Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VKV: HLR: MAX 15 RETURN FLDS EXCEEDED

A MAXIMUM OF FIFTEEN FIELDS MAY BE SELECTED TO RETURN VALUES TO THE INVOKING SCREEN. THE FIELD(S) IN ERROR EXCEED THIS LIMIT. 
8XW: EXTENSION LIMIT REACHED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A TIB EXTENSION TRANSACTION (APPLICATION XA). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION HAS ALREADY BEEN EXTENDED TWICE, NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS ARE PERMITTED VIA ABI.
VKN: HLT:O INVALID W/ OVERRIDE CRIT.N

SUBSEQUENT SORT ORDER O=OVERRIDE IS INVALID WHEN OVERRIDE CRITERIA N=NO.  
AAN: CASE NUMBER INVALID/MISSING

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ANTI-DUMPING (ADD) OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY (CVD) CASE NUMBER FIELD IN ABI REC 60, POS 13-22 (CVD CASE NO) OR POS 23-32 (ADD CASE NO); CATAIR, PAGE ENS-54). THE CASE NUMBER MUST BEGIN WITH AN 'A' IF ANTI-DUMPING OR A 'C' IF COUNTERVAILING DUTY AND BE FOLLOWED BY NINE NUMERICS. IF THE CASE NUMBER IS MISSING AND THE FILER HAS SENT AN ADD OR CVD ENTRY TYPE (03 OR 07), THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE CAN APPEAR IF AN ADJUSTMENT IS ATTEMPTED ON A COFA TRANSACTION AND THE COFR SCREEN DOES NOT SHOW A CASE NUMBER = CASE NUMBER ON THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION.
94L: EXPECTED UNA/UNB SEGMENT NOT FND

EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR. THE UNA/UNB (INTERCHANGE HEADER) SEGMENTS ARE MISSING.
8WH: BOL RESULTS REQUIRES AMS CARRIER

IF THE FILER SENDS A 'LN' BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION WITH A 'Y' IN POSITION 19 OF THE L1 RECORD (Y = YES, SEND ME BOL PROCESSING RESULTS) AND THE CARRIER INVOLVED OR THE FIRMS CODE IN CERTAIN AIR AMS SITUATIONS, IS NOT AN AMS SCAC CODE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VAU: ULT CONSIGNEE IN ENTRY HEADER

WHEN AN ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE HI APPLICATION, REC H2, POS 11-22 (INDICATING ONE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE FOR THE SHIPMENT), POS 33-44 IN REC H5 MUST BE SPACE FILLED.
RB2: INVALID INCREASE-REFUND IND

THE INCREASE/REFUND INDICATOR IN THE ABI 'RA' RECON TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD MUST = '1', '2', OR '3'.
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.
AEQ: ERROR IN A32 REC;RLSE 4

THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWS A MORE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE (I.E. " 1F5 RELEASE NOT ON FILE") IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSION. IT NOTIFIES THE FILER THAT THE ERROR IS IN THE FOURTH RELEASE IN THE 32 RECORD. 
AQN: FILING PERIOD BASE DATE INVALID

THE BEGINNING OF THE FILING & AMENDMENT PERIOD FOR A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION CAN BE DETERMINED IN ANY ONE OF SEVERAL WAYS. WHEN PROTESTING DENIAL OF 520(C) OR 520(D) CLAIM IT IS THE DATE OF DENIAL. INTERVENTIONS MAY BE FILED ANYTIME BEGINNING WITH THE FILING OF PROTEST OF ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION ENDING WITH USCS DECISION. FOR PROTESTS OR CLAIMS RELATED TO ENTRIES, LQUIDATION DATE CONSTITUTES THE START OF THE PERIOD. ANY OTHER CASE REQURES A FILING/AMENDMENT BASE DATE BE SUBMITTED BY THE FILER, TO BE VERIFIED BY USCS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FILING PERIOD BASE DATE FIELD IS NOT A VALID DATE.
RBU: RECON FILER NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER CODE GIVEN ON THE RECONCILIATION DOES NOT EXIST IN ACS. 
04H: ENTRY DISTRICT/PORT NOT NUMERIC

THE ENTRY DISTRICT/PORT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 'DDPP', IS USED IN MANY APPLICATIONS IN ABI. IT MUST CONSIST OF 4 NUMERICS. THE MOST COMMON ERROR IS TO PUT A DASH (-) BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE PORT.
VEM: FC 740:QTY EXCEEDS 03 ALLOWANCE

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. IF QUANTITY EXCEEDS 200, REPORT PRIOR APPROVAL BY SENDING A "Y" IN POSITION 7 OF THE FC01 RECORD, DATA ELEMENT "03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER QUANTITY APPROVAL".
Z29: HTS REQUIRES FORMAL ENTRY

CERTAIN HTS NUMBERS WITH A VALUE GREATER THAN $250.00 REQUIRES A FORMAL ENTRY TYPE. APPENDIX K OF THE CATAIR (AS WELL AS PERIODIC ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES) LIST THE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE $250 LIMITATION. ON THE TARIFF FILE, THESE TARIFF NUMBERS ARE CODED "MIS-REQ" WITH A VALUE OF "2". IF AN INFORMAL ENTRY SUMMARY IS TRANSMITTED TO ABI WITH A VALUE OVER $250 ON A LINE CONTAINING A TYPE "2" TARIFF NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. NOTE: IF THE HSAS FILE SHOWS MIS-REQ WITH BOTH A "0" AND A "2", THE "0" CONDITION APPLIES AND ERROR MESSAGE 51D WILL BE GENERATED RATHER THAN THIS ERROR MESSAGE. IMPORT SPECIALIST NOTE: SEE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE @
4F7: TARIFF NUMBER INVALID

TARIFF NUMBER MUST BE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT: ABI - 10 DIGITS, CHECK DIGIT IS UNNECESSARY NON- ABI - 10 DIGITS, AND NUMERIC CHECK DIGIT FROM THE ABOVE, OR IF THE FIELD CONTAINS ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE PROVIDED.
506: CALC. DUTY DOES NOT MATCH EST.

THE TOTAL DUTY CALCULATED FROM THE ENTRY LINE ITEMS DOES NOT MATCH THE ESTIMATED DUTY FOR THE ENTRY. EACH LINE ON A MULTI-LINE SUMMARY SHOULD REFLECT THE EXACT DUTY AMOUNT DUE, BASED ON THE DUTY RATES APPLICABLE TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. HOWEVER, ABI WILL ALLOW A DIFFERENCE, PER LINE, OF UP TO $2.99 (PLUS OR MINUS) BETWEEN THE ACTUAL CALCULATED DUTY AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT TRANSMITTED BY THE ABI FILER. THIS $2.99 DIFFERENCE ALSO APPLIES TO THE ENTRY, AS A WHOLE. THUS, WHILE INDIVIDUAL LINES MAY BE ALLOWED WITH THE DUTY DISCREPANCY CITED ABOVE, THE ENTRY MAY STILL BE REJECTED IF THE TOTAL DUTY AMOUNT TRANSMITTED (90 REC, POS 3-13) IS MORE THAN $2.99 ABOVE OR BELOW THE AMOUNT CALCULATED BY ABI AS BEING THE ACTUAL DUTY FOR ALL LINES ON THE SUMMARY. 
VGC: FD 701: STORAGE STATUS INV

THERE ARE ONLY THREE ACCEPTABLE FDA STORAGE STATUSES (REC FD01, POS 15): "R" FOR REFRIGERATED, "F" FOR FROZEN AND "A" FOR AMBIENT. USE OF ANY OTHER LETTERS, NUMBERS OR CHARACTERS WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
VHE: FC 740:INV PUBLIC W/HOLD IND

A CODE OF 'W' (WITHHOLD) IS SENT IN THE FC02 RECORD, POSITION 17, IF THE IMPORTER REQUESTS FCC 740 DATA BE WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION. ANY OTHER CODE WILL BE REJECTED. 
899: WARNING-ZERO QTY FOR VALUE EDIT

TARIFF QUANTITIES MAY BE ROUNDED DOWN TO ZERO. IF THERE IS A VALUE EDIT FOR SUCH A LINE, THE RESULTS WILL BE INCONSISTENT. FOR ABI PURPOSES, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT, APPLICATION EI, CONTAINS A ZERO OR BLANK QUANTITY IN THE 50 REC, POS 24-35, AND THE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 50 RECORD HAS A VALUE EDIT (I.E. "OTHER GLASSWARE, LEAD CRYSTAL, OVER $5 EACH").
EJR: REQUIRED-PARTY-MISSING

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C08 REC, POS 4-5, IS USED TO REPORT PARTY QUALIFIER CODES THAT RELATE TO THE INVOICE. THREE PARTY QU LIFIER CODES ARE MANDATORY IN EVERY INVOICE: "UC" (ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE), "SU" (SUPPLIER), AND "IM" (IMPORTER). IF A C08 RECORD IS NOT TRANSMITTED WITH EACH OF THESE THREE CODES, AT A MINIMUM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VAD: DT HS7:BOX NUMBER REQUIRED

IF MERCHANDISE IS SUBJECT TO DOT REPORTING, THE BOX NUMBER FROM THE HS-7 FORM IS A MANDATORY INPUT ELEMENT. IF THE BOX NUMBER IS NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE BOX NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT01 REC, POS 8-9.  
APS: HARDCOPY INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS DO NOT APPLY. ONCE TO 'S' THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR CAN NOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED HARDCOPY INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'. 
385: COUNTRY ON GSP EXCLUSION (TSUSA)

PROPERLY ENTERED GSP-INDICATOR ('A' OR 'B'), AND OTHERWISE VALID GSP-COUNTRY RESULT IN AN INVALID GSP CLAIM BECAUSE GSP-COUNTRY IS ON THE 'EXCLUSION LIST' FOR THE DUTIABLE TARIFF NUMBER. SEE THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.
EI4: INVALID ALLOWANCE CHARGE AMOUNT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C17 AND C18 RECORDS PROVIDE FOR THE REPORTING OF HEADER LEVEL CHARGES/ALLOWANCES. (THE C51/C53 RECORDS REPORT THESE ELEMENTS AT THE LINE LEVEL, BUT THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE RECORDS). THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN POS 4-18 OF THE C18 RECORD MUST VARY BY NO MORE THAN ONE CENT, PLUS OR MINUS, WHEN COMPARED TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PRODUCED FROM THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS TRANSMITTED ON THE C17 RECORD. THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS IN THE C17 RECORD THAT ARE USED IN THE CALCULATION IS: - RATE/PER UNIT X UNIT PRICE BASIS /NBR OF PRICING UNITS (FROM ALL THE PRECEDING C33 RECORDS.) (IF C51/53 RECORDS ARE USED, ONLY THE C33 RECORD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE C51/53 RECORDS IS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS).

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