Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AR9: PROTESTANT ADDRESS INVALID

PROTESTANT TYPE "F" (FOREIGN) REQUIRES FOREIGN ADDRESS; PROTESTANT TYPE "O" (OTHER) REQUIRES DOMESTIC ADDRESS. DOMESTIC AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES ARE VALIDATED AGAINST "CODE-1", ANY INVALID ADDRESSES OR ZIP CODES ARE REJECTED. U.S. ADDRESSES REQUIRE ABBREVIATED POSTAL CODE FOR STATE AND THE ISO CODE "US". CANADIAN ADDRESSES REQUIRE CANADIAN PROVINCE CODE AND THE ISO CODE "CA". THE CANADIAN POSTAL ZIP CODE IS ALSO REQUIRED. MEXICAN ADDRESSES REQUIRED THE CODE "FN" (FOREIGN) IN PLACE OF A STATE CODE AND THE IOS CODE "MX". POSTAL ZIP CODES ARE NOT USED FOR MEXICAN ADDRESSES.
94M: EXPECTED UNB SEGMENT NOT FND

EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR. THE UNB (INTERCHANGE HEADER) SEGMENT IS MISSING. 
4BH: ENTRY TYPE CHANGE INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE ABI FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY SUMMARY WITH A DIFFERENT ENTRY TYPE THAN EXISTS ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER FILE FOR THE ENTRY NUMBER. IF THE ENTRY IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS, SUCH A CHANGE IS NOT PERMITTED. IF THE ENTRY IS STILL IN ABI STATUS, THIS CHANGE CAN USUALLY BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE MOST COMMON CHANGE IS FROM TYPE 11 TO TYPE 01 (OR VICE VERSA IN SOME CASES). FOR RECONCILIATION ON-LINE PROCESSING, THIS ERROR MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE ANY PRE-EXISTING ENTRY THAT IS NOT RECONCILIATION TO A TYPE '09' RECONCILIATION ENTRY SUMMARY.
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).
ARF: ACTION CODE INVALID

WHEN PROTESTANT TYPE IS "F" (FOREIGN) OR "O" (OTHER), PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS MAY BE CORRECTED BY FILING AN AMENDMENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD, OR BY FILING AN ADDENDA AFTER THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED. THE LETTER "C" MUST BE USED IN THE ACTION CODE FIELD. THE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED WAS A LETTER OR CHARACTER OTHER THAN "C". 
AH8: 43 RECORD IS BLANK / INVALID

THE 43 RECORD IS INVALID OR BLANK. 
0MD: DIST/PORT REQUIRED FOR ENTRY NBR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN THE ENTERED ENTRY NUMBER IS DETECTED AS HAVING AN INVALID CHECK BASED ON NEW/OLD ENTRY NUMBER CHECK DIGIT CALCULATION.
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.
EIS: LOCATION OR LOC CODED REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 RECORD REPORTS THE LOCATION OF THE INVOICE DELI TERMS. POS 9-10 AND 11-15 MUST BE REPORTED IN COMBINATION TO REPORT A LOCATION CODE IDENTIFIER AND THE LOCATION CODE. IF THESE ARE NOT TRANSMIT THE ACTUAL LOCATION MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 16-50. IF ALL THREE ELEMENTS ARE BLANK IN THE C13 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
RBW: WARNING - DRWBK CLAIMED ON IMPORT

THIS MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY BEING RECONCILED HAS BEEN CLAIMED FOR DRAWBACK AND THAT MAY AFFECT EITHER OR BOTH THE ORIGINAL AND RECON DUTY/TAX AMOUNTS. 
VDO: -->ENTRY SUMMARY LINE *--*

THIS MESSAGE IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER MESSAGE THAT INDICATES WHY THE CARGO CERTIFICATION WAS UNABLE TO BE PROCESSED. THE "*--*" IN THE MESSAGE TITLE WILL BE REPLACED WITH "LINE NNNN" IN THE ACTUAL SUMMARY OUTPUT MESSAGE. THE MOST COMMON SITUATIONS THAT WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE ARE THOSE ENTRIES INVOLVING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY REGULATED TARIFF NUMBERS, SUCH AS FWS OR FDA. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALERT THE FILER TO WHICH ENTRY SUMMARY LINE NEEDS THE OGA DATA. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF ONE OR MORE SUMMARY LINES HAVE AN MID THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COMPLETE NAME AND ADDRESS ON FILE IN THE MID DATABASE.
"4FR: HTS REQUIRES FORMAL ENTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI QUOTA QUERY INPUT. IF THE CATEGORY AND COUNTRY IDENTIFIED BY THE TRANSMITTING FILER DO NOT RESULT IN A MATCH OF VISA FILES IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE FILER AS A RESPONSE
VHE: FC 740:INV PUBLIC W/HOLD IND

A CODE OF 'W' (WITHHOLD) IS SENT IN THE FC02 RECORD, POSITION 17, IF THE IMPORTER REQUESTS FCC 740 DATA BE WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION. ANY OTHER CODE WILL BE REJECTED. 
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.
IN8: LAND BORDER ENTRY NOT ARRIVED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY (APPLICATION IN). ENTRIES FILED THROUGH BORDER CARGO SELECTIVITY DO NOT RECEIVE SELECTIVITY RESULTS UNTIL THE CONVEYANCE ARRIVES AT THE U.S. BORDER PORT AND AN INSPECTOR ACTIVATES THE SELECTIVITY RESULTS WITH THE PF 10 KEY. IF THIS ACTION HAS NOT BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, THE FILER WILL RECEIVE THIS ERROR MESSAGE IN RESPONSE TO A SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY.
R1A: NAFTA RECON - NO INCREASES

R17 RECORD AMOUNTS FOR DUTY, TAX, FEES AND INTEREST MUST BE ZERO IF R10 ISSUE-CODE = NF.
VPE: WHSE TYPE/CLAIM TYPE CONFLICT

THIS REJECT OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE INDICATOR IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITION 4 EQUALS '1', THEN THE WAREHOUSE ENTRY PROCESS TYPE IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITION 46 MUST BE EITHER A '1' OR '2'.
12R: FIRMS CDE INV FOR ENTRY PURPOSES

THE FIRMS CODE RECORD WHICH MATCHES THE TRANSMITTED FIRMS CODE CONTAINS A FACILITY TYPE OF EITHER 07 OR 08; THESE FACILITY TYPES ARE NOT VALID FOR ENTRY PURPOSES: 07 = DATA PROCESSING SITE 08 = CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE VALID ENTRY FACILITY TYPES: 01 = CUSTOMS CONTAINER STATION 02 = FOREIGN TRADE ZONE 03 = PIER 04 = BONDED WAREHOUSE 05 = INSPECTION FACILITY 06 = IMPORTERS' PREMISES FOR FURTHER HELP CONTACT YOUR LOCAL "FIRMS" ADMINISTRATOR (QUERY "TIP" P21)
IN2: ENT/PROC FILER CODE CONFLICT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY INPUT (APPLICATION IN). IF THE FILER CODE OF THE ENTRY NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE R1 INPUT RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH B RECORD FILER CODE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
AS1: WRN: ENTRY NOT LIQ/CANCELLED

THE ENTRY HAS NOT LIQUIDATED OR WAS CANCELLED. 
APK: AFR REVIEW REQ. IND. INVALID

A REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF AFR DENIAL, INDICATED BY 'R', MAY BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW HAS BEEN DENIED BY CUSTOMS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE AFR REVIEW REQUEST FIELD IS NOT 'R'. 
VC8: INFORMAL FEE NOT REQUIRED

THE INFORMAL ENTRY FEE (CLASS CODE 311) IS NOT APPLICABLE TO ENTRY TYPES OTHER THAN 11 OR 12. IF THIS HEADER LEVEL FEE IS REPORTED (34 REC) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. FURTHER, IF THE INFORMAL FEE IS TRANSMITTED FOR ENTRIES FILED AT AN EXPRESS COURIER CONSIGNMENT FACILITY (ECCF), THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
VLF: GREATER THAN 9,999 ITEMS SENT

THE TOTAL OF ALL IMPORT ENTRY AND CM RECORDS IN A DRAWBACK TRANSACTION CANNOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM OF 9,999. THAT NUMBER IS THE MAXIMUM ACS CAN HANDLE. FOR RECONCILAITION, THIS MEANS THAT MORE THAN 9,999 IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS WERE TRANSMITTED.
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.
1DB: VESSEL NAME REQUIRED

FOR OCEAN SHIPMENTS, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION 10 OR 11, THE NAME OF THE IMPORTING VESSEL IS REQUIRED. THIS IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, POS 18-27 IN THE SUMMARY INPUT DATA (APPLICATION EI). IF THE VESSEL NAME IS NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR  MESSAGE WILL RESULT. UNLIKE THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION, USE OF THE VESSEL CODE (20 REC, POS 3-7) IS NOT BE PERMITTED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE VESSEL NAME IN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSMISSIONS.

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