Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VII: COMBINED I.T./NON I.T. INVALID

IF AN ENTRY OR ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSION FROM AN ABI FILER CONTAINS AN I.T. NUMBER AND DATE FOR ONE BILL OF LADING, THEN ANY OTHER BILLS OF LADING MUST ALSO REFLECT AN I.T. NUMBER AND DATE. IF A BILL OF LADING NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED WITHOUT AN I.T. NUMBER AND DATE FOR SUCH AN ENTRY OR ENTRY SUMMARY, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VPJ: CANADIAN TARIFF NBR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE NAFTA CTRY TARIFF NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 24-33 OF THE D20 RECORD AND MUST BE A VALID NUMBER.
VN5: DESCRIPTION MUST BE > 1 CHARACTER

WHILE DESCRIPTION FIELD ARE CURRENTLY OPTIONAL DATA IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE, IF A FILER DOES INPUT DESCRIPTIONS, THEY MUST BE MORE THAN A SINGLE CHARACTER.
4BO: REMOTE ENTRY-CANNOT DEL FROM STMT

A REMOTE-FILE ENTRY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM ABI STATEMENT.
ASA: ENTRY LIST NOT APPLICABLE

ENTRY LIST IS NOT APPLICABLE. THIS MESSAGE MAY BE RETURNED IF AN AMENDMENT OR ADDENDA TRANSACTION IS TRANSMITTED LISTING ENTRIES WITH NO ACTION CODE. 
AI7: CASE DOES NOT EXIST

ADA/CVD BROKER QUERY INPUT RECORD CONTAINS A VALID CASE NUMBER THAT DOES NOT EXIST ON THE ANTI-DUMPING OR CVD DATABASE. 
"8VH: QUANTITY & UNITS REQUIRED FOR ADD

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE FILER TRANSMITS AN L3 RECORD, AT A MINIMUM, THE BILL OF LADING (OR AIR WAYBILL) NUMBER, THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY AND MANIFESTED UNIT OF MEASURE MUST BE TRANSMITTED. IF THE QUANTITY AND UNIT OF MEASURE ARE NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. NOTE: IF THE BILL NUMBER AND UNITS OF MEASURE ARE SENT, BUT THE QUANTITY IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL STILL BE GENERATED.
VKY: HLT;POS REQUIRED W/ OPTIONAL LEN

A POSITION VALUE MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR THE OPTIONAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER WHEN A LENGTH IS SPECIFIED. 
546: EXISTING ENTRY IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS. CUSTOMS STATUS MEANS THAT CUSTOMS HAS "PROCESSED" THE ENTRY. THE MOST COMMON SITUATION FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN A PAYMENT HAS BEEN COLLECTED (BY CHECK, STATEMENT PROCESSING OR ACH) AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY DATA. ANOTHER COMMON CAUSE FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN THE ENTRY NUMBER APPEARS ON A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE SUMMARY DATA WITHOUT FIRST REMOVING THE ENTRY FROM STATEMENT STATUS. IF THE ENAI SCREEN SHOWS "ENT ACP NOT LIQ", THE FILER MAY NOT RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY UNTIL THE SUMMARY IS PUT INTO A REJECTED STATUS. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS A DRAWBACK CLAIM THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS AND THE FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE DATA, THE DISKETTE WILL BE REJECTED AND CUSTOMS WILL MANUALLY PROCESS ANY CHANGES AS INDICATED ON THE PAPER CLAIM. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS NOT A DRAWBACK CLAIM, BOTH THE CLAIM AND DISKETTE WILL BE RETURNED. ACCELERATED DRAWBACK WILL BE PAID UPON CORRECTION (IF NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID). ABI WILL REJECT THE TRANSMISSION.
RBI: RECONCILIATION TEAM INVALID

THE RECON SUMMARY HAS BEEN GIVEN WITH AN INVALID RECONCILIATION TEAM NUMBER.
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.
BR4: RECON TAX MISMATCH (R20:R90)

THE TOTAL RECONCILED TAX FROM THE SUM OF ALL 'R20' RECORDS DOES NOT MATCH THE TOTAL RECONCILED TAX AS REFLECTED BY THE FILER IN THE RECON'S 'R90' RECORD. THIS APPLIES TO ENTRY-BY -ENTRY RECONCILIATION. 
EIX: ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DESCR REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C17 AND C18 RECORD. THE FREE-FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARGE DESCRIBED BY THE ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED IN POS 4 OF THE C17 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C18 REC, POS 30-64.THIS FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK. IF NO DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELEMENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VHG: DT HS7: ISO CODE REQUIRED

THIS CODE (RECORD DT01 POS 30-31) IS REQUIRED WHEN BOX NUMBER (RECORD DT01, POS 8-9) 05, 06, OR 12 IS TRANSMITTED. (NOTE: IF BOX 05 IS USED, A DT02 RECORD IS ALSO REQUIRED, EVEN IF THE IMPORTED ARTICLE IS NOT A VEHICLE. (THIS IS A SYSTEM DESIGN FLAW.) ISO CODE CANNOT BE USED WITH ANY OTHER HS-7 BOX NUMBER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED IN THIS MESSAGE.
VMA: HLO: SORT PARAMETER MUST BE A/U

THE SORT PARAMETER IS REQUIRED AND MUST BE A=ALL OR U=UNIQUE VALUES ONLY. 
ARE: ACTION CODE REQUIRED

WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS "F" (FOREIGN) OR "O" (OTHER), PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS MAY BE CORRECTED BY FILING AN AMENDMENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD, OR BY FILING AN ADDENDA AFTER THE FILING/ AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED. A "C" MUST BE SUBMITTED IN THE ACTION CODE FIELD IN EITHER CASE. THE ACTION CODE FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK.
77I: CONSIGNEE NUMBER NOT ALLOWED

IF A FILER TRANSMITS A "1" IN POSITION 75 OF THE H1 RECORD (HI APPLICATION) ABI WILL NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY ACCEPT A CONSIGNEE NUMBER IN THE H2 RECORD, POS 11-22. IF BOTH ARE TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
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.
EJG: INVALID TITLE OF DECLARANT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 REC, POS 37-38, MUST CONTAIN A VALID CODE IDENTIFYING THE TITLE OF THE DECLARANT. THE ONLY VALID CODES, AS OF THIS DATE, ARE "IR" (IMPORTER) OR "CB" (CUSTOMS BROKER). AS OF 4/5/95, "IM" (IMPORTER) MAY ALSO BE USED.
VHN: DT HS7:INVALID APP LTR/ORD CERT

THE NHTSA LETTER/OR OFFICIAL ORDERS FIELD IS REPRESENTED BY THE LETTER "Y" POSITION 35 OF THE DT01 RECORD. NO OTHER CHARACTER CAN BE TRANSMITTED OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL 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.
487: INVALID REFERENCE NUMBER FORMAT

THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER AND USUALLY REPRESENTS THE FILER'S IRS, OR SSN NUMBER. WHEN A CUSTOMS FORM 4811 HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY LOCAL CUSTOMS, THE AGENT (OWNER OF THE REFERENCE NUMBER) WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS, LIQUIDATION NOTICES, ETC. FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD ON THE ENTRY. THE REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN ACCEPTABLE IRS (NN-NNNNNNNNN) OR SSN (NNN-NN-NNNN) FORMAT IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43. IF THE FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
RBR: RECON FLR/LOCATION NOT PERMITTED

IF POSITIONS 47-53 OF THE 'B' RECORD FOR THE 'RA' RECONCILIATION SUMMARY TRANSACTION ARE FILLED-IN, AN ACS RECORD MUST EXIST FOR THAT PREPARER FILER CODE AND PREPARER DDPP TO RELATE THEM TO THE 'B' RECORD PROCESSING DDPP. THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF NO DATA PRESENT IN POSITIONS 47-53 AND THE PROCESSING DDPP AND FILER CODE IN THE 'B' RECORD ARE VALID ON THE FILER PROFILE, BUT DO NOT AGREE WITH THE FILER AND DDPP OF THE SUMMARY IN THE 'R10' RECORD. IF POSITIONS 47-53 ARE FILLED, THERE IS A RECORD TO RELATE THE PREPARER DDPP AND FILER TO THE PROCESSING DDPP AND FILER, BUT THE PROCESSING DDPP AND FILER DO NOT AGREE WITH THE 'R10' DDPP AND FILER, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR. THIS MESSAGE WILL USUALLY OCCUR IN COMBINATION WITH ERROR MESSAGE 'RBP'.
FC4: FCC FORM 740 REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE TARIFF NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE 50 REC, POS 4-13, IS CODED FC4 ON THE TARIFF DATABASE, THE FILER MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE FCC RECORDS TO DESCRIBE THE ITEM. IF THE FCC RECORDS ARE NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VNH: FD 701: BASE UNIT MUST BE LAST

IN THE FDA INTERFACE, UP TO SIX QUANTITIES AND UNITS OF MEASURE (UOM) CAN BE TRANSMITTED. FIVE QUANTITIES/UOM CAN BE SENT IN REC FD02, POS 5-18, 19-32, 33-46, 47-60 AND 61-74 (CATAIR, PAGE OGA-30). THE SIXTH, IF APPLICABLE, IS SENT IN REC FD04, POS 5-18 (CATAIR, PAGE OGA-35). IF QUANTITIES/UOM'S ARE SENT THEN AT LEAST ONE OF THEM MUST BE A "BASE UNIT" AND IF MORE THAN ONE IS SENT THE BASE UNIT MUST BE IN THE LAST POSITION. IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THREE QUANTITIES/UOM'S ARE SENT THE BASE QUANTITY MUST BE IN THE "UNIT 3 QUANTITY AND MEASURE BLOCK (REC FD01, POS 33-46). IF ONLY ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT IT MUST BE A BASE UNIT AND SENT IN THE UNIT 1 QUANTITY AND MEASURE BLOCK (REC FD01, POS 1-18). FDA BASE UNITS ARE SHOWN IN THE CATAIR, PAGES OGA-31.

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