Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VPQ: EXPORT DT MUST BE > 12/31/95

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE EXPORT DATE IS SENT IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITIONS 22-27. IN THIS MODULE THE EXPORT DATE MUST BE GREATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 1995.
38N: RESTRICTED COUNTRY

THE IMPORT RESTRICTION INDICATOR FOR THIS COUNTRY IS "1" ON THE COUNTRY CODE FILE. THIS INDICATES THAT THIS COUNTRY IS RESTRICTED FROM IMPORTING TO THE U.S. OR THAT THE COUNTRY'S CODE HAS BEEN RENDERED INACTIVE OR INVALID. SINCE THERE IS NO INACTIVE/INVALID CODE IN THE COUNTRY CODE FILE, THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT USE IS BY MAKING THE COUNTRY "RESTRICTED". AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE COUNTRY CODE 'SQ' FOR SLOVAKIA. EFFECTIVE 03/01/93, THIS COUNTRY CODE WAS NO LONGER VALID. IT CHANGED TO 'SK'. A FILER MIGHT BE MISLED BY THE "RESTRICTED" INDICATOR THEY RECEIVE BACK ON A QUERY OR BY THIS MESSAGE WHEN TRANSMITTING AN ENTRY AND RECEIVING A REJECT. THIS LATTER TYPE OF COUNTRY CODE IS "INVALID" RATHER THAN RESTRICTED.
RB9: RECON/IMPORT SURETY MISMATCH

THE SURETY CODE ON THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY DOES NOT MATCH THE SURETY CODE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORT ENTRIES. ALL IMPORT ENTRIES AND THE RECON SUMMARY MUST HAVE THE SAME SURETY CODE. (IF THE IMPORTER NUMBER IDENTIFIED IN THE RECON AND IMPORT ENTRIES HAS CHANGED SURETY COMPANIES DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE RECON ENTRY, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE FILER TO FILE AT LEAST TWO RECON ENTRIES. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAINTAIN THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SURETY SHOWN IN THE R10 REC, POS 32-34 AND THE SURETY IDENTIFED ON EACH IMPORT ENTRY).
28M: DATA NOT DELETED IN TEST MODE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AII MODULE. THE DATA BASE IS UNAFFECTED BY A DATA TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THE SENDER'S STATUS WAS "TEST" FOR AII.
2C3: INVALID BOND

CONVERTED BOND TYPE 2: * MAY BE ON FILE BUT NOT FOR THE PORT OF ENTRY AND NOT ON FILE AT A CROSS DDPP OF THE PORT OF ENTRY FOR THE IMPORTER OR ITS PARENT (IF APPLICABLE), * IS ON THE FILE BUT DOESN'T COVER THE DATE OF THE ENTRY DOESN'T AGREE WITH THE BOND TYPE THAT IS ON FILE. CONVERTED BOND TYPE 5: * IS NOT ON FILE FOR THE IMPORTER OR ITS PARENT COMPANY * IS ON THE FILE BUT DOESN'T COVER THE DATE OF THE ENTRY BOND TYPE 8: * THE BOND THAT IS ON FILE IS NOT A VALID CONTINUOUSBOND THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ENTRY TYPE. FOR BOND TYPE 8, IF THE BOND IS NOT ON FILE ON THE DATE USED FOR BOND VALIDATION (CARGO REL DATE, PAY DUE DATE, ETC) IN THE SUMMARY INPUT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THIS WILL ALSO APPLY TO ENTRIES WITH A BOND THAT IS NOT EITHER A 1 OR 1A1 TYPE BOND IN THE BNDL FILE.
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.
40T: MX SPI REQUIRED

AN SPI OF 'MX' MUST BE ENTERED FOR TARIFF NUMBER 9802008055 
"4FR: HTS REQUIRES FORMAL ENTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI QUOTA QUERY INPUT. IF THE CATEGORY AND COUNTRY IDENTIFIED BY THE TRANSMITTING FILER DO NOT RESULT IN A MATCH OF VISA FILES IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE FILER AS A RESPONSE
Q16: QT UNIT # NOT FOR 'QT' FILER

IF THE STATEMENT IS A BROKER STATEMENT, THE PAYOR'S UNIT NUMBER (REC QT, PO3-8) IS NOT IDENTIFIED ON THE DATA FILE AS BEING ASSIGNED TO THE FILER CITED THE QT REC, POS 11-13. 
0JI: TARIFF NUMBER MUST BE ENTERED

  NUMBER MUST BE ENTERED
79M: TARIFF NBR NOT ON DATABASE

TARIFF NBR IS NOT FOUND ON EITHER THE HARMONIZED DATABASE. THE MOST COMMON CAUSE FOR THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS THAT A RECENT CHANGE TO THE TARIFF NUMBER HAS OCCURRED AND THE FILER HAS NOT RETRIEVED THE CHANGE. FILERS MUST KEEP UP WITH ALL HARMONIZED UPDATES IN ORDER TO KNOW WHICH TARIFF NUMBERS ARE VALID. IF THE TARIFF NUMBER RECEIVING THIS MESSAGE IS NO LONGER VALID, THE FILER SHOULD DO A HARMONIZED RANGE QUERY THROUGH ABI AND SHOULD EXAMINE THE DESCRIPTION RECORDS OF THE TARIFF NUMBERS RETURNED IN THE QUERY RESULTS TO DETERMINE WHICH TARIFF NUMBER IS THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE REJECTED TARIFF NUMBER.
SBO: MUST BE A "Y" OR "N"

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF AN ABI TRANSACTION IS SENT WITH A FIELD THAT REQUIRES A YES (Y) OR NO (N) INDICATOR FOR THE AFFECTED FIELD. AN EXAMPLE IS A RECONCILIATION ENTRY (TYPE 09) FOR WHICH THE FILER MUST INDICATE IF THE ENTRY IS AN AGGREGATE ENTRY (AGGREGATE INDICATOR = Y) OR AN ENTRY BY ENTRY RECONCILIATION (AGGREGATE INDICATOR =N). IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS USED IN SUCH A FIELD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT
DKD: D12 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE COULD BE THE RESULT OF A DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR ABI DRAWBACK PROBLEM. IT IS SAYING THAT WHEN CUSTOMS FORMATTED THE RECORDS FROM THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR WHEN THE DATA WAS SENT VIA ABI, NO DATA WAS PRESENT IN THE GIVEN RECORD. IF THE DISKETTE HAS NO DATA, THE PC PROGRAM SHOULD STOP IT BEFORE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DATA THERE, BUT IT WAS BAD DATA.
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.
VA2: UNKNOWN AGY IN 'OA' DECLARATION

THE OA DECLARATION IS A RECORD IN AN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY DATA SET IN AN AUTOMATED TRANSACTION. IT IS THE RECORD WHERE A FILER CAN "DISCLAIM" A TARIFF NUMBER FROM OGA DATA. AS OF 5/99 THE PERMITTED OTHER AGENCIES ARE FDA (FD0), FWS (FW0), DOT (DT0) AND FCC (FC0). IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (EI) THE OA RECORD FOLLOWS THE 50 RECORD. IN A CARGO SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION (HI) THE OA RECORD FOLLOWS THE H5 RECORD (FDA, FWS AND DOT). IN A BORDER CARGO SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION (HN) THE OA RECORD FOLLOWS THE 02 RECORD (FDA,FWS,DOT). THE OGA DISCLAIMER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 5-7 OF THE OA RECORD. SUBSEQUENT DISCLAIMERS ARE SENT IN POSITIONS 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 AND 17-19, WHEN APPLICABLE . THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE OTHER AGENCY SENT IN POSITIONS 5-6 (OR 8-9, 11-12, 14-15, 17-18) IS NOT A VALID OGA INTERFACE AGENCY.
484: ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NOT ON FILE

THE CONSIGNEE NUMBER, TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT IN REC 10, POS 20-31, MUST BE LISTED ON THE IMPORTER DATABASE. IF THE CARGO RELEASE APPLICATION (HI) IS USED, THE CONSIGNEE NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE H2 REC, POS 11-22, MUST BE LISTED ON THE IMPORTER DATABASE. IF THE CONSIGNEE NUMBER IS NOT ON FILE, THIS WARNING MESSAGE WILL RESULT (THIS IS NOT A REJECTION MSG). OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT WILL RECEIVE THIS ERROR MESSAGE INCLUDE THE AUTOMATED INVOICE INTERFACE (CI). THIS MESSAGE CAN BE A REJECT IF THE ENTRY INVOLVES FDA REGULATED MERCHANDISE BEING SENT THROUGH THE FDA INTERFACE. THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE MUST BE ON FILE BEFORE SELECTIVITY RUNS BECAUSE FDA REQUIRES AN ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE. FILER MUST DO A 5106 UPDATE AND RE-TRANSMIT THE ENTRY.
8WE: 15-DAY UPDATE TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED

FILERS WHO USE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN) TO CORRECT VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE SELECTIVITY RECORD PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED BY ABI INPUT HAVE A 15 CALENDAR DAY TIME LIMIT IN WHICH TO TRANSMIT THE UPDATE TRANSACTION. THE 15 DAYS IS MEASURED AGAINST THE LATEST OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS: ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE, ACTUAL ARRIVAL DATE, AND/OR RELEASE DATE.
APA: USCS PROTEST NBR NOT APPLIC

NO CUSTOMS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER IS SUBMITTED BY FILER IN AN INITIAL PROTEST FILING VIA ABI. IF THE FILING IS ACCEPTED ERROR FREE, OR WITH WARNINGS, THE CUSTOMS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER FOR THE PROTEST WILL BE RETURNED IN THE P01 RESPONSE RECORD (WHEN ERROR FREE) OR P10/P99 RESPONSE RECORDS (WHEN ACCEPTED WITH WARNINGS). 
103: ENTRY TYPE NOT AUTOMATED YET

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'EI' TRANSACTION WHEN AN ENTRY TYPE IS SENT IN THE 10 RECORD, POSITIONS 71-72 THAT IS NOT YET AUTOMATED. VALID ENTRY TYPE CODES ARE LISTED IN APPENDIX B OF THE CATAIR. IN APPENDIX B THESE CODES ARE DESIGNATED BY A '**'.
585: ENT-SUM ACCEPTED WITH ERRORS

THIS IS AN OUTDATED SUMMARY RESPONSE MESSAGE. AT ONE TIME SUMMARY INPUT WOULD BE ACCEPTED WITH CERTAIN CLASSES OF OTHERWISE REJECTABLE ERRORS. THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. 
79N: TARIFF NBR NOT ACTIVE FOR IT DTE

THE DATE THAT AN INTRANSIT ENTRY IS CREATED (OPENED) ESTABLISHES A DATE WHICH IS USED TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF A GIVEN TARIFF NUMBER. IF THE ABI FILER TRANSMITS A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT VALID AS OF THE 'INBOND' DATE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. IF THE TARIFF NUMBER BEING REJECTED IS AN 8 DIGIT TARIFF NUMBER (FROM CHAPTER 99, USUALLY), AND THE FILER TRANSMITS 10 - DIGITS, THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT.
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.
IN1: INVALID ENT NBR CHK DIGIT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY INPUT (APPLICATION IN). IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IN THE R1 RECORD CONTAINS AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
APH: INQUIRY REQ. IND. INVALID

TWO LEVELS OF SERVICE ARE AVAILABLE FOR INQUIRES OF AUTOMATED PROTEST FILINGS: 1. RECAP ONLY; HEADER CARDS P10 AND P11, AND PROCESSING STATUS CARD P12 ONLY WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO REQUESTOR. 2. FULL FILE DUMP; ALL CARDS NECESSARY FOR ENTIRE FILING WILL BE TRANSMITTED TO REQUESTOR. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE INQUIRY REQUEST FIELD IS NOT 1 OR 2; THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED AS A RESULT.
27J: *CENSUS* OR-AGR CHARGES/VALUE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED ON ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACATIONS WHEN THE LINE ITEM CHARGES (40 REC, POS 48-57) DIVIDED BY THE LINE ITEM VALUE (40 REC, POS 8-17) EXCEED A STATED PERCENTAGE. IF THE RATIO BETWEEN THE CHARGES AND VALUE EXCEEDS THE PERCENTAGE SHOWN ON TARIFF/CENSUS DATABASE BY MORE THAN 300 PERCENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. (EXAMPLE: VALUE IS $400 FOR TARIFF 8541402000 AND THE CHARGES ARE $100. THIS IS A 25% RATIO. THE RECORD FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER SHOWS 7% AS THE UPPER LIMIT. 7% OF $400 IS $28. 300% OF THIS FIGURE WOULD BE $84. THEREFORE, CHARGES FROM $1 TO $84 WOULD NOT GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE, BUT CHARGES OF $85 OR HIGHER WOULD.) FOR SHIPMENTS BY AIR, THE CHARGES IS SOMETIMES COMPARED TO THE GROSS WEIGHT (40 REC, POS18-27) AND THIS MESSAGE COULD BE GENERATED EVEN IN A CASE WHERE THE CHARGES/VALUE RATIO WAS BELOW 300% OF THE VALUE.

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