Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VDQ: FTZ NUMBER MISSING

THE FTZ NUMBER IS MANDATORY FOR ENTRY TYPE 06. IF POSITIONS 60-79 ARE BLANK IN REC H2 OF THE HI APPLICATION, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
VLG: IMPORT TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE. NOTE THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. IF ONLY 1 CONTRACT IS USED ON A CLAIM, THAT CONTRACT NUMBER SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CLAIM HEADER RECORD. THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS ON A CLAIM. THE CONTRACT TRAILER COUNTER IS NOT A COUNT OF CONTRACTS, BUT IS A COUNT OF THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORDS. IF ONLY ONE CONTRACT IS USED,THE COUNTER SHOULD BE 00, SINCE THERE WILL BE NO TRAILER RECORDS. IF 2 CONTRACTS ARE USED THERE WILL BE ONE CONTRACT TRAILER AND THE COUNT WILL BE 01. THREE CONTRACTS WOULD MEAN TWO TRAILERS AND THE COUNT WOULD BE 02, ETC.. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MEANS THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THE IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS ('R20') IS OUT OF ORDER.
B08: MID CODE NOT ON FILE

INPUT MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER FIELD DOES NOT EXIST ON THE MANUFACTURER DATABASE. THIS ERROR IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A MANUFACTURER QUERY, ABI APPLICATION $N. 
AQT: AFR QUESTIONS RESPONSES INVALID

WHEN APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW IS REQUESTED, RESPONSES TO THREE QUESTIONS MUST BE CONCURRENTLY SUBMITTED BY FILER. VALID RESPONSES ARE 'Y' OR 'N'. 
VKU: HLI: MAX 99 INQUIRY FLDS EXCEEDED

A MAXIMUM OF 99 FIELDS MAY BE SELECTED TO APPEAR ON AN INQUIRY DISPLAY. THE FIELD(S) IN ERROR EXCEED THIS LIMIT. E FIELD(S) IN ERROR EXCEED THIS LIMIT.
8VZ: BILL DATA UPDATED AS REQUESTED

THIS MESSAGE IS AN "ERROR FREE" NOTIFICATION TO THE FILER THAT A BILL OF LADING UPDATE 'LN' TRANSACTION WAS SUCCESSFUL. A SUCCESSFUL BOL UPDATE MEANS THAT THE UPDATE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PASSED TO THE AMS CARRIER AND THAT THE SELECTIVITY FILE HAS BEEN UPDATED.
AFT: COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IS MISSING

THIS MESSAGE WAS INTENDED TO GENERATE IF THE PIRP TYPE SENT IN THE EI 43 RECORD, POSITION 9 WAS 'D' (COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION) AND THE COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IN POSITIONS 11-80 WAS NOT SENT. AS OF 7/98 PIRP TYPE 'D' IS NOT ACTIVE.
VPS: CLAIM LINE TARIFFS EXCEED 8

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE CLAIM LINE TARIFF NUMBER IS SENT IN THE D12 RECORD, POSITIONS 6-15. UP TO EIGHT D12 TARIFF NUMBER RECORDS CAN BE SENT UNDER A SINGLE D10 LINE NUMBER. IF MORE THAN EIGHT ARE SENT THIS REJECT MESSAGE OCCURS.
097: ENTRY NBR ON HISTORY FILE

THE ENTRY NUMBER INPUT IS IN THE HISTORY FILE IN ABBREVIATED FORMAT.
4FO: VISA NUMBER NOT REQUIRED

A VISA NUMBER WAS ENTERED ON A LINE BUT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS TARIFF FROM THIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN -- OR AN ABI LINE WAS TRANSMITTED WITH A RECORD 51 INCLUDING A VISA NUMBER BUT A VISA NUMBER IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE LINE'S TARIFF FROM THE LINE'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
20T: ADDRESS REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C10 AND C60 RECORDS PROVIDE SPACE TO REPORT THE SECOND LINE OF THE ADDRESS FOR THE PARTY IDENTIFIED IN THE C08 OR C58 RECORD (IF THERE IS MORE ADDRESS INFORMATION THAN CAN BE REPORTED ON THE C09 RECORD). IF THE C10 OR C60 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED WITH BLANKS IN THE SECOND-LINE-OF-ADDRESS FIELD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
ASN: ARGUMENT/JUSTIFICATION N/A

ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE IS NOT ACCEPTED WHEN A SERVICE REQUEST IS FILED REQUEST REVIEW OF DENIAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW. THAT REVIEW WILL BE BASED SOLELY ON THE INFORMATION BEFORE THE CUSTOMS SERVICE AT THE TIME THE APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW WAS DENIED. 
15D: TARIFF NUMBER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THE REJECTED TARIFF NUMBER IS NOT IN THE PROPER SEQUENCE WHEN COMPARED TO THE OTHER TARIFF NUMBERS REPORTED FOR THIS LINE ON THE ENTRY. IF THE REJECTED LINE INVOLVES CHARPER 98 OR 99 TARIFF NUMBERS, THOSE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED BEFORE THE CHAPTER 1-97 NUMBERS. FOR WATCHES, THE TARIFF NUMBERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE REPORTED FOR THE MOVEMENT/ CASE/BATTERY/BAND IN THAT ORDER. IN MOST CASES, THE TARIFF NUMBERS WILL BE IN NUMBERICAL ORDER, BUT FOR TARIFF NUMBER 9102128010 (MOVEMENT/CASE), 9102128020 (BATTERY) AND 9102124000 (BAND), THE NUMBERS MUST BE REPORTED IN THE ORDER SHOWN HERE.
180: ENTRY NBR CHECK DIGIT MISMATCH

THE ENTRY NUMBER AND/OR ENTRY NUMBER CHECK DIGIT USED IN THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE MODULE IS INCORRECT BASED ON THE MATHEMATICAL CHECK-DIGIT COMPUTATION PERFORMED BY ACS.
VLI: DUP ENTRY # ENCOUNTERED/IMPORT

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY CITED ON THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE WAS SHOWN MORE THAN ONCE. SINCE THE DISKETTE AND ABI TRANSMISSION ARE CLAIM SUMMARIES, FILERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO ONLY SHOW AN IMPORT ENTRY ONE TIME AND SUMMARIZE THE TOTAL CLAIMED AMOUNT FOR THAT ENTRY. ON THE LEGAL PAPER CLAIM, A SINGLE IMPORT ENTRY MAY BE SHOWN MANY TIMES (FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY BREAK A CLAIM DOWN BY PART NUMBER), BUT ON THE DISKETTE IT CAN ONLY APPEAR ONCE. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT ONE OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORT ENTRIES WAS CITED MORE THAN ONCE ON THIS RECON SUMMARY. AN IMPORT ENTRY CAN ONLY BE LISTED ONCE FOR THE RECONCILIATION.
ARN: PROTESTANT DATA INCOMPLETE

PROTESTANT DATA IS INCOMPLETE.
VIG: MULTIPLE I.T. DATES NOT ALLOWED

IF AN ENTRY OR ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSION FROM AN ABI FILER CONTAINS MORE THAN 1 INTRANSIT NUMBER, THE DATE OF EACH I.T. NUMBER MUST BE THE SAME. THUS, AN I.T. OPENED ON JAN 15 AND ANOTHER I.T., OPENED ON JAN 16, COULD NOT BOTH BE TRANSMITTED UNDER THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER, EVEN IF THE ARRIVAL PORT AND DESTINATION PORT ARE THE SAME FOR BOTH I.T.'S. NOTE: AS OF MAY, 1999, THIS ERROR MESSAGE APPEARED ON AN ENTRY WITH ONE I.T. NUMBER IN A 22 RECORD AND NO I.T. NUMBER IN THE NEXT 22 RECORD. THIS CONDITION IS MORE PROPERLY COVERED BY ERROR MESSAGE VII (WHICH WAS ALSO APPENDED TO THE ENTRY TRANSMISSION).
4CC: ENTRY TYPE MUST BE QUOTA

COMMODITIES LISTED ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE FILE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO QUOTA REPORTING FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES MUST BE ENTERED USING AN APPROPRIATE QUOTA ENTRY TYPE CODE. CURRENTLY, "02" (CONSUMPTION QUOTA ENTRY) OR "07" (COMBINATION QUOTA/ADD OR CVD ENTRY TYPE) ARE THE TWO QUOTA ENTRY TYPES.
BRS: R10 FIELDS MUST MATCH FILED ENTRY

THIS MESSAGE CAN OCCUR IF THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY IS ALREADY FILED AND THE FILER IS DOING A REPLACEMENT OR CORRECTION. VIRTUALLY ALL FIELDS IN THE NEW 'R10' MUST MATCH WHAT IS ALREADY ON FILE. THE MAIN REASON FOR THIS REJECT IS THE ABSENCE OF A '00' SUFFIX IN THE IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBER IN THE R10 REC, POS 20-31. EVEN IF THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION DID NOT CONTAIN THE SUFFIX, ONCE IT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED ERROR-FREE, THE ENAI RECORD SUPPLIES THE ZEROS AND MAKES THEM MANDATORY WHEN A RETRANSMISSION IS DONE. NOTE THAT THE R10 RECORD LISTS TWO FIELDS WHERE THIS ERROR CAN OCCUR: THE IMPORTER ID MENTIONED ABOVE IN POS 20-31 AND THE 4811 REFERENCE NUMBER IN POS 60-71. BOTH FIELDS MUST HAVE A SUFFIX IN ORDER TO PROCESS THE RECON ENTRY. A SECOND REASON FOR THIS REJECTION MESSAGE RELATES TO THE RECON TEAM, IN POS 41-43 OF THE R10. IF THE PORT HAS CHANGED THE ASSIGNED TEAM ON THE ENAI RECORD FOR THE PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED 09 ENTRY, IT MUST BE CHANGED BACK TO THE APPROPRIATE RECON TEAM NUMBER BEFORE THE FILER CAN RETRANSMIT THE ENTRY.
1I6: DUTY COMP DATE > SCH PAY DATE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE DATE TRANSMITTED BY THE ABI FILER IN SUMMARY INPUT IS GREATER (LATER) THAN THE DATE REPRESENTING THE SCHEDULED PAYMENT DUE DATE. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF THIS CONDITION IS WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS AN "ESTIMATED ENTRY  DATE" (10 REC, POS 50-55) THAT IS LATER THAN THE PAYMENT DUE DATE (30 REC, POS 54-59).
B16: MID INVALID - LESS THAN 7 CHARACT

MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER CODE CONTAINS LESS THAN SEVEN CHARACTERS.
14G: THIS TARIFF NBR ALREADY ENTERED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN A SET PROVISION SITUATION WHEN THE TARIFF NUMBER SENT IN THE 70 RECORD IS THE SAME AS THE SET PROVISION TARIFF NUMBER SENT IN THE 50 RECORD. THE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 70 RECORD MUST BE DIFFERENT AND MUST BE THE NUMBER THAT ESTABLISHES THE CORRECT RATE OF DUTY FOR THE SET. THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN ALSO OCCUR IN NON SET PROVISION LINES IF THE FILER USES THE SAME TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 50 AND 70 RECORDS OR IN THE 70 AND 80 RECORDS.
EI9: ID NUMBER (A) REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C37 RECORD PROVIDES FOR THE REPORTING OF IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (OTHER THAN THE ITEM NUMBER REPORTED IN THE C33 RECORD). EACH IDENTIFICATION NUMBER MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ID QUALIFIER, TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6 (FOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBER "A"). IF POS 4-6 IS POPULATED WITH ONE OF THE FOUR VALID QUALIFIERS, POS 7-41 MUST CONTAIN DATA. IF POS 7-41 IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - AT THE CURRENT TIME (APRIL 1998), IF POS 4-6 IS BLANK AND POS 7-41 IS ALSO BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO GENERATE.
VHA: FD 701:AFFRM/COMPLNCE REQ ON FD05

IF THE FILER REPORTS FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE DATA IN THE FD01 RECORD (POS 20-22), AND THERE IS AT LEAST ONE MORE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE CODE TO REPORT, THE FD05 RECORD MUST BE TRANSMITTED. HOWEVER, THIS RECORD CANNOT BE BLANK. IF THE SECOND OR SUCCEEDING AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE CODES/QUALIFIERS ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE FD05 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VNP: D11 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE COULD BE THE RESULT OF A DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR ABI PROBLEM. WHEN CUSTOMS FORMATTED THE RECORDS FROM THE DISKETTE OR WHEN THE DATA WAS SENT VIA ABI, NO DATA WAS PRESENT IN THE GIVEN RECORD. IF THE DISKETTE HAS NO DATA, THE PC PROGRAM SHOULD STOP IT BEFORE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DATA THERE, BUT IT WAS BAD DATA.

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