Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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.
B13: WARNING - TRANSMITTED MID INVALID

INPUT ISO COUNTRY CODE OR PROVINCE CODE FIELD DOES NOT EXIST ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE. ALSO, IF THE FILER'S TRANSMITTED MID, $4 REC, POS 57-71, IS INCORRECT (LESS THAN 7 CHARACTERS, MORE THAN 8 ALPHA CHARACTERS WITHOUT A NUMBER), THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
VDG: INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF MAXIMUM

CLASS CODE 499 SHOULD INDICATE THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES (MPF) FROM ALL LINE-ITEM 62 RECORDS. IF THE ACTUAL TOTAL IS GREATER THAN $485, 485 SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 89 RECORD. NAFTA GOODS ORIGINATING IN MEXICO MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE MPF CLACULATED USING 0.19%. THE MAXIMUM MPF WILL BE $400. IF ONE OR MORE LINES IN AN ENTRY REQUIRE THE .21% MPF RATE, THEN THE MAXIMUM RATE WILL BE $485.00. THIS FEE AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL FEE AMOUNT IN THE "90" RECORD.
8WZ: INVALID SUB-HOUSE BL/AWB NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THE SUB-HOUSE BILL NUMBER IS TRANSMTTED IN THE L3 REC, POS 52-63. IF THE NUMBER REPORTED IN THIS FIELD IS FEWER THAN 12 CHARACTERS LONG, THE NUMBER SHOULD BE LEFT JUSTIFIED. IF ANY LEADING SPACES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VLO: DRAWBACK NAFTA IND INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDIACTES THE DRAWBACK FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' OR 'N' FOR WHETHER THIS IS A NAFTA CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR A SPACE ("NO") OR '1' ("YES") FOR ABI.
36P: INVALID CHECK DIGIT FACTOR

WITH THE NEW CHECK DIGIT FIELD ON THE NATIONAL FILER DATABASE RECORD YOU MAY ONLY HAVE A VALUE 1 (ONE) OR 0 (ZERO). 
4A3: INVALID IN-BOND NUMBER

PAPERLESS MASTER IN-BOND NUMBERS (FORMAT VNN-NNNNNNNN) ARE TRANSMITTED TO ABI IN EITHER AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (EI 22 REC, POS 3-14) OR THE CARGO RELEASE DATA TRANSACTION (HI HA REC, POS 3-14). IF THE IN BOND NUMBER DOES NOT CONTAIN EIGHT DIGITS FOLLOWING THE CARRIER IDENTIFIER (VNN), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. NOTE: IF THE EIGHTH DIGIT (CHECK DIGIT) IS INCORRECT, ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER 2CI (INBOND - INVALID CHECK DIGIT) WILL BE GENERATED INSTEAD OF THIS MESSAGE.
8PN: INVALID DIST/PORT FOR ENTRY

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY DOES EXIST IN ACS, BUT THE PORT GIVEN DOES NOT MATCH THE PORT ON FILE WITH CUSTOMS. ACS DOES DO A MATCH ON THE IMPORT ENTRY AND THE PORT OF ENTRY GIVEN ON THE DISKETTE BY THE FILER. IF THE FILER USES AN IMPORT ENTRY/PORT COMBINATION THAT IS NOT VALID IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE ALSO MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY EXISTS IN ACS, BUT THE PORT CODE GIVEN DOES NOT MATCH THE PORT ON FILE WITH CUSTOMS. (SEE R20 REC, POS 19-22). THE FILER MAY ALSO GET ERROR MESSAGES 95I, "RECON REQUIRES CONTINUOUS BOND" AND BRI, "BOND NUMBER NOT SAME", FOR THE SAME ENTRY, EVEN THOUGH THE RECON ENTRY HAS A VALID CONTINUOUS BOND AND THE IMPORT ENTRIES HAVE THE SAME BOND NUMBER. CORRECTING THE PORT OF ENTRY ON THE ENTRY THAT RECEIVED ERROR 8PN WILL USUALLY REMOVE THE OTHER TWO ERRORS, AS WELL.
4NF: NAME/ADDRESS RECORD NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'KN' IMPORTER ADDRESS QUERY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NAME AND ADDRESS THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE. A COMMON MISTAKE IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CITY NAME (E.G. LAS VEGASAS).
VN1: CERT MFGR NBR INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE CM (CERT MFGR) NUMBER IS NOT IN VALID CMNNNNNN FORMAT (E.G. CM123456).
VLX: DRAWBACK CM/CD CODE INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER USED AN INDICATOR OF OTHER THAN 'E' (DIRECT DESIGNATION), 'D' (DESIGNATION FROM A CD) OR 'M' (DESIGNATION FROM A CM) WHERE THEY ARE GIVING IMPORT ENTRY DATA BECAUSE IT IS AVAILABLE.
52A: SPI DATA INCONSISTANT

THE SPI DATES ARE PRESENT BUT THE SPI INDICATOR IS OFF 
RBX: RECON SITE NOT AUTH FOR IMPORTER

THE DDPP OF THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY IN THE 'R10' RECORD IS NOT ONE OF THE AUTHORIZED RECONCILIATION FILING LOCATIONS INDICATED IN THE 'RCI' RECORD FOR THE GIVEN IMPORTER.
4JB: QUANTITY MUST BE NUMERIC

MUST BE EITHER NUMERIC OR BLANK.  
1G4: INVALID USER FEE CLASS CODE

USER FEE CLASS CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT RECORDS. RECORD 34, 62, AND 89 HAVE FIELDS DEDICATED TO THESE CLASS CODES. THE CLASS CODES USED IN THESE FIELDS MUST RESIDE ON THE CLASS CODE DATABASE. IF THE CLASS CODE FIELD IS BLANK, OR CONTAINS A CODE NOT LISTED ON THE DATABASE THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. ALSO, THE CLASS CODES REPORTED IN THE 62 AND 89 RECORDS, OR IN THE 34 AND 89 RECORDS, MUST AGREE WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS, IF THE 62 RECORD REPORTING MPF (CLASS CODE 499) OMITS THE CLASS CODE, BOTH THE 62 RECORD AND THE 89 RECORD WHICH CORRECTLY TRANSMITS 499 WILL RECEIVE THIS REJECTION MESSAGE.
EI5: UNIT PRICE BASIS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE UNIT PRICE BASIS IS THE ELEMENT WHICH INDICATES HOW MANY ITEMS CONSTITUTE THE BASIS FOR THE UNIT PRICE OF THE ITEM LISTED ON THE C31 RECORD FOR THE INVOICE. THE UNIT PRICE BASIS IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C33 REC, POS 52-60. IT MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS SENT BY THE FILER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
AQQ: BASE DATE QUALIFIER INVALID

WHEN A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE IS SUBMITTED, FILER MUST DECLARE THE LIFECYCLE EVENT ASSOCIATED TO THE DATE. VALID VALUES ARE: 1 - DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF CUSTOMS DECISION ADVERSE TO PROTESTANT 2 - DATE OF NOTIFICAITON OF ADVERSE COUNTRY MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA 3 - DATE OF EXACTION 4 - DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF DEMAND FOR PAYMENT AGAINST A BOND IN THE CASE OF A SURETY
07R: PAPERLESS MIB/MOT CONFLICT

IF A PAPERLESS MIB ("V" NUMBER) IS TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE 22 RECORD IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION OR IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE HA RECORD IN THE ENTRY TRANSACTION THEN THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (MOT) TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 28-29 OF THE 20 RECORD (ENTRY SUMMARY) OR POSITIONS 32-33 OF THE H1 RECORD (CARGO SELECTIVITY) MUST BE 10 OR 11 (VESSEL).
AH9: PIRP / IMPORTER NBR NOT ON FILE

THE PIRP NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER IN THE 43 REC, POS 3-8.THISNUMBER MUST BE ON FILE IN THE PIRL DATABASE. FURTHER, THE PIRP NUMBER IS ASSIGNED TO ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBERS. UNLESS THE IMPORTER NUMBER, FOUND ON THE 10 REC, POS 8-19, EXACTLY AGREES WITH THE IMPORTER NUMBER FOR THE PIRP NUMBER REPORTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
VHP: DT HS7: INVAL CONTRACT/STMNT CERT

ONLY A "Y" IS PERMITTED IN REC DT01, POS 36 TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF THE IMPORTERS SUBSTANTIATING STATEMENT/CONTRACT/OR MANUFACTURER'S CONFIRMATION LETTER. ANY OTHER CHARACTER WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.  
VLF: GREATER THAN 9,999 ITEMS SENT

THE TOTAL OF ALL IMPORT ENTRY AND CM RECORDS IN A DRAWBACK TRANSACTION CANNOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM OF 9,999. THAT NUMBER IS THE MAXIMUM ACS CAN HANDLE. FOR RECONCILAITION, THIS MEANS THAT MORE THAN 9,999 IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS WERE TRANSMITTED.
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).
186: MANUFACTURER NAME REQUIRED

THE MANUFACTURER NAME MAY BE LEFT BLANK BY SUMMARY LINE ENTRY PROCESSING. UPDATED MANUALLY, HOWEVER, THE FIELD IS REQUIRED. 
AAR: CASE REVOKED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS ANTI-DUMPING (ADD) OR COUNTERVAILING (CVD) DATA IN ABI REC 60 (CATAIR, PAGE ENS-54) AND THE CASE NUMBER REPORTED (POS 13-22 OR 23-32) HAS BEEN REVOKED. IF THE CASE HAS BEEN REVOKED AND NEED NOT BE REPORTED.
VMY: TEAM REVIEW STRATIFIED COMP LINE

THIS ERROR IS GENERATED WHEN THERE IS A LINE LEVEL HIT FOR COMPLIANCE AND THE SUMMARY IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS.

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