Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

C04: BRANCH CODE REQUIRED

IN RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THE R17 REC, POS 11-12, PROVIDES FOR THE CLIENT BRANCH DESIGNATION OF THE FILER. THE DESIGNATION MUST BE FILLED IN IF THE FILER'S ABEI RECORD INDICATES A 'Y' FOR THE "CLIENT BRANCH" FIELD. 
38N: RESTRICTED COUNTRY

THE IMPORT RESTRICTION INDICATOR FOR THIS COUNTRY IS "1" ON THE COUNTRY CODE FILE. THIS INDICATES THAT THIS COUNTRY IS RESTRICTED FROM IMPORTING TO THE U.S. OR THAT THE COUNTRY'S CODE HAS BEEN RENDERED INACTIVE OR INVALID. SINCE THERE IS NO INACTIVE/INVALID CODE IN THE COUNTRY CODE FILE, THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT USE IS BY MAKING THE COUNTRY "RESTRICTED". AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE COUNTRY CODE 'SQ' FOR SLOVAKIA. EFFECTIVE 03/01/93, THIS COUNTRY CODE WAS NO LONGER VALID. IT CHANGED TO 'SK'. A FILER MIGHT BE MISLED BY THE "RESTRICTED" INDICATOR THEY RECEIVE BACK ON A QUERY OR BY THIS MESSAGE WHEN TRANSMITTING AN ENTRY AND RECEIVING A REJECT. THIS LATTER TYPE OF COUNTRY CODE IS "INVALID" RATHER THAN RESTRICTED.
VGX: INVALID FORMAT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE FDA INTERFACE WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND A QUERY OR AN ADD REQUEST FOR AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER (FEI) IN THE PP TRANSACTION AND THE FORMAT OF THEIR QUERY IS INCORRECT. THIS CAN TAKE MANY FORMS BUT USUALLY INVOLVES TRYING TO FIT A FOREIGN ADDRESS INTO FIELDS THAT ONLY ACCEPT A US ADDRESS. IN MOST CASES, IT INVOLVES A PROGRAMMING PROBLEM IN THE FILERS SOFTWARE. PROPER FORMAT FOR THE PP TRANSACTION IS SHOWN ON PAGES OGQ 14-20 OF THE CATAIR.
VGF: FD 701: AFFRM/CMPLNCE QUALFYR REQ

THE FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE MAY APPLY TO CERTAIN FDA LINES. SOME OF THE AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE ARE SHOWN IN THE THE FDA AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE FILE AS QUALIFIER - "Y" (YES). THIS QUALIFIER CAN TAKE MANY FORMS. IT MAY BE A FORM, STATEMENT OR LICENSE NUMBER. IF THE FILER USES AN FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE AND IT HAS A "Y" FOR QUALIFIER REQUIRED THEN THE QUALIFIER MUST BE SENT IN REC FD01, POS 23-47.
AAZ: ADD/CVD DUTY COMP MISMATCH

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 3-12) OR ANTIDUMPING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 33-42) DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THE ABI SYSTEM HAS DETERMINED THE DUTY IS. CHECK TO SEE IF A SPECIFIC DEPOSIT VALUE HAS BEEN SENT IN ABI REC 40 POS 28-37 (ANTIDUMPING DUTY) OR POS 38-47(COUNTERVAILING DUTY) THEN CHECK THE CVD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 69-73 OR THE ADD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 74-78. 
0IJ: ULT CON ENTRY SUMMARY MISMATCH

THE ENTRY ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE DOES NOT MATCH THE SELECTIVITY RECORD. PLEASE CORRECT THE SELECTIVITY RECORD IF IT IS INCORRECT.
691: INVALID PAY BASIS INDICATOR

THE STATEMENT ADD/DELETE APPLICATION (CODE HP) IS USED TO REMOVE ENTRIES FROM A STATEMENT (INDICATOR = 1) OR TO SCHEDULE AN ENTRY FOR A NEW PAYMENT DUE DATE. IF THE LATTER IS DESIRED, THREE POSSIBLE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATORS ARE ALLOWED. INDICATOR "2"  IS FOR A BROKER STATEMENT. INDICATOR "3" IS FOR AN IMPORTER STATEMENT, GROUPED BY A SINGLE IMPORTER NUMBER. INDICATOR "5" IS ALSO AN IMPORTER STATEMENT, BUT ALLOWS THE SAME BASIC IMPORTER NUMBER TO BE GROUPED, REGARDLESS OF THE SUFFIX. IF ONE OF THE ABOVE FOUR INDICATORS IS NOT TRANSMITTED (OR IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK) IN THE H REC, POS 18, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
109: INVALID SPECIAL PROGRAMS INDICATOR

ABI ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS MAY INCLUDE A SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR CODE ("SPI"). THE VALID CODES ARE LISTED ON PAGES ENS-48 THROUGH ENS-50 OF THE CATAIR (CUSTOMS AND TRADE AUTOMATED INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT). IF A FILER'S TRANSMISSION CONTAINS A CODE NOT CURRENTLY AUTHORIZED AS A SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VKZ: HLT: LEN REQUIRED W/ OPTIONAL POS

A LENGTH VALUED MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR THE OPTIMAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER WHEN A POSITION IS SPECIFIED. 
BL1: INVALID CHAR FOUND IN AWB/BL/IT

THE BILL OF LADING, AIR WAYBILL, OR INBOND NUMBER MUST BE COMPOSED OF NUMBER AND LETTERS ONLY. THE PRESENCE OF ANY OTHER CHARACTERS, INCLUDING DASHES, SLASHES, OR PERIODS, ETC, WILL RESULT IN THIS REJECTION MESSAGE. NOTE--THE ABOVE MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IN A HOUSE BILL IS REPORTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MASTER BILL AND THE HOUSE BILL IS NOT LEFT JUSTIFIED IN THE APPROPRIATE POSITION IN THE 22 REC (EI) OR HA REC (HI). 
VMA: HLO: SORT PARAMETER MUST BE A/U

THE SORT PARAMETER IS REQUIRED AND MUST BE A=ALL OR U=UNIQUE VALUES ONLY. 
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.
01Q: ENA RECORD HAS BEEN CANCELLED

ABI REJECT FOR CASE WHEN ENA01-ENTRY-CANCELLED IS TRUE. 
Q43: STATEMENT ALREADY PD VIA ACH

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM A STATEMENT FOR WHICH THE ACH PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION TRANSACTION (APPLICATION QN) HAS ALREADY BEEN RECORDED IN ACS. FILERS WILL OFTEN SEND APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE) AT OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY TRANSMIT THE ACH PAYMENT. IF BOTH ARE RECEIVED SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE ACH TRANSACTION WILL BE PROCESSED PRIOR TO THE STATEMENT ADD/DELETE. IN SUCH A CASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE THE RESULT.
VOA: DBK FLR NOT PERMITTED IN LOCATION

THE EDIT THAT PRODUCES THIS MESSAGE ONLY APPLIES TO LICENSED BROKERS. IT IS NOT PERFORMED AGAINST FILERS WHO FILE THEIR OWN DRAWBACK CLAIMS. ACS KNOWS WHICH ARE NOT LICENSED. THE MESSAGE INDICATES THAT, WHILE THE FILER IS A LICENSED BROKER, THE FILER DOES NOT HAVE AN OPERATING PERMIT WITHIN THE REGION WHERE THE DRAWBACK CLAIM IS BEING FILED.
564: LINE MISSING/OUT OF SEQ/INVALID

SUMMARY INPUT CONSISTS OF A SERIES OF RECORDS DESCRIBED IN THE CATAIR. IF ANY REQUIRED RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE WRONG ORDER, OR IF REQUIRED RECORDS ARE OMITTED IN THE TRANSMISSION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO OTHER APPLICATIONS, AS DESCRIBED IN THE CATAIR, FOR WHICH RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED THAT ARE EITHER OUT OF PROPER SEQUENCE, OR ARE NOT PART OF THE APPLICATION. FOR EXAMPLE, TRANSMITTING THE OGA CORRECTION APPLICATION (CODE CP) WITH FCC DATA WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. OMITTING THE CARRIER CODE IN THE 01 RECORD FOR A BORDER CARGO RELEASE INPUT (HN) FOR AN AMS PORT WILL GET THIS MESSAGE. MOST OTHER SITUATIONS THAT RESULT IN THIS ERROR ARE FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AS TO WHICH RECORDS MAY BE MISSING OR SENT IN ERROR. FOR RECON ENTRIES, CHECK EVERY R20 RECORD THAT HAS A FOLLOWING R21 RECORD. THERE MUST BE A TRAILER COUNTER IN POS 78-79 OF THE R20 WHICH SHOWS HOW MANY R21'S ARE BEING INCLUDED FOR THE ENTRY IN THE R20. IF THE R20 SHOWS '01' IN POS 78-79, THERE MUST BE ONLY 1 R21 RECORD, AND SO ON. THE REVERSE IS TRUE, AS WELL: IF NO R21 REC, THE R20 MUST SHOW '00'.
API: AFR REQUEST IND. INVALID

AN APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW, INDICATED BY 'R', APPLIES ONLY TO TYPE 514 PROTESTS, AND MUST BE REQUESTED DURING FILING AND AMENDMENT PERIOD, EITHER INITIAL FILING OR BY AN AMENDMENT FILING. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE AFR REQUEST FIELD IS NOT 'R'. 
DDA: NAFTA RECONCILIATION NOT FILED

A DRAWBACK CLAIM CANNOT BE FILED AGAINST AN IMPORT ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR RECONCILIATION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY HAS BEEN FILED AND PAID. AT THE TIME OF LIQUIDATION, THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO USED TO ALERT THE USER THAT A NAFTA RECONCILIATION IS DUE ON A TYPE '01', '02', OR '06' ENTRY, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN FILED. THIS MESSAGE IS OVERRIDEABLE AT LIQUIDATION.
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.
8VP: MULTIPLE TRANS FOR SAME BILL NBR

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE (LN) FUNCTION. MULTIPLE L3 RECORDS CAN BE SENT BUT THE BILL OF LADING INFORMATION CANNOT BE IDENTICAL OR THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE BILL OF LADING INFORMATION MUST BE DIFFERENTIATED BY USE OF DIFFERENT MASTER BILL NUMBERS OR, THE MASTER BILLS CAN BE THE SAME IF THE HOUSE BILLS ARE DIFFERENT (AIRWAY BILLS AND HOUSE AIRWAY BILLS IN THE AIR AMS ENVIRONMENT).
VLP: DRAWBACK GOVT CLAIM INVALID

THIS MEANS THE DRAWBACK FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' ("YES") OR 'N' ("NO" ) FOR WHETHER THIS IS A GOVERNMENT CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR A SPACE ("NO") OR '1' ("YES") FOR ABI.
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.
1G4: INVALID USER FEE CLASS CODE

USER FEE CLASS CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT RECORDS. RECORD 34, 62, AND 89 HAVE FIELDS DEDICATED TO THESE CLASS CODES. THE CLASS CODES USED IN THESE FIELDS MUST RESIDE ON THE CLASS CODE DATABASE. IF THE CLASS CODE FIELD IS BLANK, OR CONTAINS A CODE NOT LISTED ON THE DATABASE THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. ALSO, THE CLASS CODES REPORTED IN THE 62 AND 89 RECORDS, OR IN THE 34 AND 89 RECORDS, MUST AGREE WITH EACH OTHER. THAT IS, IF THE 62 RECORD REPORTING MPF (CLASS CODE 499) OMITS THE CLASS CODE, BOTH THE 62 RECORD AND THE 89 RECORD WHICH CORRECTLY TRANSMITS 499 WILL RECEIVE THIS REJECTION MESSAGE.
94I: SEARCH FAILURE IN UNH SEGMENT

THIS IS A UN/EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR MESSAGE. IT INDICATES THAT A SUB-ELEMENT IS MISSING OR INVALID. 
VOX: NOTICE: TOTAL CLAIMS EXCEED BOND

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE WILL OCCUR ONCE THE TOTAL OF ALL CLAIMS MADE AGAINST A VALID 1A DRAWBACK BOND DURING THE CURRENT BOND YEAR EXCEED THE VALUE OF THE BOND. THIS IS A FATAL ERROR, AND FULL BOND COVERAGE IS REQUIRED.

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