Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VPL: IMPRT ENTRY NOT IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER, SENT IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 20-27 MUST BE RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER FILE.
EJN: ID NUMBER (B) REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C37 RECORD PROVIDES SPACE FOR TWO IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS. THE SECOND (IDENTIFIER B) IS REPORTED IN POS 45-79.IF ONE OF THE FOUR VALID ID NUMBER QUALIFIERS (SEE PAGE AII-34) IS REPORTED IN POS 42-44 OF THE C37 RECORD, THERE MUST BE DATA IN POS 45-79 (THE DATAMUST BE LEFT JUSTIFIED STARTING IN POSITION 45 BUT DOES NOT HAVE TO OCCUPY THE ENTIRE FIELD). IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - AS OF APRIL 1998, ONLY THE ID NUMBER QUALIFIER "VIN" IN POS 42-44 WILL RESULT IN THIS MESSAGE IF THE ID NUMBER FIELD IS LEFT BLANK.
VAP: FIRMS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATION

A FACILITIES INFORMATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FIRMS) CODE IS IS REQUIRED FOR ANY ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT THAT REQUESTS CARGO CERTIFICATION IN THE 3O REC, POS 38. THE FIRMS CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, POS 72-75. IF THE FIRMS CODE IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VDQ: FTZ NUMBER MISSING

THE FTZ NUMBER IS MANDATORY FOR ENTRY TYPE 06. IF POSITIONS 60-79 ARE BLANK IN REC H2 OF THE HI APPLICATION, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
VKO: HLT: INQUIRY DISPLAY MUST BE Y/N

THE INQUIRY DISPLAY SWITCH MUST BE Y=YES N=NO. 
53A: DUPLICATE CLASS CODE ENTERED

USER FEE CODE SHOULD ONLY BE ENTERED ONCE FOR EACH CODE REQUIRED FOR MULTIPLE TARIFF LINE ITEMS. 
APM: VOIDANCE REQ. IND. INVALID

A REQUEST FOR VOIDANCE OF DENIAL, INDICATED BY 'R', MAY BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER PROTEST HAS BEEN DENIED BY CUSTOMS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE VOIDANCE REQUEST FIELD IS NOT 'R'. 
ADI: INVALID ISSUER CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73 IS NOT A VALID STANDARD CARRIER ALPHA CODE (SCAC), AND THE MOT IS 10,20 OR 30, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THIS FIELD IS MANDATORY WHEN THE MOT IS 10 OR 11 IF THE SCAC IS OMITTED ENTIRELY WITH MOT 10 OR 11, ERROR CODE ADJ WILL BE GENERATED. HOWEVER, IF THE FIELD IS SPACES AND THE MOT IS 20 OR 30, NO ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.  NOTE: IF AN ENTRY SUMMARY HAS MOT 40 (AIR) AND THE ISSUER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 22 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT, AS ISSUER CODES DO NOT PERTAIN TO AIR SHIPMENTS.
BRP: FEE COUNT MISMATCH (R20:R21)

THE COUNT GIVEN IN THE 'R20' RECORD FOR THE FEE TRAILER COUNTER DOES NOT MATCH THE COUNT FOR THE NUMBER OF 'R21' FEE RECORDS SUBMITTED FOR RECONCILIATION VIA ABI.
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.
8WG: NO UPDATE ACTION REQUESTED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). GENERALLY, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER HAS TRANSMITTED ONLY AN L1 RECORD WITH NO DATA ELEMENTS THAT WARRANT A CHANGE TO THE EXISTING DATA ELEMENTS ON THE PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED SELECTIVITY RECORD. THIS COULD BE THAT EITHER THE L1 RECORD WAS SENT WITH ONLY THE ENTRY NUMBER, OR WITH DATA ELEMENTS THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE FROM THE ORIGINAL INPUT (SAME CARRIER CODE, VOYAGE NUMBER, ETC).
07H: EST ARRIVAL DATE NOT IN RANGE

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE ENTERED IS NOT WITHIN THE RANGE ALLOWED. VALID DATES INCLUDE: 1) TODAY'S DATE, 2) ANY DATE UP TO 30 DAYS IN THE PAST, 3) ANY DATE UP TO 5 DAYS IN THE FUTURE.
391: CLAIM INVALID FOR EXPORT COUNTRY

CERTAIN SPECIAL PROGRAMS (GSP, FOR ONE) REQUIRE THAT THE EXPORT COUNTRY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ORIGIN COUNTRY. IF THE EXPORT COUNTRY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR  THE SPECIAL PROGRAM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
AFU: PIRP NUMBER INVALID FOR 'D' TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A PIRP NUMBER IS SENT IN THE EI 43 RECORD, POSITIONS 3-8 AND A 'D' FOR COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IS SENT IN POSITION 9. AS OF 7/98 THERE ARE NO 'D' TYPE PIRPS.
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.
054: ENTRY NBR NOT ASSIGNED TO BROKER

ENTRIES FILED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 HAVE THE FOLLOWING NUMBER FORMAT: FISCAL YEAR (2 DIGITS); SEQUENCE NUMBER (6 DIGITS); CHECK DIGIT (1 DIGIT) ENTRIES FILED AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 HAVE THE FOLLOWING NUMBER FORMATS: FILER CODE (3 CHARACTERS, ALPHA NUMERIC); SEQUENCE NUMBER (7 DIGITS); CHECK DIGIT (1 DIGIT) USUALLY THIS ERROR IS INVOKED WHEN THERE IS NO MATCH FOR THE ENTRY NUMBER FOUND IN THE ACS ENTRY SUMMARY FILES- USER COULD HAVE MADE A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE ENTRY NUMBER.
104: CUSTOMS PROCESSED SUM ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING BORDER CARGO RELEASE (HN) TRANSACTIONS. THE ENTRY MAY BE MODIFIED UP UNTIL THE TIME OF SUCCESSFUL ON LINE CUSTOMS PROCESSING. IF THE ENTRY SUMMARY HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND IS ON FILE WITH CUSTOMS THIS MESSAGE WILL GENERATE. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN CARGO SELECTIVITY FROM EITHER THE HI APPLICATION OR FROM A RETRANSMISSION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY IN A NON-BORDER LOCATION.
DKK: NAFTA CLAIM - CANADIAN DATA REQD

THIS IS A DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE. FOR DRAWBACK DISKETTE, THE NAFTA INDICATOR WAS SET TO 'Y' IN THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD, OR FOR ABI, IT WAS SET TO '1'. EITHER WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS CLAIM IS A NAFTA CLAIM SUBJECT TO THE "LESSER OF" RULE. ACCORDINGLY, WE MUST HAVE THE NAFTA CNTRY IMPORT ENTRY DATA IN THE 'CI' (DISKETTE) OR 'D50' (ABI) RECORD(S) IF THE CLAIM TYPE IS '41' OR '44'. IF THE CLAIM TYPE IS '42' OR '45', THE NAFTA CTRY IMPORT ENTRY DATA WILL BE CONSIDERED OPTIONAL BY ACS, BUT THAT DOES NOT RELIEVE THE FILER OF THE STATUTORY REPORTING REQUIREMENT IF NAFTA IS APPLICABLE.
005: INVALID DATE

THE DATE MUST BE NUMERIC, WITHOUT SLASHES OR HYPHENS, IN THE FORMAT MMDDYY. THE DATE WILL BE COMPARED WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM DATE. IN MOST CASES THE DATE CANNOT BE GREATER THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM DATE. DEPENDING UPON THE FUNCTION THE DATE MAY BE TOO FAR IN THE PAST, OR IT MAY BE OUT OF SEQUENCE WITH SOME OTHER DATE IN THE SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DATE OF ENTRY SUMMARY FILING MAY NOT PRECEDE THE DATE OF RELEASE ON AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE ENTRY. INBOND DATES MUST BE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
DKW: DUPLICATE TARIFF

IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE EACH TARIFF NUMBER GIVEN ON A CLAIM CAN ONLY APPEAR ONCE. THIS ERROR WILL OCCUR IF A NUMBER HAS BEEN USED MORE THAN ONCE ON THE CLAIM AS SENT IN THE ABI 'D20' RECORDS. 
4CU: VISA # INVALID FOR FASHION SAMPLE

SPI "M" IS USED TO REPORT IMPORTATIONS OF FASHION SAMPLES OR CERTAIN CARPETS FROM CHINA. (SEE ADMIN MSG 97-0482, 97-0952, AND 97-0990). ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IF "M" IS USED, THE VISA NUMBER FOR THE ITEM IN QUESTION MAY NOT BE TRANSMITTED TO ABI. IF THE VISA NUMBER IS SENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL 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.
89N: MPF NOT REQUIRED

A MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE WAS ENTERED FOR THIS ENTRY BUT NOT REQUIRED. IN ADDITION, ABI WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE IN A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS WHEN MPF IS NOT APPROPRIATE. SOME OF THESE ARE: -- FILER SENDS A "CA" NAFTA CLAIM AND INCLUDES MPF. -- ENTRY IS FROM A CBI COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. -- AN INFORMAL ENTRY INCLUDES MPF ON THE LINE LEVEL (62 RECORD) -- THE CARGO IS AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED FROM HTS 9801. -- A TIB ENTRY IS TRANSMITTED (TYPE 23). -- CARGO IS FROM AN LDDC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (COL 3). -- ISRAELI MERCHANDISE IS EXEMPTED (ADM 98-0772) -- FILER SENDS A "MX" NAFTA CLAIM AFTER 6/30/99 AND INCLUDES MPF.
VA7: TARIFF REQUIRES OGA INFO

IF THE TARIFF NUMBER HAS AN FW1 IN THE TARIFF FILE, THE FILER MUST TRANSMIT EITHER AN OA DISCLAIMER RECORD OR THE APPLICABLE FWS INFORMATION IN THE OI, FW01, FW02 AND FW03 RECORDS. IF THE TARIFF NUMBER HAS AN FW2 IN THE TARIFF FILE THE FILER MUST TRANSMIT THE OI, FW01, FW02 AND FW03 RECORDS.
VHC: FD 701:PHONE NBR MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN NON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE INPUT INTO THE "CONTACT PHONE NUMBER" FIELD, REC FD04, POS 29-38. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FIELD. A COMMON PROBLEM IS THAT THE USER WILL SEND A "CONTACT NAME" (REC FD04 POS 19-28) THAT IS LONGER THAN 10 CHARACTERS AND THE FILER'S PROGRAM ALLOWS THE EXTRA CHARACTERS TO SPILL OVER INTO THE PHONE NUMBER FIELD. ALSO, PHONE NUMBERS MUST INCLUDE THE AREA CODE. IF THIS PART OF THE PHONE NUMBER ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, ERROR VHC ALSO RESULTS.

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