Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

4JB: QUANTITY MUST BE NUMERIC

MUST BE EITHER NUMERIC OR BLANK.  
AQ2: TEAM CODE REQUIRED

EACH PROTEST, PETITION, INTERVENTION MUST BE ADDRESSED TO A TEAM/OFFICE AT THE CUSTOMS SERVICE PORT WHERE IT IS BEING FILED. THE ADDRESS TEAM FIELD IS BLANK. 
56G: ISSUER CODE/MOT CONFLICT

IN THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION, APPLICATION HI, THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (H1 REC, POS 32-33) MUST AGREE WITH THE CODE REPRESENTING THE IMPORTING CARRIER. (H1 REC, POS 70-73). FOR AIR SHIPMENTS USING MOT 40, THE ISSUER CODE IS NOT USED AND MUST BE BLANK. IF THE ISSUER CODE FIELD IS NOT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FOR MOT 20 OR 30, THE ISSUER CODE FIELD IS IGNORED.
LU4: INVALID LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER

IF THE ABI FILER REPORTS A LUMBER PERMIT TYPE (40 REC, POS 70-72), A NINE- POSITION NUMERIC LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS REQUIRED IN THE 51 REC, POS 57-65. IF THE PERMIT NUMBER IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
ARQ: NOTIFY SUB NOT ON FILE

A MATCH FOR THE THREE DIGIT ALPHA NUMERIC FILER CODE USED TO IDENTIFY THE SUBSTITITUTE IS NOT FOUND ON THE USCS ABI FILER CODE DATABASE. THE SUBSTITUTE IS A PARTY OTHER THAN THE PROTEST FILER AND OTHER THAN THE PROTESTANT, WHO IS NAMED BY THE PROTESTANT TO RECEIVE NOTICE OF DENIAL IF THE PROTEST OR PETITION IS DENIED BY CUSTOMS.
94R: DIST/PORT ERROR LOC, QUAL 22 SEG

EDIFACT ERROR. THE PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT CODE IS INVALID (TRANSLATED TO THE 'B' RECORD FOR ABI). 
AFE: BOND TYPE INVALID FOR ELEC INV.

ELECTRONIC INVOICE SUMMARY FILINGS ARE INVALID WITH SINGLE-ENTRY BONDS THIS ERROR CODE FORMERLY REFERRED TO 'PRODUCT ANALYSIS CODE', BUT BOTH THE P/A CODE AND THE FORMER MEANING/USE OF ERROR 'AFE' HAVE BEEN 'ARCHIVED'. 
95F: ENTRY SUBJECT TO AD/CVD

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO IMPORT ENTRIES BEING FLAGGED FOR RECONCILIATION. DURING THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE OF THIS PROGRAM, ONLY ENTRY TYPES 01, 02, AND 06 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RECONCILIATION FLAGGING. IF ENTRY TYPES 03 (AD/CVD) OR 07 (QUOTA/AD/CVD) ARE FLAGGED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
4KT: CERT NOT REQD/COMPUTED FEE < 2.01

A COTTON FEE EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER WAS ENTERED FOR A LINE WHOSE FEE IS LESS THAN $2.01 AND IS NOT, THEREFORE, PAYABLE. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS ERROR IS THAT THE FILER IS USING OUTDATED COTTON FEE RATES. THIS ERROR ALSO OCCURS WHEN THE COTTON FEE IS LESS THAN $2.01 AND THE FILER SENDS NO COTTON FEE BUT SENDS A DISCLAIMER OF ALL 9'S IN THE 51 RECORD.
AP3: HEADER/DETAIL DATA REJECTED

THIS IS A SUMMARY TYPE MESSAGE. IT SIMPLY POINTS TO ERRORS MADE IN OTHER RECORDS CAUSING THE TRANSACTION TO BE REJECTED. 
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.
VOI: APPLICATION NOT REMOTE

CURRENTLY (7/98), THE ONLY ABI APPLICATION ELIGIBLE FOR REMOTE IS THE 'EI' APPLICATION. IF REMOTE INFORMATION IS SENT IN THE 'B' RECORD OF ANY OTHER APPLICATION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
216: INVALID TARIFF NUMBER

TARIFF NUMBER BLANK OR NOT NUMERIC 
4A0: INVALID ACTION CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). THE H1 RECORD, POS 3 MUST REFLECT ONE OF THREE ACTION CODES: A (ADD) D (DELETE) OR R (REPLACE). IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER, OR A BLANK, IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS FIELD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
APT: HARDCOPY IND ALREADY = SENT

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO DISPOSITION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS DO NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'.
AQS: AFR QUESTIONS RESPONSE REQ'D

WHEN APPLYING FOR FURTHER REVIEW, THE FILER MUST RESPOND TO 3 FURTHER REVIEW CRITERIA QUESTIONS. VALID RESPONSES ARE 'Y' OR 'N'. THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS ARE MISSING. 
120: INVALID LIQUIDATION CYCLE CODE

THE LIQUIDATION CYCLE CODE MUST BE NUMERIC AND MUST BE A ZERO, ONE, OR A TWO. 
04T: INVALID MOT FOR UNLADING DD/PP

THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE H1, POS 32-33 (HI APPLICATION) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DISTRICT-PORT FILE FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING IN THE H1 REC, POS 65-68. THE ACCEPTABLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A GIVEN PORT CODE CAN BE FOUND ON THE DISTRICT-PORT DATABASE. PORTS WHICH ACCEPT EITHER OCEAN OR AIR SHIPMENTS WILL HAVE A "B" IN THE "CARRIER TYPE" FIELD. "V" INDICATES A VESSEL PORT ONLY AND "A" INDICATES AN AIRPORT ONLY.
07P: MASTER BILL NBR REQ'D WITH I.T.

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF AN H5 RECORD CONTAINS DATA IN THE INBOND NUMBER FIELD (POS 3-14), THERE MUST BE DATA IN THE MASTER BILL FIELD, AT A MINIMUM. IF THERE IS NO MASTER BILL DATA, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VC2: DISCLAIMER NOT REQ FOR TARIFF

THE FILER SENT AN FD0 (FDA DISCLAIMER) IN THE OA RECORD FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT FLAGGED FD1 IN THE TARIFF FILE. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF AN FDA DISCLAIMER IS SENT ON THE 'X' LINE OF AN X-V SET EVEN IF THE X LINE HAS AN FDA FLAG. THE 'V' LINE STILL REQUIRES THE FDA DATA OR DISCLAIMER AS APPROPRIATE. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IN THE FCC INTERFACE IF THE FILER SENDS A FC0 DICLAIMER ON A TARIFF LINE THAT IS CODED FC3 AND THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS 'US'.
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
628: MISSING/INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS DURING THE CREATION OF LINE RELEASE OUTPUT RECORDS. THE IMPORTER OF RECORD MUST BE IN ONE OF THREE VALID FORMATS, WHICH ARE OUTLINED ON PAGE LRL-5 OF THE CATAIR. IF ONE OF THE VALID FORMATS IS NOT USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
J11: I.T. AWB PREFIX NOT ON FILE

THE FIRST THREE DIGITS OF THE IT NUMBER SENT IN AN AIR ENVIRONMENT (MOT = 40) ENTRY, EI RECORD, POSITIONS 3-5; HI RECORD HA, POSITIONS 3-5 MUST BE A VALID AWB PREFIX IN THE CARRIER FILE. ALSO: IF A FILER SENDS AN IN-BOND NUMBER WITH 10 DIGITS (EVEN THOUGH ALL OTHER INDICATORS REFLECT THAT THE MOT IS NOT AN AIR SHIPMENT) ABI INTERPRET THE I.T. AS AN INCOMPLETE AIR WAYBILL AND GENERATES THIS MESSAGE. 
VGT: FD 701: UOM NOT ALLOWED W/O QTY

IN THE FDA INTERFACE A UOM (UNIT OF MEASURE), REC FD02, POS 15-18, 29-32, 43-46I, 57-60, 71-74 AND REC FD04, POS 15-18 IS NOT ACCEPTED UNLESS IT IS TRANSMITTED WITH A QUANTITY. THE REVERSE IS ALSO TRUE, A QUANTITY IS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT A UNIT OF MEASURE.
RB4: EXCESS/INVALID FEE COUNT

FOR RECONCILIATION, THE 'R20' ABI INPUT RECORD FEE COUNT IS EITHER NOT NUMERIC (INVALID) OR > 10 (EXCESS). IN OTHER WORDS, POS 78-79 OF THE R20 RECORD MUST SHOW A NUMERIC FIGURE WHICH EQUALS THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWING R21 RECORDS. IF ONE R21 RECORD FOLLOWS THE R20 RECORD, POS 78-79 WOULD BE "01", E.G. IF THE FILER SPACE FILLS THIS ELEMENT BUT TRANSMITS AN R21 RECORD, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT (THE 'INVALID' PART OF THE NARRATIVE). IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A FIGURE GREATER THAN '10', THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT (THE 'EXCESS' PART OF THE MESSAGE). NOTE: IF THE ENTRY IS AN AGGREGATE RECON, AND NO R21 RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED, THE FILER MUST STILL SHOW '00' IN POS 78-79 OF EACH R20 RECORD.

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