Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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'.
40L: SPI INVALID FOR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DUTY ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO EVERY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THAT MAY APPEAR ON AN IMPORT TRANSACTION. GSP (SPI "A") APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE COUNTRIES LISTED AS BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ANDEAN PREFERENCE (SPI "J") APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE COUNTRIES CODED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PROGRAM. THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS DATABASE LISTS WHICH COUNTRIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VARIOUS SPECIAL PROGRAMS. IF A SUMMARY INPUT CONTAINS A SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR WHICH IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE TRANSMITTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. NOTE: IF THE LINE HAS TWO TARIFF NUMBERS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NAFTA ELIGIBLE, THE SPI'S USED MUST AGREE WITH THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. IF THE FILER USES "CA" FOR THE SPI IN EITHER THE 50 OR 70 RECORD, WITH "MX" IN THE 40 RECORD AS C/O, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED. SEE ERROR MSG 40J, AS WELL.
AE2: PO BOX NOT ALLOWED IN 2ND ADDRESS

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN "ADD 5106" INPUT TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIER TI. FOR COMPANIES WITH FOREIGN ADDRESSES, ONLY ONE LINE OF ADDRESS DATA IS PERMITTED AND A POST OFFICE BOX IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE ADDRESS LINE. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE T2 OR TB RECORD CONTAINS A POST OFFICE BOX. 
10Y: V/F/T REQUIRED FOR AIR CARRIER

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS FROM AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (EI) WHEN THE FILER HAS REQUESTED CARGO CERTIFICATION AND THE MOT IS 40 (AIR). IF THE 20 RECORD, POS 61-66 DOES NOT CONTAIN A FLIGHT NUMBER, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED AND WILL PREVENT PROVISIONAL CARGO SELECTIVITY RESULTS FROM BEING ISSUED. THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT REJECT THE SUMMARY; IT WILL ONLY PREVENT CARGO CERTIFICATION FROM OCCURRING.
AFH: ADD BOND AMT/TYPE INVALID; 35 REC

THE ADD BOND TYPE IN REC 35, POS 14 MUST BE 0 OR 1. THE USE OF ANY OTHER NUMERIC, SPACE OR SPECIAL CHARACTER WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE. IF THE BONDED ANTIDUMPING DUTY AMOUNT (35 REC, POS 3-13) DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY AMOUNT IN THE 60 REC, POS 33-42, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IF BOTH AMOUNTS AGREE, BUT DO NOT EQUAL THE CALCULATED ANTIDUMPING DUTY AMOUNT, AS DETERMINED BY ACS, ERROR MESSAGE AAZ "ADD/CVD DUTY COMP MISMATCH" WILL RESULT. NOTE-- IF THE CASE BEING REPORTED HAS A DUTY RATE OF 0.00 PERCENT AND A BOND/ CASH INDICATOR OF "B", ABI WILL NOT ACCEPT THE BONDED INDICATOR IN THE 35 REC. THE FILER SHOULD TRANSMIT EITHER A BLANK IN POS 14 OR A ZERO.
68A: CARGO PROCESSING IN PROGRESS

THIS ERROR IS USED IN "ABI" 
216: INVALID TARIFF NUMBER

TARIFF NUMBER BLANK OR NOT NUMERIC 
VPR: CLAIM LINE# OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. A CLAIM LINE NUMBER IS SENT IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-6. THIS RECORD CAN BE REPEATED UP TO 99 TIMES BUT THE SEQUENCING MUST BE IN ORDER. IF THERE ARE THREE LINES AND THE LINE NUMBERS ARE SENT 001, 003, 002, THIS REJECT WILL BE GENERATED.
4D6: CALL HQ QUOTA BR- CHAIN BROKEN

A PROBLEM EXISTS IN THE QUOTA MASTER FILE. HEADQUARTERS QUOTA NEEDS TO BE INFORMED OF THE DATA INPUT IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.  CALL YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.
VMJ: CANNOT DELETE - WHS/W ASSOCIATED

A REQUEST TO DELETE A WAREHOUSE SUMMARY WAS INVALID BECAUSE WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT SUMMARY. 
EIY: INVALID RELATE DOCUMENT ID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C19 RECORD IS USED TO REPORT THE PRESENCE OF DOCUMENTS THAT MAY RELATE TO THE INVOICE IN QUESTION. IF THE C19 RECORD IS USED, POS 4-6 MUST REFLECT ONE OF THE ACCEPTABLE VALUES FOR THE RELATED DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER. THESE IDENTIFIERS ARE LISTED IN APPENDIX B TO THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY INDICATOR NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX B WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
27F: *CENSUS* OR-HI VAL/QTY(2)TARIFF 1

THE UNIT PRICE (VALUE/PRIMARY QUANTITY) IS NOT WITHIN SPECIFIC LIMITS  
AAN: CASE NUMBER INVALID/MISSING

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ANTI-DUMPING (ADD) OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY (CVD) CASE NUMBER FIELD IN ABI REC 60, POS 13-22 (CVD CASE NO) OR POS 23-32 (ADD CASE NO); CATAIR, PAGE ENS-54). THE CASE NUMBER MUST BEGIN WITH AN 'A' IF ANTI-DUMPING OR A 'C' IF COUNTERVAILING DUTY AND BE FOLLOWED BY NINE NUMERICS. IF THE CASE NUMBER IS MISSING AND THE FILER HAS SENT AN ADD OR CVD ENTRY TYPE (03 OR 07), THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE CAN APPEAR IF AN ADJUSTMENT IS ATTEMPTED ON A COFA TRANSACTION AND THE COFR SCREEN DOES NOT SHOW A CASE NUMBER = CASE NUMBER ON THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION.
AFR: STMT BRANCH/BROKER MISMATCH

THIS MESSAGE OCCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A STATEMENT BRANCH CODE IN POSITIONS 49-50 OF THE EI 20 RECORD ALONG WITH A STATEMENT INDICATOR AND STATEMENT DATE BUT THE BRANCH CODE HAS NOT BEEN SET TO OPERATIONAL IN THE ABE FILE. ALSO, IF THE FILER HAS BEEN SET TO 'Y' FOR BRANCH ON THE ABI RPOFILE RECORD, BUT THEN NEGLECTS TO INCLUDE A BRANCH DESIGNATION IN THE 20 RECORD (POS 49-50), THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR. IN A RECONILIATION ENTRY, THE R17 REC, POS 11-12, MUST REFLECT A CLIENT BRANCH DESIGNATION IF THE ABEI RECORD IS SET TO 'Y' FOR THIS FEATURE. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO OCCUR IF THE FILER USES THE 'STATEMENT ADD/DELTE' APPLICATION (HP) AND SENDS BRANCH DESIGNATION IN POS 25-26.
VBT: DT HS7: INV CLARIFICATION CODE

ANY CODE OTHER THAN V, T, OR E IN POS 37 OF THE DT01 RECORD WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS MESSAGE. LEAVING THIS FIELD BLANK WILL ALSO RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
AEL: RLSE ENT #=CONSL ENT #

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION APPLICATION IDENTIFIER EI. IF ANY OF THE ENTRY NUMBERS IDENTIFIED IN THE 32 RECORD ARE IDENTICAL TO THE ENTRY NUMBER IN THE 10 RECORD, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY MUST USE AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL RELEASE ENTRIES LISTED IN THE 32 RECORD.
1F1: REF. # CF4811 NOT ON IMP. FILE

THE 4811 IS ON FILE FOR THE REFERENCED AGENT AND IMPORTER, HOWEVER, THE AGENT (REFERENCE) NUMBER IS NOT ON THE IMPORTER FILE. A CF 5106 MUST BE INPUT FOR THE REFERENCE NUMBER. CURRENTLY, THERE IS NO ADDRESS OF RECORD FOR THIS AGENT. 
1H9: MAIL FEE NOT REQUIRED

THE MAIL FEE (CLASS CODE 496 IN THE AMOUNT OF $5.00) IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO DUTIABLE MAIL ENTRIES (MOT FOR MAIL ENTRIES IS "50").IF THE ENTRY IS FREE OF DUTY AND THE MAIL  FEE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 34 RECORD AND THE 89 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VOW: NON-REMOTE ENTRY ALREADY ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSMISSION. IF A FILER HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED SELECTIVITY RECORDS IN ACS, VIA THE HI (CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT) TRANSACTION, THE FILER MAY NOT TRANSMIT AN RLF SUMMARY FILE FOR THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER. IF THE FILER WISHES TO CREATE AN RLF ENTRY FOR THE NUMBER IN QUESTION, THE ORIGINAL SELECTIVITY RECORDS FROM THE HI TRANSACTION WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED BY PORT PERSONNEL.
VMW: WHSE WITHDRAWAL ON FILE

WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL ENTRIES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CARGO SELECTIVITY BECAUSE THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY SUBJECTED TO ADMISSIBILITY REVIEW WHEN THE ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE ENTRY (TYPE 21 OR 22) WAS PROCESSED. HENCE, IF THE FILER'S WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL INPUT CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION FLAG ("1" IN POS 38 OF THE 30 REC), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE WILL USUALLY BE PRECEDED BY THE LETTERS "CERT" INDICATING THAT THIS REJECTION IS RELATED TO THE DENIAL OF CARGO RELEASE CERTIFICATION.
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).
VDP: FTZ NUMBER INVALID

THE FTZ NO IN REC 20, POS 8-14 (EI APPLICATION) OR REC H2, POS 60-66 (HI APPLI- CATION) IS MANDATORY FOR ENTRY TYPE 06. IT MUST START WITH "FTZ" AND BE FOLLOWED BY FOUR NUMERICS. IF THE FTZ NO IS LESS THAN FOUR NUMERICS, THE NUMBER MUST BE PRECEDED BY ZEROS I.E. "FTZ0001".
SBO: MUST BE A "Y" OR "N"

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF AN ABI TRANSACTION IS SENT WITH A FIELD THAT REQUIRES A YES (Y) OR NO (N) INDICATOR FOR THE AFFECTED FIELD. AN EXAMPLE IS A RECONCILIATION ENTRY (TYPE 09) FOR WHICH THE FILER MUST INDICATE IF THE ENTRY IS AN AGGREGATE ENTRY (AGGREGATE INDICATOR = Y) OR AN ENTRY BY ENTRY RECONCILIATION (AGGREGATE INDICATOR =N). IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS USED IN SUCH A FIELD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT
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.
APQ: WITHDRAWAL REQ. IND. INVALID

A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION, INDICATED BY 'W', MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME UNTIL THE PROTEST OR CLAIM IS ADJUDICATED BY CUSTOMS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE WITHDRAWAL REQUEST FIELD, P10 REC, POS 66, MUST BE "W", OR MUST BE BLANK. ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THIS FIELD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 

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