON ALL IMPORT ENTRIES ASSOCIATED WITH A GIVEN RECONCILIATION SUMMARY (TYPE '09' ENTRY) MUST BE THE SAME. THE BOND MUST BE AN ACTIVITY CODE '1' OR '1A1' BOND. NOTE: IF THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN CONJUNCTION WITH ERROR 8PN, THIS MESSAGE MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THE ENTRY IN QUESTION. FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE ERRS 8PN. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO OCCUR IF MESSAGE 0AA (ENTRY NOT FOUND- MEANING THAT THE ENTRY IN THE IDENTIFIED R20 RECORD IS NOT IN ACS) IS GENERATED. MESSAGE 95I WILL USUALLY OCCUR IN CONJUNCTION WITH MESSAGE 0AA, AS WELL.
VKL: HLT: INITIAL ORDER MUST BE D/N

THE INITIAL SORT ORDER SWITCH MUST BE D=DEFAULT OR N=NONE. 
VBX: DT HS7: INVALID VEH. ELIGIBIL. #

THIS ELEMENT MUST BE USED WHEN BOX 03 IS INDICATED ON THE DT01 RECORD. IT IS A SIX POSITION FIELD IN THE FORMAT AAANNN, WHERE AAA MAY EQUAL "VSA", "VCP" OR "VSP", FOLLOWED BY THREE NUMERICS FROM 001 THROUGH 999. THE VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY NUMBER TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER MUST COME FROM A LIST ISSUED BY THE DOT WHICH COVERS EVERY VEHICLE MANUFACTURED WITHIN THE LAST 25 YEARS. ***NOTE**** IF THE INSTANT IMPORTATION IS FOR A VEHICLE WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT REVISION OF THE DOT NON-CONFORMING VEHICLE LIST, THE APPROPRIATE ELIGIBILITY INDICATOR IS "PET" (WHICH STANDS FOR PETITION TO ADD NEW VEHICLE TO THE LIST). NO NUMERICS ARE NECESSARY WHEN PET IS TRANSMITTED.
EJ2: PACKAGING UNITS MUST BE UNIQUE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C06 RECORD PERMITS THE REPORTING OF THE SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFICATION (USUALLY A CONTAINER NUMBER). IF THE INVOICE CONTAINS MULTIPLE C06 RECORDS, THE SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFIER IN EACH C06 RECORD MUST BE UNIQUE. THE SAME UNIQUENESS CRITERIA APPLIES TO PACKAGING UNIT IDENTIFIERS TRANSMITTED IN THE C07 RECORD.
AEY: 42 SENT; NOT REQUIRED

IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE INTERFACE PROGRAM THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF AUTOMATED FILER SENDS A 42 INVOICE RECORD WITHOUT AN "E" (ELECTRONIC INVOICE INDICATOR) IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD. IF THE FILER SENDS THE "E" THEY MUST SEND THE 42 RECORD. 
ADH: ISSUER CODE/MOT CONFLICT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE MOT IS 40 OR 41 AND THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73, IS NOT BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR. ISSUER CODES ARE RESERVED FOR OCEAN-BORNE CARGO. IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK FOR MOT 10 OR 11, ERROR MSG ADJ WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS IN A MAIL MOT (MOT = 50) WHEN AN ISSUER CODE WAS SENT.
EIR: LOCATION CODED NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF DATA IS PROVIDED IN THE C13 REC, POS 11-15 (WHICH IS USED TO TRANSMIT A LOCATION CODE OF UP TO FIVE CHARACTERS), THEN THE LOCATION CODE INDICATOR IN POS 9-10 OF THIS RECORD MUST CONTAIN ONE OF THE THREE ALLOWABLE INDICATORS, AS LISTED ON PAGE AII-22 OF THE CATAIR. IF THE LOCATION CODE INDICATOR IS BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
29G: "Z" RECORD MISSING OR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE "Z" RECORD IS MISSING FROM THE INPUT APPLICATION TRANSMISSION. THE ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER USUALLY IS NOT DISPLAY WHEN THIS ERROR OCCURS. 
AHZ: DEMO FILER MUST BE IN RDP 8888

THE 'B' RECORD DDPP MUST BE '8888' FOR AN "X" FILER CODE. 
Q43: STATEMENT ALREADY PD VIA ACH

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM A STATEMENT FOR WHICH THE ACH PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION TRANSACTION (APPLICATION QN) HAS ALREADY BEEN RECORDED IN ACS. FILERS WILL OFTEN SEND APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE) AT OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY TRANSMIT THE ACH PAYMENT. IF BOTH ARE RECEIVED SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE ACH TRANSACTION WILL BE PROCESSED PRIOR TO THE STATEMENT ADD/DELETE. IN SUCH A CASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE THE RESULT.
8WS: INVALID CHG: AMS TO NON AMS CAR

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION REFLECTS AN AMS CARRIER CODE, A CHANGE TO A NON-AMS CARRIER IS NOT PERMITTED. THE CARRIER CODE (SCAC) IN THE L1 RECORD MUST BE FOUND ON THE DATABASE FOR THE PORT OF ARRIVAL ON THE ENTRY RECORD. IF THE DATABASE FILE DOES NOT SHOW THE SCAC FOR THE ARRIVAL PORT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED, EVEN IF THE INTENDED NEW CARRIER CODE IS AN AMS CODE IN OTHER PORTS.
VC8: INFORMAL FEE NOT REQUIRED

THE INFORMAL ENTRY FEE (CLASS CODE 311) IS NOT APPLICABLE TO ENTRY TYPES OTHER THAN 11 OR 12. IF THIS HEADER LEVEL FEE IS REPORTED (34 REC) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. FURTHER, IF THE INFORMAL FEE IS TRANSMITTED FOR ENTRIES FILED AT AN EXPRESS COURIER CONSIGNMENT FACILITY (ECCF), THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
AFV: PIRP NUMBER CANNOT FOLLOW DESC

IF FILERS USE THE 43 RECORD TO TRANSMIT "INVREQ", NO COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION DATA IS PERMITTED IN POS 11-80 OF THE 43 REC. ANY DATA IN THIS FIELD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
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. 

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