Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

C18: TARIFF NUMBER NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE WHEN THE TARIFF NUMBER SENT IN THE D12 RECORD, POSITIONS 6-15, DOES NOT EXIST IN THE TARIFF DATABASE.
27A: CENSUS IMPROBABLE COUNTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS AN ABI REPLY TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) INPUT TRANSACTION. IT INDICATES THAT THE DATA COLLECTED BY CENSUS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE LINE IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FROM THE TRANSMITTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. THE FILER SHOULD VERIFY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR TARIFF NUMBER AND, IF NECESSARY, MAKE CORRECTIONS. IF THE DATA IS ACCURATE AS TRANSMITTED, NO FURTHER ACTION VIA ABI IS NECESSARY.
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'.
17I: UNKNOWN APPLICATION CODE

THE ABI APPLICATION CODE ENTERED ON THE 'B' RECORD WAS NOT FOUND IN THE APPLICATION CODE FILE. ACTION: CORRECT THE CODE ENTERED ON THE 'B' RECORD AND RESTART THE APPLICATION.
EIU: INVALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE IND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSIN (APPLICATION CI). THE C17 OR C51 RECORD PROVIDES FOR ONE OF SIX VALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATORS. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK FIELD, IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELEMENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
962: TAX MAY NOT BE DEFERRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE HAS BEEN FOUND TO OCCUR WHEN A TAX DEFERRED INDICATOR IS SENT FOR AN INFORMAL ENTRY (ENTRY TYPE 11). WHEN THE ENTRY TYPE IS CHANGED TO A FORMAL ENTRY TYPE THE ENTRY PROCESSES ERROR FREE.
95G: INVALID NAFTA RECON INDICATOR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE IMPORTER DESIRES THE INSTANT IMPORT ENTRY TO BE FLAGGED FOR A NAFTA RECONCILIATION, THE APPROPRIATE ABI INDICATOR IS A "1" IN POS 76 OF THE 20 RECORD. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS POSITION (EXCEPT A BLANK TO INDICATE NO NAFTA RECONCILIATION IS BEING ELECTED), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
AQL: ASSOC. PROT. NBR NOT APPLIC

WHEN FILING AN INTERVENTION IN A PROTEST OF AN ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA, THE USCS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER UPON WHICH IS BEING INTERVENED IS REQUIRED. THE INTERVENTION MAY BE FILED AT ANY TIME AFTER PRO- TEST UNTIL USCS DECISION. THIS FIELD DOES NOT APPLY WHEN FILING TYPE 514 PROTESTS OR TYPE 520(C) OR 520(D) CLAIMS.
BRM: POSSIBLE FEE MISMATCH

THE ORIGINAL FEE AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN FEE CLASS CODE IN THE RECON'S 'R21' RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT USCS SHOWS AS BEING THE FEE AMOUNT FOR THAT CLASS CODE ON THE ORIGINAL IMPORT ENTRY. THIS MESSAGE USUALLY RESULTS WHEN ABI ATTEMPTS TO VERIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FEE CLASS AMOUNTS ON THE IMPORT ENTRY AGREE WITH THE AMOUNTS REPORTED IN THE RECON ENTRY (R21 RECORD). IF THE IMPORT ENTRY HAS BEEN RED-LINED DURING THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS, THE USFI RECORD (WHERE FEES ARE DISPLAYED BY CLASS CODE AND AMOUNT) WILL BE BLANK AND THE LNLI RECORDS (ENTRY LINE DATA FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY) IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE BLANK. THUS ABI HAS NO FILE TO SEARCH TO VERIFY THE HMF OR MPF AMOUNT CLAIMED BY THE RECON FILER IN ITS R21 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE IS A WARNING, HOWEVER, AND WILL NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CAUSE A RECON ENTRY TO BE REJECTED.
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.
370: ENTRY BELONGS TO ANOTHER DD/PP

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION FOR AN ENTRY THAT WAS RELEASED (OR AT LEAST ACCEPTED) AT ANOTHER PORT. THE SELECTIVITY RECORD WILL SHOW THE PORT CODE ESTABLISHED BY THE FILER'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL ABI TRANSMISSION. IF THE FILER'S SUMMARY INPUT PORT CODE (10 REC, POS 4-7) DOES NOT MATCH THE PORT CODE ON THE SELECTIVITY RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT MATCH THE PORT CODE IN THE H1 REC, POS 4-7, TO THE PORT CODE SHOWN ON THE ENTRY MASTER FILE RECORD FROM THE FILER'S PRIOR TRANSMISSION. IF THE SELECTIVITY RECORD PORT CODE IS INCORRECT, THE FILER SHOULD FOLLOW LOCAL PROCEDURES IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY WITH THE CORRECT PORT CODE ONCE THE SELECTIVITY RECORD HAS BEEN CHANGED. IF THERE IS AN ENTRY SUMMARY ON FILE, AND STILL IN ABI STATUS, THE FILER MAY DELETE THE SUMMARY AND RETRANSMIT IT WITH THE CORRECT PORT CODE.
2AZ: SURETY CODE NOT REQD FOR BOND TYP

THIS MESSAGE PERTAINS TO INFORMAL ENTRY SUMMARIES, TRANSMITTED WITH A SURETY CODE IN POS 73-75 OF THE 10 REC. IF NO BOND TYPE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 49 OF THIS RECORD, THE SURETY CODE IS NOT PERMITTED.
VPG: CLAIM TYPE INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE CLAIM TYPE INDICATOR IS SENT IN POSITION 4 OF THE D01 RECORD AND MUST EITHER BE A '1', '2' OR '3'.
AEP: ERROR IN A32 REC; RLSE 3

THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWS A MORE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE (I.E. "1F5 RELEASE NOT ON FILE) IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION. IT NOTIFIES THE FILE THAT THE ERROR IS IN THE THIRD RELEASE IN THE 32 RECORD. 
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)
AAR: CASE REVOKED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS ANTI-DUMPING (ADD) OR COUNTERVAILING (CVD) DATA IN ABI REC 60 (CATAIR, PAGE ENS-54) AND THE CASE NUMBER REPORTED (POS 13-22 OR 23-32) HAS BEEN REVOKED. IF THE CASE HAS BEEN REVOKED AND NEED NOT BE REPORTED.
AQ3: TEAM CODE INVALID

A MATCH FOR THE THREE DIGIT ALPHA NUMERIC CODE USED TO ADDRESS THE PROTEST, PETITION, OR INTERVENTION MUST BE FOUND IN THE USCS TEAM CODE FILE. NO MATCH HAS BEEN FOUND. 
VKY: HLT;POS REQUIRED W/ OPTIONAL LEN

A POSITION VALUE MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR THE OPTIONAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER WHEN A LENGTH IS SPECIFIED. 
ARP: NOTIFY SUB ALREADY ON FILE

THE ID NUMBER OF THE SUBSTITUTE IS ALREADY ON THE PROTEST RECORD MAKING IT A DUPLICATE, OR THE FILER NEEDS TO CHECK THAT THE APPROPRIATE ACTION CODE IS BEING USED: "A" = ADD, "R" = REPLACE. 
VDA: MPF SURCHARGE CANT BE > $3.00

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS FROM AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). FILERS IN TEST STATUS FOR CARGO RELEASE MUST INCLUDE AN MPF SURCHARGE AMOUNT OF $2.00 IF THE FILER IS NOT OPERATIONAL FOR CARGO RELEAES AT ANY OTHER PORT IN THE UNITED STATES. ABI WILL NOT ACCEPT A SURCHARGE AMOUNT GREATER THAN $3.00, IN ANY CASE.
10V: SURETY CODE NOT FOUND

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTIONS (HI) ONLY. A FILER MUST TRANSMIT BOND INFORMATION (AN "8" FOR A CONTINUOUS BOND OR A "9" FOR A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND) IN THE H1 REC, POS 40. IF BOND TYPE "9" IS ELECTED, A SURETY CODE IS MANDATORY IN THE H1 REC, POS 71-73. IF THE SURETY CODE TRANSMITTED IS NOT FOUND LISTED ON THE SURETY DATABASE, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. NOTE: IF THE SURETY CODE IS PRESENT ON THE DATABASE, BUT IS IN REVOKED STATUS, ERROR MESSAGE 10U WILL BE GENERATED.
DK2: DUPLICATE SCHEDULE B NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. EACH SCHEDULE B NUMBER GIVEN ON A CLAIM CAN ONLY APPEAR ONCE. THIS ERROR WILL OCCUR IF A NUMBER HAS BEEN USED MORE THAN ONCE ON THE CLAIM AS GIVEN IN ANY OF THE ABI 'D25" RECORDS. 
3A5: SELECTIVITY ALREADY PERFORMED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND SELECTIVITY DATA FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER WHERE SELECTIVITY HAS ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED, EITHER ELECTRONICALLY OR BY MANUAL PROCESSING. THIS MESSAGE DOES NOT OCCUR IF THE FILER SENDS SELECTIVITY DATA FOR AN ENTRY THAT RECEIVED AN INITIAL SELECTIVITY RESPONSE OF "PAPERLESS". IN THIS CASE THE FILER WILL RECEIVE MESSAGE 681 "CUSTOMS REL VIA EREL ON FILE". NOTE: IN SOME CASES, THIS MESSAGE WILL ACCOMPANY THE MESSAGE "OGA DATA IGNORED" AND IF THE INPUT APPLICATION WAS FROM AN ENTRY SUMMARY, THESE TWO MESSAGES WILL NOT CAUSE A REJECTION.
EJX: UNITS MUST BE IN ORDER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE AT TWO LEVELS, IN THE C06/C07 RECORD AND/OR THE C47/C49 RECORDS. IN EITHER CASE, THE OUTER SHIPPING UNIT (USUALLY A CONTAINER) IS IDENTIFIED IN THE C06 RECORD. IF INTERIOR PACKAGING ENTITIES ARE SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED WITHIN A CONTAINER, THOSE IDENTIFIERS ARE REPORTED IN THE C07/C49 REC. EACH OF THESE RECORDS PROVIDES SPACE TO REPORT ONE OR TWO INTERIOR PACKAGING UNIT IDENTIFIERS (OR A RANGE OF IDENTIFIERS). THE INTERIOR PACKAGING IDENTIFERS MUST BE UNIQUE AND MUST BE REPORTED IN ORDER. THAT IS, THE C07 REC, POS 4-20, IS USED TO REPORT THE FIRST PACKAGING IDENTIFIER. THE NUMBER IN THIS FIELD MUST BE DIFFERENT FROM THE UNIT IDENTIFIER IN POS 21-37. FURTHER, DATA CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 21-37 UNLESS POS 4-20 IS USED FIRST. WHEN REPORTING RANGES, THE NUMBER OF DIGITS IN THE HIGHEST RANGE MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR ALL RANGES (USE 0001 TO 0800 IF THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE RANGE IS 4000, NOT 1 TO 800, 801 TO 1600, FOR EXAMPLE).
BR8: INVALID ACTION CODE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED A TRANSACTION CODE FOR 'RA' OF OTHER THAN 'A', 'R', 'D'.  

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