Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

APL: AFR REVIEW REQ. NOT APPLIC.

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. EITHER THE PROTEST OR APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW IS NOT IN DENIED STATUS, OR THE 90 DAY PROTEST FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD HAD EXPIRED. 
04D: UNLDING DIST/PORT NONEXISTENT

PORT OF UNLADING IS NOT IN DISTRICT/PORT FILE
52Z: ENTRY/LINE SEQUENCE REJECTED

REFER TO ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 98-0236, DATED 032098. IN SOME CASES THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS APPLICATION (IJ) WAS CAUSING DATA BASE ERRORS WHEN THE NUMBER OF (I7) ENTRY NUMBER/LINE ITEM SEQUENCE RECORDS EXCEEDED THE LIMIT SET BY THE PROGRAM FOR A PARTICULAR NAME & ADDRESS I3 AND I4 RECORD SET. ALSO, IN SOME REJECT SITUATIONS THE ERROR MESSAGE "524 TRANSACTION DATA REJECTED" WAS DISPLAYING ERRONEOUSLY IN THE IB OUTPUT MESSAGES WHEN THE ENTIRE (IJ) APPLICATION WAS NOT REJECTED. TO ELIMINATE THE ABOVE SITUATIONS AND TO PROVIDE MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION WHEN ERRORS ARE DETECTED IN THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS APPLICATION (IJ) TRANSMISSIONS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND 52Y "MAXIMUM (I7) RECORDS EXCEEDED" ARE GENERATED. BOTH THE 52Y AND 52Z MESSAGES WILL APPEAR AS (IB) OUTPUT RECORDS WHEN CUSTOMS DETERMINES THAT THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED CANNOT BE ADDED TO THE DATABASE AS REQUESTED BY AN ABI FILER.
36P: INVALID CHECK DIGIT FACTOR

WITH THE NEW CHECK DIGIT FIELD ON THE NATIONAL FILER DATABASE RECORD YOU MAY ONLY HAVE A VALUE 1 (ONE) OR 0 (ZERO). 
EJM: INVOICE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WRONG

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C84 REC, POS 19-33, IS USED TO REPORT ANY ALLOWANCE OR CHARGES THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE INVOICE AMOUNT TO REFLECT THE PROPER INVOICE TOTALS. THE C17 REC PROVIDES SIX TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS (SEE PAGE AII-23 FOR THE VALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATORS). IF ANY OF THESE TYPES EXCEPT "N" OR "D" ARE USED, THE AMOUNTS OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS, WHETHER ADDITIONS OR SUBTRACTIONS TO THE DUTIABLE TOTAL AMOUNT, ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C18 RECORD. THE TOTAL OF THESE UPS OR DOWNS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C84 RECORD IN POS 19-33. IF THE TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS IS A NEGATIVE NUMBER, POS 34 OF THE C84 RECORD MUST BE AN "N". **NOTE** - THIS IS A HEADER LEVEL MESSAGE. IF ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE AT THE INVOICE LINE LEVEL, THOSE TOTALS ARE NOT CARRIED FORWARD TO THE C84 RECORD.
IN0: INVALID ENTRY NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY INPUT (APPLICATION IN). IF THE ENTRY NUMBER DOES NOT CONTAIN 11 DIGITS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. SPACES IN EITHER THE FILER CODE OR ENTRY NUMBER ALSO WILL CAUSE THIS REJECT MESSAGE.
95J: NOT A RECONCILIATION IMPORTER

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE IMPORTER OF RECORD TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT (APPLICATION EI) HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY HQ FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE RECONCILIATION PROGRAM. APPROVED IMPORTERS ARE LISTED IN THE RCIL DATABASE. THIS ERROR MESSAGE ALSO OCCURED IN OCTOBER 1999 WHEN AN IMPORTER NUMBER WAS FROZEN WHEN THE BOND WAS SET TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. THE NEW BOND TO TAKE EFFECT THE NEXT DAY DID NOT HAVE A RECONCILIATION RIDER. RECONCILIATION CONTACT WAS INFORMED AND COORDINATED SOLUTION.
VHC: FD 701:PHONE NBR MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN NON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE INPUT INTO THE "CONTACT PHONE NUMBER" FIELD, REC FD04, POS 29-38. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FIELD. A COMMON PROBLEM IS THAT THE USER WILL SEND A "CONTACT NAME" (REC FD04 POS 19-28) THAT IS LONGER THAN 10 CHARACTERS AND THE FILER'S PROGRAM ALLOWS THE EXTRA CHARACTERS TO SPILL OVER INTO THE PHONE NUMBER FIELD. ALSO, PHONE NUMBERS MUST INCLUDE THE AREA CODE. IF THIS PART OF THE PHONE NUMBER ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, ERROR VHC ALSO RESULTS.
AQX: LEAD PROTEST NBR NOT ON FILE.

THE NUMBER ENTERED IN THE LEAD PROTEST NUMBER FIELD IS NOT A VALID CUSTOMS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER. 
28O: *CENSUS* MFR/SHP NO NAME/ADDRESS

MANUFACTURER/SHIPPER'S NAME AND/OR ADDRESS IS NOT ON FILE 
1ED: EST'D ARRIVAL DATE: NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER CERTIFIES AN ENTRY SUMMARY FOR CARGO RELEASE BY SENDING A '1' IN POSITION 38 OF THE EI 30 RECORD BUT SENDS BLANKS FOR THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IN POSITION  66-71 OF THE EI 20 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IS INCORRECT IN THE L1 RECORD OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE FEATURE.
BRQ: EARLIEST IMPORT DATE MISMATCH

WHEN THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY ISSUE CODE ON THE 'RA' TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD = 'NF', THE EARLIEST IMPORT DATE MUST BE GIVEN AND MUST MATCH THE EARLIEST IMPORT DATE IN ACS OF ANY OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORTS GIVEN IN THE 'R20' RECORDS.
EJ5: UNIT PRC/PYMNT TERMS INCONSISTENT

CONCERNING ABI CI, IF THE PAYMENT TERMS TYPE ON THE C02 RECORD IS '15' (NO CHARGE), THE UNIT PRICE ON THE C33 RECORD MUST BE ZERO. IF OTHER PAYMENT TERMS ARE USED ON THE C02 RECORD, THE UNIT PRICE MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THIS MESSAGE IS ALMOST ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ERROR MESSAGE EJ4.
AD2: SUB INVALID WITHOUT HOUSE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF A SUB-HOUSE BILL IS TRANSMITTED IN THE HA REC, POS 39-50, A HOUSE BILL IS REQUIRED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 27-38.  
EKA: CONFLICTING PAYMENT TERMS

IN AN ABI INVOICE (CI) TRANSMISSION, IF A PAYMENT TERMS INDICATES 'NO CHARGE' ANOTHER PAYMENT TERMS IS ALLOWED ONLY IF IT IS TYPE 'OTHER'. ALL OTHER PAYMENT TERMS DIRECTLY CONTRADICT 'NO CHARGE'. 
04F: PC: ENTER VESSEL NAME

ENTRY IS PAIRED CITIES. VESSEL NAME IS BLANK. VESSEL NAME IS REQUIRED. 
FD3: AFFIRMATION COMPLI TYPE INVALID

COMPLIANCE TYPE HAS TO BE ALPHANUMERIC WITH NO SPACES. 
AR1: CANNOT CHANGE PROTESTANT TYPE

THE PROTESTANT PARTY TYPE CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER INITIAL FILING. 
594: INVALID DISTRICT /PORT OF UNLADING

THE PORT OF UNLADING (DIST/PORT CODE) MUST BE A VALID LOCATION AS SHOWN ON REGION/DISTRICT/PORT FILE (FOUR DIGIT DDPP). FILERS TRANSMIT THE PORT OF UNLADING FOR IMPORT SHIPMENTS IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (EI - 20 REC, POS 30-33) OR THE CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTION (HI - H1 REC, POS 65-68). IF THE PORT CODE TRANSMITTED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE DATABASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. ***NOTE***- IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE INFORMATION, A PORT THAT IS LISTED ON THE FILE MUST ALSO BE SET TO "Y" AS AN UNLADING PORT. IF THE PORT IS SET AS "N" FOR UNLADING PORT, THE ABOVE ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
14I: QUANTITY/UNIT OF MEASURE MISMATCH

MISMATCH CONDITION BETWEEN ENTERED QUANTITY AND ENTERED UNIT OF MEASURE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.
AD8: INVOICE LINES NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN EI 42 RECORD IS SENT WITH INVOICE LINES THAT ARE NOT ALL NUMERIC (E.G. A001).  
AQ8: PROTESTANT ADDRESS REQUIRED

WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS EITHER 'F' (FOREIGN EXPORTER/PRODUCER) OR 'O' (OTHER), FULL NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED, INCLUDING COUNTRY CODE 'US' FOR DOMESTIC ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'O') AND EITHER 'MX' OR 'CA' FOR MEXICAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F'.
690: I.T. DATE WITH NO I.T. NUMBER

I.T. DATA IS REPORTED IN THE SUMMARY TRANSACTION IN THE 22 RECORD. THE I.T. NUMBER IS REPORTED IN POS 3-14.  IF AN I.T. NUMBER IS REPORTED, AN I.T. DATE IS REQUIRED IN POS 64-69. LIKEWISE, IF AN I.T. DATE IS REPORTED, THERE MUST BE AN I.T. NUMBER. IF ONLY THE DATE IS REPORTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
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.
800: NO MATCH FOR EST/COMP DUTIES

THIS MESSAGE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE CAUSES. THE MOST COMMON ONES ARE: -- USING PRIOR YEAR'S TARIFF RATES; OR RATES IN EFFECT BEFORE A HARMONIZED UPDATE CHANGED THE RATES. -- TRANSMITTING ZERO DUTY WITHOUT INCLUDING THE APPROPRIATE SPECIAL PROGRAMS INDICATOR (SPI) OR SENDING DUTY WITH AN ACCOMPANYING DUTY-FREE SPI. -- APPLYING AN AD VALOREM DUTY RATE AS THOUGH IT WAS A SPECIFIC RATE. -- INCORRECTLY CALCULATING AN AD VALOREM EQUIVALENT FOR CHAPTER 9802 IMPORTATIONS. -- MAKING A CALCULATION ERROR THAT AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN A $3 DIFFERENCE ON A GIVEN TARIFF LINE ON THE SUMMARY. -- USING AN INTRANSIT (I.T.) NUMBER AND DATE FROM A PRIOR YEAR WITH DUTY RATES FROM THE CURRENT YEAR.

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