Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VOU: REMOTE INDICATOR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A REMOTE INDICATOR OF OTHER THAN '1' OR 'BLANK' IS SENT IN THE 'B' RECORD, POSITION 56. 
VNM: WAIVER INVALID FOR BOND OR CLAIM

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THE WAIVER INDICATOR MAY ONLY BE 'Y' ('1' IF ABI) IF THE BOND TYPE CODE IS NOT '0' (WOULD BE EITHER '8' OR '9'), AND THE CLAIM TYPE IS NOT '41' OR '44 (MANUFACTURING DRAWBACK). IF 'Y' ('1' IF ABI) IS USED AND THE CONDITION IS NOT CORRECT THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED. ALSO, WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE IS NOT VALID FOR TYPE '43' DRAWBACK CLAIMS.
AE3: SECONDARY ADDRESS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN 'ADD 5106' TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIER TI. IF A POST OFFICE BOX IS TRANSMITTED IN THE T1 RECORD, POS 48-79, A SECONDARY ADDRESS IS REQUIRED TO BE SENT IN THE TB/TC RECORDS.
APQ: WITHDRAWAL REQ. IND. INVALID

A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION, INDICATED BY 'W', MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME UNTIL THE PROTEST OR CLAIM IS ADJUDICATED BY CUSTOMS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE WITHDRAWAL REQUEST FIELD, P10 REC, POS 66, MUST BE "W", OR MUST BE BLANK. ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THIS FIELD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
8WK: EST ARRIVAL DT > SELECTIVITY DT

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (LN) FOR AN AIR ENTRY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NEW ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL THAT EXCEEDS THE DATE OF PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY PROCESSING.
MZW: AMTS CORRECTED - HIT ENTER

AMOUNTS ON ENTRY WERE INCORRECT FOR THIS ACTION, CORRECTED FROM DATABASE.
95R: HLD REC ON FILE - 'D' NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI) FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER WHICH HAS A LIQUIDATION HOLD ON FILE. HOLDS CAN BE PLACED PRIOR TO THE HARDCOPY DOCUMENTS BEING TENDERED TO CUSTOMS, AND, IF THIS OCCURS, THE ABI FILER CANNOT SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSMIT A 10D INPUT TO REMOVE THE SUMMARY DATA FROM ACS. IF THEY MAKE SUCH AN ATTEMPT, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.`
ADF: ENTRY IS NOT A STATEMENT ENTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE) IS ATTEMPTED. THIS APPLICATION ALLOWS FILERS TO MOVE THE PAYMENT DUE DATE ON ENTRIES SCHEDULED FOR PAYMENT BY STATEMENT. IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM A STATEMENT BUT THE ENTRY IN QUESTION IS NOT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR PAYMENT BY STATEMENT, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
8WD: MOT NOT ORIG 10/11/20/21/40/41

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THIS APPLICATION IS LIMITED TO ENTRIES WHICH REPORT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OF OCEAN (MOT = 10/11/12), RAIL (MOT = 20/ 21), OR AIR (MOT = 40/41). ENTRIES WHICH REPORT OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION CANNT BE CORRECTED BY THE USE OF BILL OF LADING UPDATE. THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR AN ENTRY CAN BE DETERMINED BY THE PF4 KEY FROM THE ON-LINE SELECTIVITY FUNCTION. INCORRECT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION MUST BE CORRECTED BY CUSTOMS (THEY CANNOT BE CHANGED BY THE USE OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION).
06H: PC:V/F/T MISSING

ENTRY IS PAIRED CITIES. V/F/T IS BLANK. 
ACS: INVALID IMPORTER TYPE

THIS ERROR IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN "ADD IMPORTER" TRANSACTION. AS OF JUNE 1999, THERE ARE SEVEN VALID TYPES OF IMPORTER IDENTIFIERS THAT CAN BE USED AS PART OF AN TI INPUT TRANSACTION. THEY ARE: C = CORPORATION S = SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP P = PARTNERSHIP G = GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL ONLY) L = GOVERNMENT (STATE OR LOCAL) F = FOREIGN GOVERNMENT I = INDIVIDUAL THE USE OF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THE T1 RECORD, POS 80 WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE. NOTE: THE ERROR MESSAGE OUTPUT DOES NOT REFLECT THE ERROR IDENTIFIER "ACS".
04C: UNLADING DIST/PORT NOT NUMERIC

PORT OF UNLADING MUST BE NUMERIC 
R1A: NAFTA RECON - NO INCREASES

R17 RECORD AMOUNTS FOR DUTY, TAX, FEES AND INTEREST MUST BE ZERO IF R10 ISSUE-CODE = NF.
IN1: INVALID ENT NBR CHK DIGIT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY INPUT (APPLICATION IN). IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IN THE R1 RECORD CONTAINS AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
1GF: ENTRY RELEASE ON FILE

INFORMS OPERATOR THAT RELEASE IS ON FILE FOR ENTRY NUMBER 
AR8: PROTESTANT ID FORMAT INVALID

VALID FORMATS FOR THE PROTESTANT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ARE: NNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED SURETY CODE NN-NNNNNNNXX EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) OR INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE NUMBER (IRS) NNN-NN-NNNN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER YYDDPP-NNNNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER (NEW FORMAT ONLY) AAANNNNNN CANADIAN EMPLOYER NUMBER AAANNNNNN CANADIAN IMPORTER/EXPORTER NUMBER AAAAYYMMDDXXX MEXICAN FEDERAL TAX REGISTRY NUMBER (INDIVIDUAL) AAAYYMMDDXXX MEXICAN FEDERAL TAX REGISTRY NUMBER (CORPORATE)
Q05: 'QT' AMOUNT PAID INVALID

THE 'QT' RECORD HAS SPACES, OR OTHER NON-NUMERIC DATA IN THE PAYMENT AMOUNT FIELD POSITIONS 25-34. ZERO DOLLARS IS A VALID AMOUNT THAT MAY BE PAID VIA ACH. (THE TRANSMITTING OF ZERO DOLLARS IS AN INDICATOR BY THE FILER THAT THE STATEMENT IS CORRECT IN THAT ALL ENTRIES HAVE NO MONEY DUE. THE TRANSMISSION IS NECESSARY, HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO "PROCESS/PAY" THE STATEMENT AND ALLOW THE GENERATION OF THE FINAL STATEMENT). 
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).
VMP: FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATR INVALID

FOR WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS TRANSMITTED THROUGH ABI (CURRENTLY THESE ARE ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, 38), THE FILER MUST STATE WHETHER OR NOT THE INSTANT WITHDRAWAL IS THE FINAL ONE AGAINST THE WAREHOUSE ENTRY NUMBER REPORTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 21-31. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS FOR THIS FIELD ARE "0" (NOT FINAL WITHDRAWAL) OR "1" (FINAL WITHDRAWAL). ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. NOTE: IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATOR ON ANY OTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN THE 3N SERIES, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
12P: FIRMS CODE NOT ON FILE

FIRMS CODE TRANSMITTED NOT FOUND ON DATABASE. 
27J: *CENSUS* OR-AGR CHARGES/VALUE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED ON ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACATIONS WHEN THE LINE ITEM CHARGES (40 REC, POS 48-57) DIVIDED BY THE LINE ITEM VALUE (40 REC, POS 8-17) EXCEED A STATED PERCENTAGE. IF THE RATIO BETWEEN THE CHARGES AND VALUE EXCEEDS THE PERCENTAGE SHOWN ON TARIFF/CENSUS DATABASE BY MORE THAN 300 PERCENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. (EXAMPLE: VALUE IS $400 FOR TARIFF 8541402000 AND THE CHARGES ARE $100. THIS IS A 25% RATIO. THE RECORD FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER SHOWS 7% AS THE UPPER LIMIT. 7% OF $400 IS $28. 300% OF THIS FIGURE WOULD BE $84. THEREFORE, CHARGES FROM $1 TO $84 WOULD NOT GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE, BUT CHARGES OF $85 OR HIGHER WOULD.) FOR SHIPMENTS BY AIR, THE CHARGES IS SOMETIMES COMPARED TO THE GROSS WEIGHT (40 REC, POS18-27) AND THIS MESSAGE COULD BE GENERATED EVEN IN A CASE WHERE THE CHARGES/VALUE RATIO WAS BELOW 300% OF THE VALUE.
EJ2: PACKAGING UNITS MUST BE UNIQUE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C06 RECORD PERMITS THE REPORTING OF THE SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFICATION (USUALLY A CONTAINER NUMBER). IF THE INVOICE CONTAINS MULTIPLE C06 RECORDS, THE SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFIER IN EACH C06 RECORD MUST BE UNIQUE. THE SAME UNIQUENESS CRITERIA APPLIES TO PACKAGING UNIT IDENTIFIERS TRANSMITTED IN THE C07 RECORD.
8WG: NO UPDATE ACTION REQUESTED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). GENERALLY, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER HAS TRANSMITTED ONLY AN L1 RECORD WITH NO DATA ELEMENTS THAT WARRANT A CHANGE TO THE EXISTING DATA ELEMENTS ON THE PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED SELECTIVITY RECORD. THIS COULD BE THAT EITHER THE L1 RECORD WAS SENT WITH ONLY THE ENTRY NUMBER, OR WITH DATA ELEMENTS THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE FROM THE ORIGINAL INPUT (SAME CARRIER CODE, VOYAGE NUMBER, ETC).
349: NO RECORD FOUND FOR DELETION

THE RECORD IDENTIFIED IN THE REQUEST FOR DELETION (UPDATE ACTION CODE = D) DOES NOT EXIST.
ARS: REFUND PARTY DATA NOT APPLIC

IN THE CASE OF A TYPE 4 ACTION FILED UNDER CFR 181.115, THE FOREIGN EXPORTER / PRODUCER IS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY REFUNDS. NAMING A REFUND CARE/OF PARTY DOES NOT APPLY.

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