Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

94J: EXPECTED UNH SEGMENT NOT FND

THIS IS A UN/EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR MESSAGE. IT INDICATES THAT THE UNH MESSAGE HEADER IS MISSING.  
2AZ: SURETY CODE NOT REQD FOR BOND TYP

THIS MESSAGE PERTAINS TO INFORMAL ENTRY SUMMARIES, TRANSMITTED WITH A SURETY CODE IN POS 73-75 OF THE 10 REC. IF NO BOND TYPE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 49 OF THIS RECORD, THE SURETY CODE IS NOT PERMITTED.
ARA: PROTESTANT DATA REQUIRED

PROTESTANT IDENTIFICATION DATA IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION FILING. WHEN PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F' (FOREIGN EXPORTER/PRODUCER) OR 'O' (OTHER), PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS DATA MAY BE CORRECTED BY FILING AN AMEND- MENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD OR BY FILING AN ADDENDA AFTER THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED.
INC: DATA CONTAINED IN SPACE FILL

TO BE USED WHEN FIELDS THAT ARE DESIGNATED 'SPACE FILL ONLY' HAVE DATA ENTERED. 
EJF: NAME OF DECLARANT REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 RECORD IS PROVIDED TO ENABLE THE FILER TO TRANSMIT A "SIGNATURE" FOR THE INVOICE. THE FIELD IS CALLED "DECLARANT" AND IS REPORTED IN POS 5-36.IF THIS ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
29H: INVALID DIST/PORT/BROKER

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A DISTRICT/PORT/FILER COMBINATION IN THE 10 RECORD OF AN ENTRY SUMMARY EI TRANSACTION, AN H1 RECORD FOR AN HI TRANSACTION OR AN 01 RECORD OF A HN TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE FILER PROFILE DATABASE.
VDL: MAX LINES ALLOWED IS 999

THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CUSTOMS LINES THAT CAN BE SENT ON AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY IS 999. 
EJL: TOTAL SUBJECT TO US DUTY WRONG

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C81 RECORD, POS 53-67 (WITH TWO DECIMAL PLACES OCCUPYING THE LAST TWO POSITIONS) DISPLAYS THE TOTAL VALUE SUBJECT TO DUTY FOR THE INVOICE. THIS FIGURE IS THE SUM OF THE VARIOUS C33 RECORD INVOICE AMOUNTS, WITH ADJUSTMENTS FOR VARIOUS ALLOWANCES AND CHARGES, AS OUTLINED ON PAGE AII-57, NOTE 2. IF THE TOTAL OF ALL C33 AND RELATED RECORDS, ROUNDED TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES, DOES NOT EXACTLY AGREE WITH THE FIGURE REPORTED IN POS 53-67 OF THE C81 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. GENERALLY, THIS FIGURE WILL MATCH THE "TOTAL INVOICE VALUE" REPORTED IN POS 8-22 OF THE C81 RECORD, BUT WILL ALSO INCLUDE ANY VALUE REPORTED ON THE C84 RECORD, POS 50-64, "PREPAYMENT TOTAL".
DK8: TOT SCHEDB TRAILER COUNT INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. THE SUM OF THE ABI 'D12', 'D20', 'D25', '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, WE CANNOT KNOW WHETHER THE TOTAL COUNT IS SIMPLY WRONG, OR THE TOTAL COUNT IS RIGHT AND WE ARE MISSING RECORDS. 
" J04: LAST 8 CHARACTERS MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE PERTAINS TO AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS. MASTER AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS ARE ALL NUMERIC IN FORMAT. HOUSE AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS ARE PERMITTED TO REFLECT ALPHA CHARACTERS. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A MASTER AIR WAYBILL NUMBER THAT INCLUDES ALPHA CHARACTERS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.  
549: INVALID COLLECTION. MODE/PAY TYPE/DATE

THIS MESSAGE ARISES FROM AN ATTEMPT BY A NON-AUTHORIZED FILER TO SCHEDULE AN ENTRY SUMMARY FOR PAYMENT VIA STATEMENT PROCESSING. IF THE FILER IS IN TEST STATUS (OR IN OPERATIONAL SUMMARY STATUS, BUT NOT YET IN OPERATIONAL OR TEST STATUS FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING), AND SENDS AN EI APPLICATION TO ABI WITH THE PAYMENT TYPE (30 REC, POS 53) AND PAYMENT DUE DATE (EI REC, POS 54-59) COMPLETED, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT.
EIZ: RELATED DOCUMENT NUMBER REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C19 REC, POS 7-41, ALLOWS THE FILER TO DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF RELATED DOCUMENT IDENTIFIED IN POS 4-6 OF THIS RECORD. IF A VALID DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER (SEE APPENDIX B OF THE CATAIR) IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6, POS 7-41 CANNOT BE BLANK.  
4CC: ENTRY TYPE MUST BE QUOTA

COMMODITIES LISTED ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE FILE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO QUOTA REPORTING FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES MUST BE ENTERED USING AN APPROPRIATE QUOTA ENTRY TYPE CODE. CURRENTLY, "02" (CONSUMPTION QUOTA ENTRY) OR "07" (COMBINATION QUOTA/ADD OR CVD ENTRY TYPE) ARE THE TWO QUOTA ENTRY TYPES.
12H: CARR CODE REQ FOR MOT 10,11,40

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF ABI FILERS TRANSMIT CARGO RELEASE APPLICATION HI FOR CARGO THAT ARRIVES IN THE UNITED STATES VIA OCEAN OR AIR MODES OF TRANSPORTATION (MOT 10, 11, 40, 41). THE CARRIER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE H1 REC, POS 61-64 (FOUR CHARACTER OCEAN CARRIER CODE) OR POS 61-62 (TWO-CHARACTER AIR CARRIER CODE). THE FILER MAY ALSO RECEIVE ERROR MESSAGE 2DF, WHICH HAS THE SAME MEANING AS MESSAGE 12H.
VHZ: DT HS7: V ELIGIBILITY NBR REQ'D

IF BOX 03 IS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT01 REC, POS 8-9, A VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 64-69 OF THE DT01 RECORD. 
17I: UNKNOWN APPLICATION CODE

THE ABI APPLICATION CODE ENTERED ON THE 'B' RECORD WAS NOT FOUND IN THE APPLICATION CODE FILE. ACTION: CORRECT THE CODE ENTERED ON THE 'B' RECORD AND RESTART THE APPLICATION.
977: TEXTILE CATEGORY INVALID

THIS MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN A SUMMARY THAT HAS QUOTA MERCHANDISE IS TRANSMITTED TO ABI WITH A LINE THAT IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA/VISA REPORTING, BUT FOR WHICH NO 51 RECORD IS ALSO INCLUDED. THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM ERROR MESSAGE 0LK, WHICH  WILL RESULT FROM THE TRANSMISSION OF THE WRONG CATEGORY NUMBER (FROM THE TARIFF FILE).
AB9: INVALID ACTIVITY CODE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT'S BOND IS VALID, BUT IS FOR AN ACTIVITY CODE OTHER THAN 1A (DRAWBACK). OLD CODE 1A1 BONDS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE FOR DRAWBACK.  
Q19: 'QT' PAYMENT TYPE INVALID

THE PAYMENT TYPE (REC QT, POS 9-10) MUST BE "01" AT THE CURRENT TIME. EVENTUALLY, OTHER CUSTOMS OBLIGATIONS SUCH AS BILLS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR ACH PAYMENT USING OTHER PAYMENT TYPE INDICATORS. UNTIL THAT ENHANCEMENT IS ANNOUNCED, ONLY PAYMENT TYPE 01 WILL BE ACCEPTED BY ABI (WHICH MEANS THAT SPACES "00" OR A "1" WILL ALSO BE REJECTED).
VNT: DBK IMPORT ENTRY NOT ON FILE

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DESIGNATED IMPORT ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AS GIVEN. ACS DOES A MATCH ON THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER AND THE PORT OF ENTRY GIVEN ON THE DISKETTE BY THE FILER. IF THE FILER USES AN IMPORT ENTRY/PORT COMBINATION THAT IS NOT VALID IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THEREFORE, EITHER THE ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AT ALL, OR IT DOES NOT EXIST FOR THE PORT INDICATED. NOTE: THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE VALID ENTRIES ARE NOT IN ACS (E.G. INFORMALS THAT WERE JUST DONE ON CASH RECEIPTS). FOR THESE, A SPECIAL CM NUMBER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ACS. IF THE FILER INDICATES THAT THIS IS THE CASE, THE FILER MAY DESIGNATE THE MONIES FROM CM888888/9900. THIS CM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED JUST FOR THIS CASE WHERE EITHER AN INFORMAL OR MAIL ENTRY WAS DONE ON A CASH RECEIPT WITH NO ACS ENTRY RECORD CREATED.
VLL: TOT CERT MFGR 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.
VBA: BRANCH CODE INVALID W/O STMT IND

REMOVE BRANCH CODE FOR 20REC WHEN PAYMENT INDICATOR IS NOT EQUAL TO 2, 3 OR 5 IN ADDITION, A VALID PAY DATE MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 54-59, WHENEVER A PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 53. IF THE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS PRESENT, BUT THE PAYMENT DUE DATE IS BLANK OR ZEROES, AND A BRANCH CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VL6: DRAWBACK DDPP MUST = B REC DDPP

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT WHILE THE DRAWBACK CLAIM DDPP MAY BE CORRECT, IT DOES NOT MATCH THE DDPP OF THE DRAWBACK FILING LOCATION (THE PC PORT CODE THAT THE MAINFRAME RECOGNIZES). THIS MESSAGE MAY APPEAR IN COMBINATION WITH ANY OTHER INVALID DDPP MESSAGES. IN ABI, THE PORT CODE IN THE 'B' CONTROL RECORD MUST MATCH THE PORT CODE FOR THE CLAIM IN THE 'D10' RECORD.
APC: USCS PROTEST NBR NOT ON FILE

THE VALUE ASSIGNED IN THE PROTEST NUMBER FIELD IS NOT A VALID CUSTOMS ASSIGN PROTEST NUMBER. THE CUSTOMS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER IS ASSIGNED AT INITIAL PROTEST FILING AND IS REQUIRED FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT (AMENDMENT, ADDENDA & SERVICE REQUEST) FILINGS FOR THAT PROTEST. 
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.

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