Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

ACR: REFERENCE NUMBER INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE REFERS TO THE IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBERS USED ON A DRAWBACK CLAIM, SPECIFICALLY THE AGENT/BROKER (4811) ID. THE NUMBER USED IS NOT ON THE ACTIVE IMPORTER MASTER FILE .  
VQQ: MISSING PRIV DATE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE INDICATOR IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITION 4 IS A '2' (FTZ) AND THE ZONE STATUS IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITION 39 IS 'P' (PRIVILEGED), THEN THE PRIVILEGED STATUS FILING DATE IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-45 CANNOT BE SPACES.
2AI: INVALID BOND TYPE

A SHORT LISTING OF CURRENT BOND TYPES AND THEIR CORRESPONDING ACTIVITY CODES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CATAIR ON PAGE QIB-8. NOTE: ABI FILERS WHO DO BOND QUERIES WILL RECEIVE A SINGLE ALPHA CHARACTER CODE DESIGNATING WHICH TYPE OF BOND IS ON FILE, IF ANY, FOR THE IMPORTER BEING QUERIED. THE FILER'S SOFTWARE SHOULD TRANSLATE THE CODE INTO THE APPROPRIATE BOND TYPE AND DESCRIPTION.
99J: HONG KONG VISA/LIVE INDICATOR REQ

FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE NUMBERS, IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS CHINA (CN) AND THE ISO COUNTRY CODE OF THE VISA (1ST TWO POSITIONS) IS HONG KONG (HK), A LIVE ENTRY INDICATOR (1) IS REQUIRED IN POSITION 44 OF THE EI 10 RECORD OR THIS REJECT WILL OCCUR.
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.
99B: AG LICENSE REQUIRED

AN AGRICULTURE LICENSE MUST BE ENTERED IF THE FIRST TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING CONSTRAINTS, '99041009' THRU '99041021' INCLUSIVE OR '99041027' THRU '99041060' INCLUSIVE. THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED WHEN AN AGRICULTURAL LICENSE IS NOT SENT ON A TARIFF LINE THAT REQUIRES ONE. THE AGRICULTURAL LICENSE IS SENT IN THE 51 RECORD, POSITIONS 38-47.
SG2: INVALID CANADA SUGAR CERT FORMAT`

A CORRECT CERTIFICATE MUST BE 7 ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS WITH NO SPECIAL CHARACTERS. EITHER THE GIVEN DATA CONTAINS SPECIAL CHARACTERS OR IS NOT A TOTAL OF 7 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. 
ACU: LOWER CASE ALPHABETIC INVALID

THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN IMPORTER ADD TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIER TI. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS LOWER CASE ALPHA CHARACTER IN HIS INPUT, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VOH: PREPARER/REMOTE IND CONLICT

THE REMOTE PROCESSING DISTRICT PORT IS SENT IN THE 'B' RECORD, POSITIONS 47-50. THE REMOTE PREPARER FILER IS SENT IN THE 'B' RECORD, POSITIONS 51-53. IF THE REMOTE PREPARER INDICATOR IN POSITION 56 OF THE 'B' RECORD IS SET TO '1' (YES) THEN THE DDPP/FILER MUST BE SET UP IN THE ABI BROKER REMOTE FILING LOCATIONS FILE.
ADW: MOT MISMATCH ON CONSL RELEASE

THE MOT'S (MODE OF TRANSPORTATION) MUST BE THE SAME FOR ALL OF THE RELEASES ON A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY. 
VQY: TOTAL VALUE MUST = SUM OF LINES

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL VALUE IS SENT IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-14. IT IS THE TOTAL OF THE VALUES IN THE D12 RECORDS, POSITIONS 16-25. IF THEY DO NOT MATCH THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
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.
ADO: RELEASE ALREADY CONSOLIDATED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION WHEN A RELEASE ENTRY NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE A32 RECORD IS AN ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN CONSOLIDATED ON ANOTHER ENTRY SUMMARY NUMBER. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO OCCUR ON A NON-CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY TRANSMISSION IF THE ENTRY NUMBER HAS BEEN LISTED IN A 32 RECORD AS PART OF A CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY TRANSMISSION PREVIOUSLY SENT BY THE FILER.
EI5: UNIT PRICE BASIS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE UNIT PRICE BASIS IS THE ELEMENT WHICH INDICATES HOW MANY ITEMS CONSTITUTE THE BASIS FOR THE UNIT PRICE OF THE ITEM LISTED ON THE C31 RECORD FOR THE INVOICE. THE UNIT PRICE BASIS IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C33 REC, POS 52-60. IT MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS SENT BY THE FILER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
064: DUTY AMOUNT MUST EQUAL ZEROS

IF CLASS CODE = 020 OR 021 ANOTHER CLASS CODE, (001 OR 002) MUST BE PRESENT. WHEN THIS IS THE CASE THE DETAIL AMOUNT FOR 001 OR 002 MUST BE BLANK OR ZERO. IN AN ABI SUMMARY TRANSACTION, IF A SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT YIELDS ZERO DUTY IS USED, THE 50 RECORD MUST SHOW ZERO IN POS 14-23.
AAU: ADD/CVD NOT REQUIRED

ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THIS REJECT IS WHEN A FILER SENDS ANTIDUMPING DUTY IN POSITIONS 33-42 OF THE 60 RECORD WHEN THERE IS A '0' IN THE BOND INDICATOR OF THE CASE DATABASE RECORD. 
VK6: HLS: BMS MAP FIELD NAME REQUIRED

A BMS MAP FIELD NAME OPERAND IS REQUIRED WITH OPERAND 'M'
VND: OGA/LINE RLSE CANNOT BE INDICATED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A "1" IN REC 10, POS 80 TO INDICATE THAT THE ENTRY SUMMARY CONTAINS FDA DATA FOR AN ENTRY RELEASE THROUGH LINE RELEASE AND THE ENTRY IS NOT A LINE RELEASE ENTRY.
46F: PAYMENT TYPE/DUE DATE CONFLICT

WHEN CHANGING PAY BASIS INDICATOR FROM 2,3, OR 5 TO 1 (SINGLE PAYMENT) THE SCHEDULE PAY DATE MUST BE SPACES. NO OTHER DATES, ALPHA OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS CAN BE TRANSMITTED IN THIS FIELD WHEN THE PAYMENT TYPE IS 1.   
APV: SAMPLE IND. CANNOT CHANGE

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A SAMPLE HAS BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT A SAMPLE DOES NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE SAMPLE INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. 
10S: SURETY CODE REVOKED

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN THE ABI FILER'S SURETY CODE HAS BEEN REVOKED. 
506: CALC. DUTY DOES NOT MATCH EST.

THE TOTAL DUTY CALCULATED FROM THE ENTRY LINE ITEMS DOES NOT MATCH THE ESTIMATED DUTY FOR THE ENTRY. EACH LINE ON A MULTI-LINE SUMMARY SHOULD REFLECT THE EXACT DUTY AMOUNT DUE, BASED ON THE DUTY RATES APPLICABLE TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. HOWEVER, ABI WILL ALLOW A DIFFERENCE, PER LINE, OF UP TO $2.99 (PLUS OR MINUS) BETWEEN THE ACTUAL CALCULATED DUTY AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT TRANSMITTED BY THE ABI FILER. THIS $2.99 DIFFERENCE ALSO APPLIES TO THE ENTRY, AS A WHOLE. THUS, WHILE INDIVIDUAL LINES MAY BE ALLOWED WITH THE DUTY DISCREPANCY CITED ABOVE, THE ENTRY MAY STILL BE REJECTED IF THE TOTAL DUTY AMOUNT TRANSMITTED (90 REC, POS 3-13) IS MORE THAN $2.99 ABOVE OR BELOW THE AMOUNT CALCULATED BY ABI AS BEING THE ACTUAL DUTY FOR ALL LINES ON THE SUMMARY. 
RBO: RECON TEAM INVALID FOR DDPP

THIS MESSAGE WILL MOST OFTEN OCCUR WITH MESSAGE 'RBI'. FOR RECONCILIATION, MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DDPP/TEAM COMBINATION IS NOT CORRECT. THERE IS A DIRECT CODED LINK BETWEEN THE VALID FILING DDPP CODES AND THE VALID TEAM CODES.
RB2: INVALID INCREASE-REFUND IND

THE INCREASE/REFUND INDICATOR IN THE ABI 'RA' RECON TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD MUST = '1', '2', OR '3'.
EI1: ARTICLE A NEEDED FOR ARTICLE B

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C31 RECORD ENABLES FILERS TO REPORT SPECIFIC DATA ON ITEM NUMBERS FOR AN INVOICE LINE. POS 8-42 ARE USED TO PROVIDE AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE ITEM ON THE INVOICE LINE (PART NUMBER, CATALOG NUMBER, ETC). A FURTHER DEFINITION (BUYER'S PART NUMBER, ETC) IS PERMITTED IN POS 43-77. THESE TWO FIELDS ARE IDENTIFED AS "ITEM A" AND "ITEM B". IF DATA APPEARS IN THE "ITEM B" FIELD, DATA MUST ALSO APPEAR IN THE "ITEM A" FIELD. IF NOT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATE.

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