Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

EJJ: DUPLICATE INVOICE LINES

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). EACH INVOICE LINE IS INCREMENTED BY ONE IN THE C31 RECORD THE FIRST C31 REC, POS 4-7, MUST START WITH "0001".DUPLICATE LINE NUMBER ARE NOT PERMITTED. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE SAME LINE NUMBER APPEARS IN THE CI TRANSMISSION FOR THE INVOICE. .
35C: INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER FORMAT

ENTERED IMPORTER NUMBER DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE IRS, SSN OR CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER.  NOTE: ALPHA CHARACTERS "O" (OH) "I" (EYE) AND "Z" (ZEE) ARE NOT PERMITTED.
2B8: INVALID STATE CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI 5106 INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION TI). THE STATE CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 68-69 OF THE T2 RECORD. VALID STATE CODES ARE THOSE LISTED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. THE USE OF ANY CODE IN THIS FIELD THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. NOTE: THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER WHEN TRANSACTION TI IS SENT TO ABI. ERROR MESSAGE 2BU WHICH IS IDENTICAL IN WORDING TO THIS MESSAGE, MAY BE THE ONE BEING USED.
DKL: INVALID CANADIAN ENTRY NBR FORMAT

CANADIAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST CONSIST OF 14 NUMERIC CHARACTERS, WITH NO ALPHA OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS. MEXICAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST BE 14 CHARACTERS, BUT MAY BE ALPHA-NUMERIC.
RC5: RCA RECORD NOT FOUND

NO RECON IMPORT TRAILER RECORD WAS FOUND FOR THIS ENTRY. 
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.
AQK: ASSOC.PROT. NOT OPEN NAFTA

WHEN FILING AN INTERVENTION IN A PROTEST OF AN ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA, THE USCS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER UPON WHICH IS BEING INTERVENED IS REQUIRED. THE INTERVENTION MAY BE FILED AT ANY TIME AFTER PROTEST FLING UNTIL USCS DECISION. THE PROTEST NUMBER IN THE ASSOCIATED PROTEST NUMBER FIELD IS A VALID NUMBER IN THE USCS PROTEST FILE, BUT IS EITHER NOT A PROTEST OF AN ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA, IS NOT IN OPEN STATUS OR HAS ALREADY BEEN ENTERVENED UPON.
EJQ: ENTRY ALREADY HAS ABI STATEMENT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF ANY ENTRY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVOICE IN THE INSTANT TRANSMISSION HAS ALREADY APPEARED ON A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT, CHANGES TO THE INVOICE ARE NOT PERMITTED. UPDATES TO INVOICE DATA ARE ONLY PERMITTED IF THE ASSOCIATED ENTRIES HAVE NOT YET APPEARED ON A STATEMENT.
RBK: RECON IMPT ENT CANNOT = RECON SUM

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO GIVE AN IMPORT ENTRY WITH THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER AS THEY ARE USING FOR THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY. 
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.
17L: APPLICATION NOT AVAILABLE

THE APPLICATION CONTROL RECORD IN THE APPLICATION CONTROL FILE IS SET TO "OFF". ACTION: RESTART THE APPLICATION AFTER THE ENABLE SWITCH IN THE FILE IS SET TO "ON" OR THE CORRECT APPLICATION CODE IS SELECTED. 
2L4: BOND NOT IN VALID STATUS

THE BOND YOU ARE ATTEMPTING TO PROCESS IS IN TERMINATED OR SANCTIONED STATUS. 
94R: DIST/PORT ERROR LOC, QUAL 22 SEG

EDIFACT ERROR. THE PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT CODE IS INVALID (TRANSLATED TO THE 'B' RECORD FOR ABI). 
EJE: DECLARATION INDICATOR MUST BE 'X'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE ONLY CHARACTER THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C95 RECORD, POS 4, IS AN "X". ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.  ANK FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
APE: FILER REF. NBR ALREADY USED

THE BROKER/FILER ASSIGNED ASSIGNED DOCUMENT/REFERENCE NUMBER FILED FOR THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION WAS ALREADY USED FOR A PRIOR FILING. THE BROKER ASSIGNED DOCUMENT/REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE UNIQUE FOR EACH PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION. 
58D: QUOTA ENTRY-SUM IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION FOR A QUOTA ENTRY SUMMARY WHERE THE QUOTA PROCESSING HAS BEEN DONE BY CUSTOMS. THE QUOTA STATUS WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER FOR THE FILER TO RE-TRANSMIT.
14D: INCOMPATIBLE MOT/PORT OF UNLADING

THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN REC 20, POS 28-29 (EI APPLICATION) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DISTRICT-PORT FILE FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING IN REC 20, POS 30-33. 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.
VLK: TOT IMPORT TRAILER COUNT INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE SUM OF ALL THE DISKETTE 'IT' IMPORT TRAILER, 'CN' CONTRACT TRAILER, 'CM' IMPORT TRAILER, OR 'CI' CANADIAN IMPORT TRAILER RECORDS OR ABI 'D12', 'D30', 'D40', OR 'D50' RECORDS DOES NOT ADD UP TO WHAT THE COUNT IS IN THE 'CT CLAIM TRAILER' RECORD, OR ABI 'D90' RECORD. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ADD UP ABI CANNOT KNOW WHETHER THE TOTAL COUNT IS SIMPLY WRONG, OR THE TOTAL COUNT IS RIGHT AND THERE ARE MISSING RECORDS. FOR RECONCILIATION, THE 'R90' TOTAL IMPORT TRAILER RECORD COUNT OF 'R20' RECORDS DOES NOT MATCH THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF 'R20' RECORDS GIVEN VIA THE ABI 'RA' TRANSACTION. IF THE R20 RECORD, POS 78-79 IS BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED, EVEN IF THE FIGURE IN THE R90 REC, POS 4-7, EQUALS THE NUMBER OF R20 RECORDS IN THE RECONCILIATION INPUT TRANSACTION.
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.
14M: QTY/RANGE ERROR FOR TARIFF NBR

ENTERED QUANTITY IS NOT IN RANGE FOR THE TARIFF NBR IN THE TARIFF DATABASE. THIS ERROR MESSAGE GENERATES IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC QUANTITY EDITS EXISTING ON THE TARIFF FILE. THE TARIFF NUMBERS QTY1/QTY2 VALUES REPORTED VIA ABI FALL OUT OF RANGE FOR THE EXISTING TARIFF QTY LO/HI BOUNDS. TO CALCULATE THE QUANTITY RATIO, USE THE QTY EDIT CODES LOCATED ON THE TARIFF DATABASE. FOR EXAMPLE, SEE HTS 5208521000. THE QTY EDIT CODES ARE 211. USE THE SECOND REPORTED QUANTITY (KG) AS THE NUMERATOR AND THE FIRST REPORTED QUANTITY (M2) AS THE DENOMINATOR TO DERIVE THE QUANTITY RATIO (SEE HTS USER'S GUIDE APPENDIX D, PAGES D-3 & D-4). FOR THIS HTS, THE QTY RATIO MUST FALL BETWEEN THE LO/HI/ QTY VALUES OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. TO CORRECT THE ERROR, THE FILER CAN 1) VERIFY THE QUANTITIES, 2) CONSULT THE HARMONIZED TARIFF FOR A BETTER CLASSIFICATION OR 3) CONTACT AN IMPORT SPECIALIST. ERROR MSG 15K, "DUTY COMPUTATION NOT PERFORMED" WILL ALSO BE GENERATED WITH MSG 14M.
BRB: INTERES AMOUNT MISMATCH (R17:R91)

THE PAYABLE INTEREST AMOUNT IN THE R17 RECORD MUST = THE INTEREST AMOUNT IN THE R91 RECORD. IF NO INTEREST IS PAYABLE, BOTH THE R17 AND R91 RECORDS MUST INDICATE ZEROES FOR THE INTEREST AMOUNT. 
VGD: FD 701: INV CNTRY OF PRODUCTION

THE FDA COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION IS A REQUIRED DATA ELEMENT IN THE FDA INTERFACE. THE COUNTRY MUST BE A VALID COUNTRY CODE. THIS IS THE ONLY EDIT PERFORMED SO A COUNTRY CODE THAT IS VALID, BUT RESTRICTED FOR ABI PURPOSES, WILL GO THROUGH THE FDA PORTION.
VDH: INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF MINIMUM

CLASS CODE 499 SHOULD INDICATE THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES (MPF) FROM ALL LINE-ITEM "62" RECORDS. IF THE ACTUAL TOTAL IS LESS THAN $25.00, USE $25.00 IN THE "89" RECORD. IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION INVOLES NAFTA, THE MINIMUM MPF IS $21.00 UNLESS ONE OR MORE LINES DO NOT CLAIM NAFTA. IF THE FILER DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE APPROPRIATE MINIMUM MPF FOR A NAFTA ENTRY, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
4BL: ENTRY WAS NOT ORIGINALLY ABI

ALTHOUGH THE DISKETTE PROGRAM IS NOT ABI AND THE CLAIMS ARE NOT ABI, WE USE SIMILIAR PROGRAMMING AS THE SOURCE OF CLAIM CREATION. IF THE CLAIM HAS BEEN COMPLETELY INPUT MANUALLY AND RECORDS EXIST AT THE TIME THE ABI OR DISKETTE JOBS ARE RUN, THE DISKETTE AND ABI WILL NOT PERMIT THE OVERLAY OF DATA.
EI0: INVOICE LINE CAN'T BE ZERO

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). EACH ITEM ON AN INVOICE IS DESCRIBED IN THE C31 THROUGH C39 RECORDS. THE C31 RECORD CONTAINS A COUNTER CALLED THE INVOICE LINE NUMBER IN POS 4-7. THE FIRST SUCH RECORD TRANSMITTED ON AN INVOICE INPUT WOULD BE "001", ETC. "000" IS NOT A VALID INVOICE LINE NUMBER AND WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE IF USED.

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