Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VDD: MPF SURCHARGE REQUIRED

THIS IS AN ENTRY LEVEL USER FEE. THIS $3.00 FEE IS REPORTED IN THE 34 AND 89 RECORDS USING COLLECTION CLASS CODE "500". THE FEE AMOUNT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE 90 RECORD FOR THE TOTAL FEES DUE. THE MPF SURCHARGE IS DUE AND PAYABLE FOR EACH MANUAL ENTRY OR RELEASE UNLESS THE ENTRY OR RELEASE IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF EXEMPT PRODUCTS. MANUAL ENTRIES ARE DEFINED AS THOSE FILED BY FILERS WHO ARE NOT CERTIFIED BY CUSTOMS FOR ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY (CERTIFICATION IN ONLY ONE PORT FULFILLS THE REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PORTS). THE ONE EXCEPTION IS THE NORTHERN BORDER. FOR FILERS WHO ARE ONLY LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN LAND BORDER, MANUAL ENTRIES ARE DEFINED AS THOSE FILED BY FILERS WHO ARE NOT CERTIFIED BY CUSTOMS FOR ABI ENTRY SUMMARY. MAINLY TESTING AND NEWLY OPERATIONAL ABI FILERS RECEIVE THIS ERROR.
AD8: INVOICE LINES NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN EI 42 RECORD IS SENT WITH INVOICE LINES THAT ARE NOT ALL NUMERIC (E.G. A001).  
031: INVALID/MISSING DISTR. PORT CODE

EITHER YOUR INPUT CODE IS NOT A FOUR DIGIT NUMERIC OR IT IS NOT ON THE ACS REGION/DISTRICT/PORT FILE.
ARW: REFUND PARTY NBR NOT ON FILE

THE NUMBER LISTED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS ERROR IS THAT THE IRS, SSN OR USCS NUMBER HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED IN AN IMPROPER FORMAT. DASHES MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE FORMAT. FOR IRS NUMBERS, NN-NNNNNNNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR SSN'S, NNN-NN-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR USCS NUMBERS, YYDDPP-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. IRS NUMBERS MUST BE 12 CHARACTERS LONG; NUMBERS LISTED AT THE 10 CHARACTER LEVEL WILL BE REJECTED BECAUSE ALL IRS NUMBERS ARE LISTED AT THE 12 CHARACTER LEVEL IN THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. WHEN A 2 CHARACTER SUFFIX IS NOT USED AT THE END OF THE IRS NUMBER, 2 ZEROS SHOULD BE USED (NN-NNNNNNN00).
42A: SPI INVALID FOR CATEGORY

IF SPI FOR THIS ENTRY IS'G' THEN CATEGORY MUST BE '443', '444', '643', '644', '843', OR '844'. 
B35: INVALID OR MISSING ZIP CODE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE $I (ADD MANUFACTURER) TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER SENDS AN INVALID ZIP CODE OR IS SENDING BLANKS IN THE ZIP CODE FIELD. 
VNV: INVALID STATUS ON IMPORT ENTRY

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DESIGNATED IMPORT IS NOT IN A VALID PROCESS STATUS. IT MAY BE CANCELLED, OR MAY ONLY BE A SHELL PAYMENT, OR ONLY A RELEASE. THE FILER WILL BE ADVISED OF THE CONDITION. THIS SAME ERROR WILL BE USED FOR RECONCILIATION TO INDICATE THAT AN ASSOCIATED IMPORT IS NOT IN A VALID PROCESS STATUS. NORMALLY, THIS MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY HAS BEEN CANCELLED, BUT THERE MAY BE OTHER INVALID STATUSES.
ARR: ON FILE OR ACTION CODE IS WRONG

THE ID NUMBER OF THE REFUND CARE/OF PARTY IS ALREADY ON THE PROTEST RECORD MAKING IT A DUPLICATE, OR THE FILER NEEDS TO CHECK THAT THE APPROPRIATE ACTION CODE IS BEING USED: "A" = ADD, "R" = REPLACE. 
EI9: ID NUMBER (A) REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C37 RECORD PROVIDES FOR THE REPORTING OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (OTHER THAN THE ITEM NUMBER REPORTED IN THE C33 RECORD). EACH IDENTIFICATION NUMBER MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ID QUALIFIER, TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6 (FOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER "A"). IF POS 4-6 IS POPULATED WITH ONE OF THE FOUR VALID QUALIFIERS, POS 7-41 MUST CONTAIN DATA. IF POS 7-41 IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - AT THE CURRENT TIME (APRIL 1998), IF POS 4-6 IS BLANK AND POS 7-41 IS ALSO BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO GENERATE.
8WY: INVALID HOUSE BL/AWB NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE L3 REC, POS 36-47. IF THE NUMBER REPORTED IN THIS FIELD IS FEWER THAN 12 CHARACTERS LONG, THE NUMBER SHOULD BE LEFT JUSTIFIED. IF ANY LEADING SPACES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VEY: FD 701: DUP AFFIRM/COMPLIANCE

MORE THAN ONE FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE (AND QUALIFIER IF APPLICABLE) CAN BE SENT FOR AN FDA LINE FOR A SINGLE FDA PRODUCT CODE. THE FIRST AFFIRMATION IS SENT IN REC FD01, POS 20-22. IF MORE THAN ONE AFFIRMATION (AND QUALIFIER, IF APPLICABLE) APPLIES THEY ARE SENT IN SEPARATE FD05 RECORDS, POS 5-7. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A DUPLICATE AFFIRMATION CODE IS SENT IN AN FD05 RECORD THAT MATCHES WHAT WAS SENT IN THE FD01 RECORD.
VOM: INVALID REMOTE ENTRY DDPP

THE DDPP SENT IN THE 'REMOTE DDPP' PORTION OF THE 'B' RECORD, POSITIONS 47-50 MUST BE A VALID DDPP IN THE DISTRICT/PORT FILE.
APD: FILER REF. NBR REQUIRED

THE BROKER/FILER ASSIGNED DOCUMENT/REFERENCE NUMBER FOR THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS REQUIRED AT INITIAL FILING AND ALL SUBSEQUENT (AMENDMENT ADDENDA & SERVICE REQUEST) FILINGS. 
AP2: HEADER/DETAIL DATA REQUIRED

ONE OR MORE REQUIRED RECORDS IS MISSING. A P10 IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL, AMENDMENT, ADDENDA, AND SERVICE REQUESTS. THE P11 IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL FILING. THE P11 SHOULD BE USED AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT OR ADDENDA ONLY TO CHANGE A 'N' (NO) SAMPLE AND/OR 'N' (NO) HARDCOPY INDICATOR TO 'S' (SENT). THE P15 RECORD IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL FILING. THE P16 RECORD IS REQUIRED WHEN FURTHER REVIEW IS REQUESTED IN THE ACCOMPANYING P10 OF THE INITIAL FILING OR AMENDMENT TRANSACTION.
1F5: RELEASE NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY AND AN ENTRY NUMBER TRANSMITTED AS A "RELEASE" IN THE EI 32 RECORD IS NOT ON FILE. THIS MESSAGE  WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN "AE " MESSAGE, "ERROR IN A32 REC;RLSE #" WHERE '#' DENOTES THE RELEASE NUMBER.
VGP: FD 701: VALUE MUST BE > 0

THE FDA VALUE IN REC FD03, POS 5-15, MUST BE MORE THAN ZERO. BLANKS ARE PERMITTED. 
VBJ: FW 3-177: QUANTITY MUST BE > 0

THE FISH AND WILDLIFE QUANTITY (REC FW03, POS 5-16) IS MANDATORY EVEN IF IDENTICAL TO THE QUANTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TARIFF NUMBER. THIS FIELD CANNOT BE SPACE FILLED OR ZERO FILLED.
EJ9: INVALID INVOICE NUMBER FORMAT

INVOICE NUMBERS CAN CONSIST ONLY OF LETTERS, NUMBERS, SLASHES, OR DASHES. TRAILING SPACES ARE ALLOWED, IMBEDDED SPACES ARE NOT. LETTERS MUST BE IN UPPER CASE. NOTE: AS OF MAY 1995, THE SLASH (/) IS NO LONGER PERMITTED AS A VALID CHARACTER IN THE INVOICE NUMBER. THE INVOICE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 REC, POS 20-36.
AQE: TARIFF ACT CITATION INVALID

THIS FIELD IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE SECTION OF CUSTOMS CODE UNDER WHICH THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS BEING FILED. VALID VALUES ARE: 1 - SECTION 514 PROTEST 2 - SECTION 520(C) PETITION 3 - SECTION 520(D) PETITION 4 - SECTION 181.115 INTERVENTION UNDER NAFTA
VEP: ENTRY HAS NO FDA DATA

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN FDA ATTEMPTS TO SEND PROCESSING RESULTS ON AN ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN DELETED FROM SELECTIVITY BY CUSTOMS AFTER THE INFORMATION HAD BEEN TRANSMITTED TO FDA VIA THE KI TRANSACTION BUT BEFORE THE DELETE STATUS WAS SENT TO FDA.
ASO: ENTRY LIST INCOMPLETE

ENTRY LIST INCOMPLETE. 
VGQ: FD 701: ESTBLSMNT ID NOT ON FILE

AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER (FEI) NUMBER IS A TWELVE-DIGIT NUMBER THAT IDENTIFIES A DOMESTIC LOCATION (ADDRESS) OF AN FDA IMPORTER OR DOMESTIC CLIENT. THESE NUMBERS ARE CREATED IN THE FDA INTERFACE BY FILERS REQUESTING, THROUGH ABI TO FDA, A NUMBER FOR A DOMESTIC LOCATION. THE REQUEST IS MOST OFTEN MADE WHEN THE FILER HAS SENT A FOREIGN-BASED CONSIGNEE AND HAS RECEIVED AN FDA REJECT. THE FEI NUMBER, IF USED, IS SENT IN REC FD03, POS 15-26 AND MUST CONTAIN 12 NUMERIC CHARACTERS. THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE IS TO OMIT THE FIRST TWO ZEROS AND TRANSMIT ONLY TEN NUMBERS.
RBI: RECONCILIATION TEAM INVALID

THE RECON SUMMARY HAS BEEN GIVEN WITH AN INVALID RECONCILIATION TEAM NUMBER.
2C1: BOND EXPIRED

A VALID BOND WAS ON FILE FOR IMPORTER, BUT IT HAS EXPIRED. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO OCCUR IF THE FILER USES A VALID BOND THAT IS NOT A TYPE 1 OR 1A1 (THE ONLY VALID BOND TYPES FOR IMPORTATIONS BY IMPORTERS). CLIENT REPS CAN CHECK THE BOND FILE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE BOND IS ON FILE FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBER. NOTE: IF THE PORT PROCESSING THE BOND DOES NOT COMPLETE THE UPDATE ACTION, AN ABI FILER TRANSMITTING AN ENTRY SUMMARY THAT REFERENCES AN 'INCOMPLETE' BOND WILL RECEIVE THIS ERROR MESSAGE AS WELL.
VOZ: DT HS7: FORM MAY BE REQUIRED

IMPORTED PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE CODED DT1 OR DT2 ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE. IF THE CODING IS DT1, THE FILER HAS THE OPTION OF REPORTING THE DATA OR SENDING A DISCLAIMER. IF NEITHER DATA NOR A DISCLAIMER IS TRANSMITTED, THE ABOVE ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED (AS OF JAN 1998, ONLY 7 OF THE DOT-REGULATED TARIFF NUMBERS ARE CODED DT1)

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