Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

4LV: CN SILK - VISA NBR NOT ALLOWED

SILK ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM CHINA (CN) DO NOT REQUIRE A VISAED DOCUMENT SINCE 1993. IF AN ABI TRANSACTION W/ HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBERS FOR SILK ARTICLES IN CATEGORY 733 - 759 IS TRANSMITTED, THE ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED WITH ERROR MSG NBR 4LV. *SILK FROM CHINA HAS NOT REQUIRED A VISAED DOCUMENT (VISA) SINCE 1993. **THIS EDITING WILL PREVENT THE USE OF DUMMY VISA NBRS ABOVE DATA ADDED BY HQ QUOTA. ENTRIES USING THESE CATEGORIES MAY BE FILED USING ENTRY TYPE 01, AS WELL AS 02.
VAL: FW 3-177: LICENSE NOT ON FILE

THE LICENSE NUMBER WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE FW02 RECORD, POS 45-50 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWL FILE. THE LICENSE NUMBER IS ISSUED BY FSW TO IMPORTERS IMPORT OVER $25,000 ANNUALLY OF MERCHANDISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO FWS. CUSTOMS DOES NOT TRACK CUMULATIVE VALUES. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FWS. FWS UP- LOADS THE U.S. LICENSE INFORMATION TO ACS ONCE A WEEK. IF A FILER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A U.S. LICENSE NUMBER AND ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT IT PRIOR TO THE UPLOAD, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL FWS OFFICE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON CLEARING MERCHANDISE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS RESIDENT IN OUR DATA BASE. THERE ARE NO EDITS TO REQUIRE THE USER TO TRANSMIT THE LICENSE NUMBER, BUT IF A LICENSE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED, THERE MUST BE AN EXACT MATCH WITH ONE OF THE LICENSE NUMBERS IN THE FWL FILE.
EIX: ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DESCR REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C17 AND C18 RECORD. THE FREE-FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARGE DESCRIBED BY THE ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED IN POS 4 OF THE C17 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C18 REC, POS 30-64.THIS FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK. IF NO DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELEMENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
458: IMPORT DATE INVALID/CONFLICTING

THE IMPORT DATE MUST BE IN THE MMDDYY FORMAT, 20 REC, POS 34-39. IF THE DATE TRANSMITTED IS NOT A VALID DATE ON THE CALENDAR (I.E., 013298), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE IMPORT DATE MUST ALSO BE IN PROPER CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE WITH THE REPORTED DATE OF EXPORT (50 REC, POS 71-76) AND THE I.T. DATE (IF AN I.T. IS REPORTED) IN THE 22 REC, POS 64-69. HOWEVER, IF THE DATE SEQUENCE IS INCORRECT, EITHER ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER 915 (IT DATE/DATE OF IMP INCONSISTENT) OR ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER 384 (EXPORT DATE INVALID/CONFLICTING) WILL BE GENERATED. ALSO, IF THE IMPORT DATE IS CORRECT, BUT THE ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL IN THE 20 REC, POS 66-71, IS BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT. **NOTE** - IF ALL THE DATES ON THE EI TRANSACTION APPEAR TO BE CORRECT, VERIFY IF THE SUMMARY HAS HAD AN ENTRY DATE ASSIGNED THAT IS PRIOR TO THE IMPORT DATE. IF SO, THE ENTRY MASTER FILE RECORD WILL NEED TO BE CORRECTED.
EIO: INVALID LOCATION QUALIFIER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 7-8, PROVIDES FOR THE REPORTING OF ONE OF FOUR VALID LOCATION QUALIFIER CODES. THE VALID CODES ARE LISTED ON PAGE AII-23 OF THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY OTHER CODE, INCLUDING BLANKS, IN THIS FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. SO REQUIRED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C09-C11 RECORDS. IF THE NAME ELEMENT IN THE C09 REC, POS 4-38, IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
553: ENTRY NOT FOUND FOR DELETE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS AN "ACTION CODE" OF 'D' IN POSITION 3 OF THE 10 RECORD SIGNIFYING THAT THEY WANT TO DELETE A PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED ENTRY BUT THERE IS NO ABI ENTRY INFORMATION ON FILE TO DELETE. THIS MOST COMMONLY HAPPENS WHEN A FILER TRIES TO DELETE A SUMMARY THAT MAY HAVE ORIGINALLY RECEIVED AN "ERROR FREE" STATUS THEN WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REJECTED THEREFORE WIPING OUT THE DATA. A FILER CAN ONLY DELETE A SUMMARY IF IT IS IN "ERROR FREE" STATUS AND HAS NOT BEEN ACCEPTED/PROCESSED BY CUSTOMS. IF A FILER ATTEMPTS TO DELETE AN ERROR FREE SUMMARY THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY CUSTOMS THEY WILL RECEIVE THE '552' "ENTRY DELETE NOT ALLOWED" MESSAGE.
95V: 52 REC - 'HK' SWPM IND MISSING

A SOLID WOOD PACKING MATERIAL CERTIFICATE INDICATOR IS REQUIRED FOR ALL LINES WITH A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF 'CN' (CHINA) OR 'HK' (HONG KONG) AND AN EXPORT = OR > 12/17/1998. 
EI2: QUANTITY REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). QUANTITY DATA IS REPORTED IN THE C33 REC (POS 4-18) OR THE C34 REC (POS 4-18 AND 22-36). IF THE ARTICLE DESCRIBED IN THE INVOICE HAS ONE OR MORE QUANTITIES (BASED ON THE TARIFF NUMBER WHICH DESCRIBES THE ARTICLE), THE C33 AND C34 RECORDS PROVIDE THE MEANS TO REPORT THE REQUIRED QUANTITIES. AT A MINIMUM, THE C33 RECORD MUST CONTAIN A NUMBER GREATER THAN ZERO. IF THE C34 RECORD IS USED TO DESCRIBE ADDITIONAL QUANTITES FOR THE ARTICLE, THE QUANTITY FIELDS IN THAT RECORD MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE ARTICLE DESCRIBED HAS TWO REPORTABLE QUANTITIES (WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE C33 RECORD AND THE "QUANTTIY 2 FIELD IN THE C34 REC) OR THREE REPORTABLE QUANTITES (WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE C33 REC, AND THE QUANTITY 2 AND QUANTITY 3 FIELDS IN THE C34 REC).
8VE: DATA CONTAINED IN FUTURE FIELD

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). THE FILER HAS ENTERED DATA IN ONE OF THE TWO FIELDS RESERVED FOR THE SCAC (STANDARD CARRIER ALPHA CODE) OF THE ISSUER OF THE HOUSE BILL NUMBER (L3 REC, POS 32-35) OR THE SUBHOUSE BILL NUMBER (L3 REC, POS 48-51). THESE ARE FUTURE USE FIELDS.
40J: SPI CLAIM INVALID FOR TARIFF

MOST TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE OR MORE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE DUTY REQUIRED. THESE ARE CODED AS "SPI" FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TARIFF NUMBER HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR. IF AN ABI FILERS TRANSMITS AN SPI (SUMMARY TRANSACTION 50 REC, POS 3, OR POS 78-79; 70/80/81 REC, POS 13 OR POS 79-80) THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THAT TARIFF NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FILERS SHOULD VERIFY THE SPI FROM THEIR HARMONIZED QUERY OUTPUT (V3 REC, POS 53-72) TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE SELECTED SPI APPLIES TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. NOTE: AS STATED IN ERROR MESSAGE 40L, IF THE TRANSMITTED SPI (50 RECORD OR 70 RECORD) IS ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER, IT MUST NONETHELESS AGREE WITH THE C/O CODE (EITHER "MX" OR "CA"). IF THE C/O IS "CA", AN SPI OF "MX" WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
4H1: COUNTRY/VISA COUNTRY DISAGREE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE ONLY OCCURS WHEN SELECTED TARIFF NUMBERS FROM CHAPT 61, DESCRIBED ON PAGE ENS-50 OF THE CATAIR ARE USED. FOR THESE TARIFF NUMBERS, THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN CANNOT BE HONG KONG BUT THE VISA MUST CONTAIN HK AS THE ISO CODE IN THE 2ND AND 3RD POSITIONS OF THE VISA NUMBER (REC 51, POS 11-19). IF THE VISA IS CORRECT BUT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS TRANSMITTED WITH HK (REC 40, POS 6-7) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
120: INVALID LIQUIDATION CYCLE CODE

THE LIQUIDATION CYCLE CODE MUST BE NUMERIC AND MUST BE A ZERO, ONE, OR A TWO. 
VKB: HLT: SEARCH NUMBER REQUIRED

TABLE NAME AND SEARCH NUMBER ARE BOTH REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A VALID TABLE LOCATE/INQUIRY DEFINITION. 
BR0: ORIGINAL FEES MISMATCH (R89:R90)

THE TOTAL ORIGINAL FEES FROM ALL 'R89' RECORDS DO NOT MATCH THE TOTAL ORIGIN FEES REFLECTED BY THE FILER IN THE RECONCILIATION'S 'R90' RECORD. 
4BO: REMOTE ENTRY-CANNOT DEL FROM STMT

A REMOTE-FILE ENTRY CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM ABI STATEMENT.
EJ9: INVALID INVOICE NUMBER FORMAT

INVOICE NUMBERS CAN CONSIST ONLY OF LETTERS, NUMBERS, SLASHES, OR DASHES. TRAILING SPACES ARE ALLOWED, IMBEDDED SPACES ARE NOT. LETTERS MUST BE IN UPPER CASE. NOTE: AS OF MAY 1995, THE SLASH (/) IS NO LONGER PERMITTED AS A VALID CHARACTER IN THE INVOICE NUMBER. THE INVOICE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 REC, POS 20-36.
ACQ: ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE IS INACTIVE

THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE (HI APPLICATION, REC H POS 11-22 OR EI APPLICATION, REC 10, POS 20-31) IS CURRENTLY IN 'INACTIVE' STATUS ON THE IMPORTER FILE. ABI FILERS SHOULD USE APPLICATION 'TI' 5106 UPDATE, TO SUBMIT THE REACTIVATION. IF THE NUMBER IS A U.S. CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER, THE ENTRY TEAM CAN REACTIVATE THIS NUMBER. 
IN3: ENT IS ARCHVD RESULTS NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY INPUT (APPLICATION IN). IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IN THE R1 RECORD IS OLD ENOUGH TO BE LISTED ON THE ARCHIVED SELECTIVITY RECORDS, THERE WILL BE NO ACTIVE OR CURRENT SELECTIVITY DATA TO DISPLAY. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED AS A RESULT. 
BRZ: POSSIBLE TAX MISMATCH

R20 ORIGINAL TAX DOES NOT MATCH PAID / LIQ TAX .
593: INVALID PROCESSING DISTRICT /PORT

PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT NOT NUMERIC OR NON-EXISTENT 
EJ4: DUTIABLE ADJ REQUIRED FOR NO CHG

FOR ABI CI TRANSMISSION, IF C02 OR C42 PAYMENT TERMS IS NO CHARGE ('15'), A DUTIABLE ADJUSTMENT (CODE "D") MUST BE PROVIDED IN THE C17 OR C53 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE ACCOMPANIED BY ERROR MESSAGE EJ5. 
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).
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.
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.
SGA: 52 REC-INVALID TARIFF FOR SGR CRT

THE FILER HAS PROVIDED CANADIAN SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA IN THE 'EI' 52 RECORD AND THE TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE LINE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE SUBJECT TO THE SUGAR CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FROM CANADA. 

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