Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

EID: PAYMENT TERMS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). PAYMENT TERMS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C02 REC, POS 6-75. THIS FIELD MAY NOT BE BLANK OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
DKA: CONTRACT EXPIRED/REVOKED

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT IN THE DRAWBACK CLAIM HEADER (D11) OR THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD (D12) FOR ONE OF THE CONTRACT NUMBERS GIVEN, THE CONTRACT HAS EITHER EXPIRED OR BEEN REVOKED. 
Q17: DSI FILE MISSING STATEMENT IMPORTER

THE STATEMENT NUMBER IN THE 'QT' RECORD IS IDENTIFIED AS AN IMPORTER STATEMENT WITH A SPECIFIC IMPORTER NUMBER; THE PAYOR UNIT NUMBER PROVIDED IN THE 'QT' RECORD IS NOT ASSIGNED TO THAT IMPORTER ON THE DATA FILE.
"42E: DATA REPLACED WITH WARNINGS

THIS IS AN ABI OUTPUT MESSAGE THAT IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION HI). IT WILL ALWAYS BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER SPECIFIC MESSAGE THAT DESCRIBES THE ELEMENT THAT GENERATED THE WARNING MESSAGE ('CONSIGNEE IS FOREIGN BASED' IS AN EXAMPLE). THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS ACTION CODE 'R' IN THE H1 RECORD, POSITION 3
BRM: POSSIBLE FEE MISMATCH

THE ORIGINAL FEE AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN FEE CLASS CODE IN THE RECON'S 'R21' RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT USCS SHOWS AS BEING THE FEE AMOUNT FOR THAT CLASS CODE ON THE ORIGINAL IMPORT ENTRY. THIS MESSAGE USUALLY RESULTS WHEN ABI ATTEMPTS TO VERIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FEE CLASS AMOUNTS ON THE IMPORT ENTRY AGREE WITH THE AMOUNTS REPORTED IN THE RECON ENTRY (R21 RECORD). IF THE IMPORT ENTRY HAS BEEN RED-LINED DURING THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS, THE USFI RECORD (WHERE FEES ARE DISPLAYED BY CLASS CODE AND AMOUNT) WILL BE BLANK AND THE LNLI RECORDS (ENTRY LINE DATA FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY) IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE BLANK. THUS ABI HAS NO FILE TO SEARCH TO VERIFY THE HMF OR MPF AMOUNT CLAIMED BY THE RECON FILER IN ITS R21 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE IS A WARNING, HOWEVER, AND WILL NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CAUSE A RECON ENTRY TO BE REJECTED.
EJ1: TOTAL AMT OF INVOICE LINES WRONG

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C84 REC, POS 4-18, IS WHERE THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ALL THE INVOICE LINES ON THE INSTANT INVOICE IS REPORTED. THIS AMOUNT WILL INCLUDE THE ITEM AMOUNT TOTAL FROM EACH C33 REC, POS 37-51, PLUS OR MINUS THE APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCES OR CHARGES REPORTED IN ANY C17 OR C53 RECORD. THESE AMOUNTS ARE TOTALED AT THE FOUR-DECIMAL LEVEL AND THEN SHOULD BE ROUNDED TO TWO DECIMALS FOR INCLUSION IN THE C84 RECORD. IF THE FIGURE REPORTED IN THE C84 RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE OTHER TOTALS, THIS ERROR WILL BE GENERATED. THERE IS A $3.00 (PLUS OR MINUS) VARIATION ALLOWED BETWEEN THE C84 TOTAL AND THE TOTAL OF THE OTHER RECORDS.
EIK: NAME/ADDRESS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). IN THE C08 RECORD, POS 4-5 PROVIDE FOR A PARTY TYPE CODE. THE ACCEPTABLE TWO-CHARACTER CODES FOR THIS FIELD ARE LISTED ON PAGE AII-17 OF THE CATAIR. FOR ALL CODES EXCEPT "UC" AND "IM", A NAME AND ADDRESS IS REQUIRED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C09-C11 RECORDS. IF ANY VALID CODE OTHER THAN "IM" OR "UC" IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C08 RECORD AN NO ASSOCIATED C09-C11 RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
DKG: CLAIM EXISTS - SUBMIT 'DELETE'

THIS MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IF THE FILER HAS USED AN ADDITION/DELETION CODE OF 'A' ON THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD OF THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE (THE 'D10' RECORD FOR ABI) AND THE DRAWBACK CLAIM ALREADY EXISTS ON CUSTOMS FILE. A DELETE OF A CLAIM BY A FILER CAN ONLY BE HONORED IF THE CLAIM IS STILL IN ABI STATUS. ALL CLAIMS CREATED BY DISKETTE OR VIA ABI ARE PLACED IN ABI STATUS BY ACS WHEN FIRST ACCEPTED ERROR-FREE. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO IMPORT ENTRIES FILED ELECTRONICALLY VIA ABI. ONCE IN CUSTOMS STATUS, THEY CANNOT BE DELETED BY THE FILER. IF NOT IN CUSTOMS STATUS, FILER MUST SUBMIT A 'D' ACTION CODE. NOTE: THE CLAIM CANNOT BE DELETED AT ALL IF ACCELERATED DRAWBACK HAS BEEN PAID. IF ACCELERATED HAS BEEN PAID AND THE FILER WISHES TO DELETE, THE CLAIM WILL HAVE TO BE LIQUIDATED "NO DRAWBACK" AND A BILL ISSUED FOR REPAYMENT OF THE ACCELERATED DRAWBACK. IF ACCELERATED HAS NOT BEEN PAID, BUT THE ENTRY IS IN A CUSTOMS STATUS, IT CAN BE CANCELLED, BUT NOT DELETED.
BE3: BLANK CANADIAN EXCISE NBR INVALID

IF AN EI APPLICATION INCLUDES A '57' RECORD, THE CANADIAN EXCISE NUMBER ON MUST BE NON-BLANK. 
VHX: DT HS7: NHTSA RI NBR NOT ON FILE

IF A REGISTERED IMPORTER NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT02 RECORD, POS 56-63, IT MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT: R-YY-NNN. THE NUMBER TRANSMITTED MUST ALSO RESIDE ON THE DTRL DATABASE. IF THE NUMBER IS NOT ON THE DTRL FILE OR IS NOT TRANSMITTED IN THE PROPER FORMAT, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
ARU: REFUND PARTY TYPE INVALID

WHEN LISTING A REFUND CARE/OF PARTY, BOTH AN IRS NUMBER AND PARTY TYPE CODE ARE REQUIRED. ONLY THE FOLLOWING LETTERS ARE VALID PARTY TYPE CODES: B - BROKER D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - SHIP'S MASTER S - SURETY T - ATTORNEY V - VESSEL OWNER/OPERATOR THE LETTER USED IN THE REFUND CARE/OF DATA FIELD IS NOT VALID.
VAQ: COMM. INVOICE DATA NOT ON FILE

FILERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE PROGRAM (EIP) MUST TRANSMIT COMMERCIAL INVOICE DATA TO ABI PRIOR TO TRANSMITTING THEIR SUMMARY DATA IF THE SUMMARY CONTAINS AN "E" IN POS 56 OF THE 10 RECORD. IF THE FILER IS PARTICIPATING IN THE INVOICE BY REQUEST PROGRAM, THEN IT IS PERMISSABLE TO TRANSMIT THE 42 RECORD WITH THE INVOICE NUMBER AND THE 43 RECORD WITH THE "INVREQ" DATA WITHOUT FIRST TRANSMITTING THE COMMERCIAL INVOICE. HOWEVER, UNLESS ONE OF THE TWO CONDITIONS ABOVE IS MET, A TRANSMISSION OF THE SUMMARY AS AN ELECTRONIC SUMMARY (EIP) WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS ERROR MESSAGE. **NOTE** IF THE FILER USES MORE THAN ONE 42 RECORD PER 40 RECORD, AND "INVREQ" PERTAINS TO THE 42 RECORD, EACH 42 RECORD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A 43 RECORD. IF THIS PAIRING IS NOT FOLLOWED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
" 4GE: NO QUOTA RECORD FOR THIS TARIFF

THE TARIFF, AS INPUT, HAS NO QUOTA RECORD ON THE QUOTA FILE. 
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. .
AS4: WRN: 520 CLAIM MAYBE UNTIMELY

A 520 PETITION MAY BE FILED WITHIN 1 YEAR OF THE DATE OF NOTICE OF LIQUIDATION OF AN ENTRY. ACS COMPARES THE SYSTEM DATE TO THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRY (OR OLDEST ENTRY WHEN MULTIPLE ENTRIES ARE CITED), TO DETERMINE IF THE DATE OF FILING HAS OCCURRED AFTER THE 365TH DAY. ACS DOES NOT CALCULATE 365 DAYS FROM DATE OF IMPORTATION FOR 520(D) PETITIONS.
658: INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER FORMAT

INPUT IS NOT ONE OF 3 ACCEPTABLE FORMATS:  SS #-NNN-NN-NNNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED # NNNNNN-NNNNN IRS # NN-NNNNNNNXX
VDB: INFORMAL FEE CAN'T BE > $2.00

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN AN ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY CERTIFIED FILER TRANSMITS AN INFORMAL ENTRY WITH AN INFORMAL FEE4 OF MORE THAN $2.00. THE INFORMAL FEE CANNOT EXCEED $2.00 IF THE FILER IS ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY CERTIFIED.
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.
4CU: VISA # INVALID FOR FASHION SAMPLE

SPI "M" IS USED TO REPORT IMPORTATIONS OF FASHION SAMPLES OR CERTAIN CARPETS FROM CHINA. (SEE ADMIN MSG 97-0482, 97-0952, AND 97-0990). ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IF "M" IS USED, THE VISA NUMBER FOR THE ITEM IN QUESTION MAY NOT BE TRANSMITTED TO ABI. IF THE VISA NUMBER IS SENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
680: BOND NOT ON FILE

THE BOND FILE VALIDATION DID NOT FIND THE BOND TYPE ON FILE THAT WAS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF ENTRY. NO CONTINUOUS BOND IS ON FILE FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD. A DOUBLE SEARCH FOR BONDS OF PARENT COMPANIES DOES NOT APPLY TO CONTINUOUS BONDS. EACH SUBSIDIARY MUST BE UPDATED TO A BOND. IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO 1A BOND ON FILE FOR THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT WHO IS TRYING TO OBTAIN A SPECIAL PRIVILEGE OTHER THAN WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE.
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. 
2C0: BOND NOT IN EFFECT

A VALID BOND IS ON FILE, BUT IS NOT EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF THE QUOTA ENTRY. OR, IF NOT ABI, CHECK BOND TYPE ON ENTRY HEADER MASTER RECORD. IF (9), MUST "X" 'S.E.B.' ACS WILL NOT CHECK CONTINUOUS (301) BOND FILE.
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.
VP5: ENTRY SUMM ALREADY ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE WHEN THE NAFTA CLAIM ENTRY SUMMARY NUMBER SENT IN POSITIONS 11-21 OF THE D01 RECORD ALREADY EXISTS AS A CLAIM.
EJ6: INVOICE DELETED AS REQUESTED

INVOICE DELETED FROM EIH BUT NOT EIX.

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