Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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. 
FC3: FCCFORM 740 MAY BE REQUIRED

 THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE TARIFF NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE 50 REC, POS 4-13, IS CODED FC3 ON THE TARIFF DATABASE, THE FILER MUST PROVIDE EITHER AN FCC DISCLAIMER (OA RECORD) OR THE FCC DATA. IF NEITHER RECORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
RB9: RECON/IMPORT SURETY MISMATCH

THE SURETY CODE ON THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY DOES NOT MATCH THE SURETY CODE ON ONE OR MORE OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORT ENTRIES. ALL IMPORT ENTRIES AND THE RECON SUMMARY MUST HAVE THE SAME SURETY CODE. (IF THE IMPORTER NUMBER IDENTIFIED IN THE RECON AND IMPORT ENTRIES HAS CHANGED SURETY COMPANIES DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE RECON ENTRY, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE FILER TO FILE AT LEAST TWO RECON ENTRIES. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO MAINTAIN THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE SURETY SHOWN IN THE R10 REC, POS 32-34 AND THE SURETY IDENTIFED ON EACH IMPORT ENTRY).
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)
VPO: CLAIM EXPORT DATE INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE EXPORT DATE IS SENT IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITIONS 22-27. THIS EXPORT DATE MUST BE IN MMDDYY FORMAT. IF THE DATE IS SENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN YYDDMM OR WITH '999999, THIS REJECT WILL OCCUR.
AQC: FILING DDPP NOT PROTEST PORT

THE ADDRESS DDPP CODE IS VALID, BUT THE USCS ACS REGION-DISTRICT-PORT CODE RECORD FOR THAT PORT IS NOT FLAGGED AS OPERATIONAL FOR ELECTRONIC PROTEST. THE ELECTRONIC PROTEST SWITCH MUST BE SET TO 'YES'. PLEASE CONTACT THE PORT.
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.
15F: TARIFF NBR NOT LOGICALLY RELATED

THE TARIFF NUMBER IDENTIFIED IS NOT LOGICALLY RELATED TO ANOTHER TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IN THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE IS THE ATTEMPT TO REPORT A NUMBER FROM CHAPTERS 1-97 WITH TARIFF NUMBER 98010010NN. THIS IS A TARIFF NUMBER FOR REPORTING THE RETURN OF A PRODUCT MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER IS NOT PERMITTED WHEN REPORTING U.S. GOODS RETURNED. OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE REPORTING WATCH/CLOCK COMPONENTS NOT RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER AND REPORTING CERTAIN WEARING APPAREL ARTICLES AS PART OF AN ENSEMBLE WHEN THE DATABASE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE COMPONENT AS BELONGING TO THE ENSEMBLE.
94P: UNABLE TO LOCATE BGM SEGMENT

EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR. THE BGM (BEGINNING OF MESSAGE) SEGMENT IS MISSING. 
VKB: HLT: SEARCH NUMBER REQUIRED

TABLE NAME AND SEARCH NUMBER ARE BOTH REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A VALID TABLE LOCATE/INQUIRY DEFINITION. 
APU: SAMPLE INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A SAMPLE HAS 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 A SAMPLE DOES NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE SAMPLE INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE SAMPLE INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'.
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.
ADO: RELEASE ALREADY CONSOLIDATED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION WHEN A RELEASE ENTRY NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE A32 RECORD IS AN ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATED ON ANOTHER ENTRY SUMMARY NUMBER. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO OCCUR ON A NON-CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY TRANSMISSION IF THE ENTRY NUMBER HAS BEEN LISTED IN A 32 RECORD AS PART OF A CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY TRANSMISSION PREVIOUSLY SENT BY THE FILER.
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).
828: REFERENCE NUMBER VOIDED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE REFERENCE CF 4811# USED IN A DRAWBACK TRANSACTION IS VOIDED IN THE IMPORTER FILE. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS FOR RECONCILIATION WHEN THE REFERENCE CF 4811# IS VOIDED.
8XZ: EXTENSION TOO LATE, ENTRY CLOSED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A TIB EXTENSION REQUEST (APPLICATION XN). IF THE EXTENSION REQUEST IS TRANSMITTED ON OR AFTER THE DATE THAT THE TIB ENTRY WAS ALREADY CLOSED, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
EJK: INVALID TOTAL INVOICE VALUE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C81 RECORD, POS 8-22 (WITH TWO DECIMAL PLACES OCCUPYING THE LAST TWO POSITIONS) DISPLAYS THE TOTAL INVOICE VALUE FOR THE INVOICE BEING TRANSMITTED. THIS FIGURE IS THE SUM OF THE VARIOUS C33 RECORD INVOICE AMOUNTS, WITH ADJUSTMENTS FOR VARIOUS ALLOWANCES AND CHARGES, AS OUTLINED ON PAGE AII-59, NOTE 1. IF THE TOTAL OF ALL C33 AND RELATED RECORDS, ROUNDED TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES, DOES NOT EXACTLY AGREE WITH THE FIGURE REPORTED IN POS 8-22 OF THE C81 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
42A: SPI INVALID FOR CATEGORY

IF SPI FOR THIS ENTRY IS'G' THEN CATEGORY MUST BE '443', '444', '643', '644', '843', OR '844'. 
07R: PAPERLESS MIB/MOT CONFLICT

IF A PAPERLESS MIB ("V" NUMBER) IS TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE 22 RECORD IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION OR IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE HA RECORD IN THE ENTRY TRANSACTION THEN THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (MOT) TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 28-29 OF THE 20 RECORD (ENTRY SUMMARY) OR POSITIONS 32-33 OF THE H1 RECORD (CARGO SELECTIVITY) MUST BE 10 OR 11 (VESSEL).
VNE: OGA/LINE RLSE INDICATOR INVALID

THE ONLY LINE RELEASE INDICATOR ALLOWED IN REC 10, POS 80 IS A "1".IF IT DOES NOT APPLY THEN THE FILER SHOULD SPACE FILL THIS POSITION.
VMI: CANNOT CHG ENT TYPE -WHS/W ASSOCT

AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO CHANGE THE ENTRY TYPE OF AN ENTRY TYPE 21 OR 22 THAT A WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
841: FY/ENTRY DATE MISMATCH

THE FY AND ENTRY DATE MISMATCH. FY BEGINS ON OCT 1ST, ERROR CONDITIONS INCLUDE: A. DATE OF ENTRY PRECEDES SEPT 30TH AND THE NEXT FY IS USED B. DATE OF ENTRY EXCEEDS DEC 31ST AND THE PREVIOUS FY IS USED DATES OF ENTRY PRECEDING THE CHANGEOVER OF FY STARTING ON OCT 1, 1976 DISPLAY THIS MESSAGE ERRONEOUSLY WHEN THE DATE OF ENTRY IS FROM JULY 1ST THRU SEPT 30TH FY 76 BEGAN ON JULY 1, 1975 AND ENDED ON SEPT. 30, 1976. ALL PREVIOUS FY'S BEGAN ON JULY 1ST AND ENDED ON JUNE 30TH. ERROR OVERRIDE CAUSES REJECTION. EFFECTIVE 100484: ENTRY SUMMARY RECORDS ALLOW SEPTEMBER 84 DATES WITH FY 85 ENTRY NUMBERS.
VBE: FW 3-177: INVLD SPECIE NAME GENUS

IF XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE IN REC FW01, POS 5 - 8, THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS (REC FW01, POS 9-26) IS MANDATORY. IF THE SPECIES CODE IS OTHER THAN XXXX, THE FIELD FOR THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS MUST BE BLANK. THE LANGUAGE IN THE ERROR MESSAGE VBE IS INACCURATE. IT SHOULD READ "INVLD SCIENT NAME GENUS". (NOTE: WHEN XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE, THE COMMON NAME SPECIFIC (RECORD FW02, POS 5-22) AND THE COMMON NAME GENERAL (RECORD FW02, POS 23-40) ARE ALSO MANDATORY.
AGU: RELEASD-CANT UPDATE INVOICE

IF SSA01-RELEASE IS NOT SPACES, AN ASSOCIATED INVOICE CANNOT BE UPDATED. THE ABOVE COMMENT MEANS THAT AN INVOICE INPUT (APPLICATION CI) CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED IF THERE IS A RELEASE DATE ALREADY POSTED TO ANY ENTRY NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE INVOICE.
VAS: TEAM NOT EQUAL TO ACS TEAM

THIS MESSAGE IS NOT A REJECTION, BUT MERELY A WARNING. THE IMPORT SPECIALIST TEAM IS AN OPTIONAL RECORD IN THE SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (EI). IT IS SENT IN THE 30 REC, POS 77-79. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS THIS ELEMENT AND IT DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE IMPORT SPECIALIST TEAM ASSIGNMENT DESIGNATED BY ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. IN SOME CASES, THE FILER MAY NOT KNOW WHICH TEAM WILL BE ASSIGNED BY ACS, ESPECIALLY IF THE ENTRY CONTAINS SEVERAL LINES. ACS WILL RESPOND TO THE INPUT WITH THIS WARNING MESSAGE AND WITH THE ACTUAL ASSIGNED TEAM NUMBER IN THE E0 OR E90 RECORD OUTPUT. THE FILER HAS THE OPTION OF RETRANSMITTING THE SUMMARY WITH THE CORRECT TEAM NUMBER (RARELY DONE) OR OF PRINTING THE SUMMARY DOCUMENTS WITH THE CORRECT TEAM NUMBER SHOWN.

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