ABI Error Message

EI1:	ARTICLE A NEEDED FOR ARTICLE B

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C31 RECORD ENABLES FILERS TO REPORT SPECIFIC DATA ON ITEM NUMBERS FOR AN INVOICE LINE. POS 8-42 ARE USED TO PROVIDE AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE ITEM ON THE INVOICE LINE (PART NUMBER, CATALOG NUMBER, ETC). A FURTHER DEFINITION (BUYER'S PART NUMBER, ETC) IS PERMITTED IN POS 43-77. THESE TWO FIELDS ARE IDENTIFED AS "ITEM A" AND "ITEM B". IF DATA APPEARS IN THE "ITEM B" FIELD, DATA MUST ALSO APPEAR IN THE "ITEM A" FIELD. IF NOT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATE.

DEQ:	TYPE AND CLAIMANT REQUIRED

THE DRAWBACK TYPE AND CLAIMANT ID FIELDS ARE REQUIRED FIELDS.

BRA:	EXPECTED R17 AMT(S) = ZEROES

IF THE RESULT OF SUBTRACTING THE R90 ORIGINAL DUTY/TAX/FREE AMOUNT FROM THE RECON DUTY/TAX/FREE AMOUNT EQUALS ZERO OR LESS THAN ZERO, THE PAYABLE AMOUNTS FOR THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE MUST ALSO EQUAL ZERO IN THE R17 RECORD. IF THE R17 RECORD IS GREATER THAN ZERO, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. AS ALL THREE AMOUNTS (DUTY, TAXES, OR FEES) APPEAR IN BOTH THE R90 AND R17 RECORDS, MAKE SURE TO CHECK ALL THREE ELEMENTS IF THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED FOR AN ENTRY.

EJP:	NBR SHIP/PACKING UNITS INCORRECT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE NUMBER OF EXTERIOR SHIPPING UNITS (USUALLY KNOWN AS CONTAINERS) IS REPORTED IN THE C05 REC, POS 4-18.THERE MUST BE A C06 RECORD FOR EACH SHIPPING UNIT REPORTED IN THE C05 RECORD. THUS, IF THE FIGURE IN POS 4-18 OF THE C05 REC IS "25", THERE MUST BE 25 C06 RECORDS TRANSMITTED, EACH OF WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY ONE OF THE 25 SHIPPING UNITS FOR THE INVOICE. IF THE NUMBER OF C06 RECORDS DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE NUMBER REPORTED IN THE C05 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

FD2:	PRODUCT CODE INVALID

PRODUCT CODE INVALID: IT CAN ONLY CONTAIN NUMERIC, ALPHA, OR HYPHENS IN POSITIONS 4 & 5. SPACES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY POSITIONS.

DKI:	NOT NAFTA CLAIM - D50 NOT ALLOWED

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE FOR THE DISKETTE, THE NAFTA INDICATOR WAS SET TO 'N' IN THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD, OR FOR ABI IT WAS SET TO SPACE FILL IN THE 'D50' RECORD. EITHER WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS CLAIM IS NOT A NAFTA CLAIM SUBJECT TO THE "LESSER OF" RULE. ACCORDINGLY, WE DO NOT WANT THE CANADIAN IMPORT ENTRY DATA.

66A:	IMPORTER IS INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANS- ACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF THE IMPORTER NUMBER (H1 REC, POS 20-31) IS IN 'INACTIVE' STATUS ON THE IMPORTER DATABASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. TO REACTIVATE, THE FILER MUST SEND AN "ADD CF5106" TRANSACTION WITH THE IMPORTER'S FULL NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION.

AFL:	ADD TOTAL AMT INVALID

THE TOTAL ADD AMOUNT IN THE 90 REC, POS 38-48 DOES NOT EQUAL THE SUM OF THE BONDED ADD DUTY AND THE PAYABLE ADD DUTY TRANSMITTED IN THE 35 RECORD, POS 3-13 AND 15-25 RESPECTIVELY.

VHL:	DT HS7: APP LTR/ORD CERT REQ'D

IF BOX 2B, 06, 07, OR 12 (REC DT01, POS 8-9), IS USED, THEN POSITION 35 OF DT01 RECORD MUST REFLECT A "Y". NO OTHER BOX NUMBER WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH "Y" IN POS 35, HOWEVER.

APN:	VOIDANCE REQST NOT VALID

A REQUEST FOR VOIDANCE OF DENIAL, INDICATED BY 'R', MAY BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER PROTEST HAS BEEN DENIED BY CUSTOMS. THE VOIDANCE REQUEST INDICATOR IS ALREADY SET AT 'R' (AFFIRMATIVE FOR REQUEST), OR THE PROTEST IS NOT IN DENIED STATUS.

27F:	*CENSUS* OR-HI VAL/QTY(2)TARIFF 1

THE UNIT PRICE (VALUE/PRIMARY QUANTITY) IS NOT WITHIN SPECIFIC LIMITS

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.

2CI:	INBOND - INVALID CHECK DIGIT

ENTRY SUMMARY OR CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSACTIONS THAT REPORT PAPERLESS MASTER INBOND NUMBERS (THOSE STARTING WITH "V") MUST TRANSMIT A VALID MIB NUMBER, INCLUDING THE LAST DIGIT (CHECK DIGIT). IF THE LAST DIGIT IS NOT CORRECT, PRESUMING THAT THE FIRST 10 DIGITS ARE CORRECT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE FILER SHOULD RECONFIRM THE ENTIRE PAPERLESS MIB NUMBER WITH THE ISSUING CARRIER. NOTE: ERRORS IN THE CHECK DIGIT FOR AIR WAYBILLS USED AS INBOND NUMBERS OR FOR CONVENTIONAL (9 DIGIT ALL NUMERIC) INBOND NUMBERS WILL GENERATE ERROR MESSAGE 361.

8WA:	NO ENTRY EXISTS OR ENTRY CLOSED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRASNMISSION. IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND APPLICATION LN AGAINST AN ENTRY NUMBER FOR WHICH NO PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY STATUS HAS BEEN ISSUED BY ABI, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. MOST OF THE TIME, ERROR MESSAGE 8WB, ENTRY BELONGS TO ANOTHER DD/PP, WILL ALSO BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - THIS MESSAGE CAN ALSO APPLY TO OTHER APPLICATIONS WHICH INVOLVE AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS NOT RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY OR SELECTIVITY DATABASES. **NOTE** THIS ERROR MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO A FILER'S ATTEMPT TO SEND A TIB EXTENSION REQUEST AFTER THE DATE THAT THE TIB ENTRY SHOWS AS 'CLOSED' PER THE ENTRY RECORD.

055:	INVALID BROKER CODE

NEW FILER CODES MUST BE 3 DIGIT ALPHA/NUMERIC. BROKER CODE IS REQUIRED INPUT FOR THIS TRANSACTION AND WAS OMITTED.

VLE:	INVALID NAFTA NET COST CLAIM

THE NAFTA NET COST CLAIM INDICATOR IS SENT IN THE EI TRANSACTION, RECORD 40, POSITION 79. IT CAN BE EITHER A 'Y' FOR "YES" OR SPACE FILLED IF IT DOES NOT APPLY. TO QUALIFY FOR NAFTA THE REGIONAL VALUE CONTENT (RVC) MUST BE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE. THE VALUE CAN EITHER BE TRANSACTION VALUE OR NET COST METHOD. IF THE LATTER, THIS CLAIM IS MADE. IF THE CLAIM IS MADE THERE MUST BE A VALID SPI OF CA, MX, B# OR C# IN POSITIONS 78-79 OF THE EI 50 RECORD. SEE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES 94-0238 AND 94-0840.

44E:	SAMPLE IND.N/ALLOWED FOR ENT TYP

THE SAMPLE INDICATOR ('X') IS SENT IN RECORD 30, POSITION 39. IT IS ALLOWED ONLY FOR INFORMAL ENTRY TYPES 11 OR 12.

4H1:	COUNTRY/VISA COUNTRY DISAGREE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE ONLY OCCURS WHEN SELECTED TARIFF NUMBERS FROM CHAPT 61, DESCRIBED ON PAGE ENS-50 OF THE CATAIR ARE USED. FOR THESE TARIFF NUMBERS, THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CANNOT BE HONG KONG BUT THE VISA MUST CONTAIN HK AS THE ISO CODE IN THE 2ND AND 3RD POSITIONS OF THE VISA NUMBER (REC 51, POS 11-19). IF THE VISA IS CORRECT BUT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS TRANSMITTED WITH HK (REC 40, POS 6-7) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

VAQ:	COMM. INVOICE DATA NOT ON FILE

FILERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE PROGRAM (EIP) MUST TRANSMIT COMMERCIAL INVOICE DATA TO ABI PRIOR TO TRANSMITTING THEIR SUMMARY DATA IF THE SUMMARY CONTAINS AN "E" IN POS 56 OF THE 10 RECORD. IF THE FILER IS PARTICIPATING IN THE INVOICE BY REQUEST PROGRAM, THEN IT IS PERMISSABLE TO TRANSMIT THE 42 RECORD WITH THE INVOICE NUMBER AND THE 43 RECORD WITH THE "INVREQ" DATA WITHOUT FIRST TRANSMITTING THE COMMERCIAL INVOICE. HOWEVER, UNLESS ONE OF THE TWO CONDITIONS ABOVE IS MET, A TRANSMISSION OF THE SUMMARY AS AN ELECTRONIC SUMMARY (EIP) WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS ERROR MESSAGE. **NOTE** IF THE FILER USES MORE THAN ONE 42 RECORD PER 40 RECORD, AND "INVREQ" PERTAINS TO THE 42 RECORD, EACH 42 RECORD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A 43 RECORD. IF THIS PAIRING IS NOT FOLLOWED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

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."

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.

EII:	PARTY NUMBER REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C08 RECORD IDENTIFIES THE PARTY TYPE BEING REPORTED IF THE PARTY TYPE IS "IM" OR "UC", A VALID PARTY NUMBER IS REQUIRED IN ONE OF THE THREE ACCEPTABLE FORMATS (IRS NUMBER, SSN, OR USCS ASSIGNED NUMBER). IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

DKV:	INVALID PETROLEUM INDICATOR

IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE, THE 'D11' RECORD WILL CONTAIN A SPACE IF NOT A PETROLEUM CLAIM OR A '1' IF IT IS PETROLEUM. ANY OTHER INDICATORS GIVEN WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR.

ACW:	STATE CODE MUST BE 'FN'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN "ADDED 5106" TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIER TI. IF THE ABI FILER REQUESTS A CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER FOR A FOREIGN-BASED COMPANY, AND THE COMPANY IS LOCATED IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN CANADA, THE INPUT RECORDS MUST SHOW "FN" AS THE STATE CODE. IF THE T2 RECORD, POS 68-69 DOES NOT REFLECT "FN" OR IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

VG1:	REQUEST SENT TO FDA, PROC PENDING

THIS IS NOT AN ERROR MESSAGE BUT AN INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE. IT OCCURS WHEN A FILER HAS SENT A REQUEST FOR AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIED (FEI) NUMBER THROUGH ACS TO FDA. THIS INTERIM MESSAGE IS TELLING THE FILER THAT THEIR REQUEST PASSED ABI EDITS AND HAS BEEN SENT TO THE FDA SYSTEM. FDA WILL PROCESS THE REQUEST AND SEND BACK THE FEI NUMBER IN A SEPARATE ABI TRANSACTION.

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