Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VG6: INVALID ACTION CODE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO QUERY AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER NUMBER (FEI) OR IS TRIES TO OBTAIN ONE AND IS USES AN INVALID ACTION CODE IN REC FD10, POS 5 OR IN REC FD20, POS 5 OF THE PP TRANSACTION. IN REC FD10, POS 5, ONLY A "Q" (QUERY) IS ALLOWED. IN REC FD20, POS 5, ONLY A "Q' (QUERY) OR "A" (ADD) IS ALLOWED.
ADS: RLSE ON FILE-CONSL NOT ALLOWED

AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI) CANNOT USE AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED IN A RELEASE TRANSACTION. IF EITHER THE SELECTIVITY FILE OR THE ENTRY HEADER FILE SHOWS A RELEASE ON THE ENTRY NUMBER IN QUESTION, THAT NUMBER CANNOT BE USED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT, 10 REC, POS 59-70. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE ENTRY NUMBER HAS ALREADY BEEN USED FOR A RELEASE TRANSACTION.
EJY: UNIT OF MEASURE REQUIRED

IF THE FILER SENDS A QUANTITY IN THE SUMMARY INPUT (EI APPLICATION, REC 22, POS 51-58) AND DOES NOT ALSO INCLUDE A UNIT OF MEASURE (REC 22, POS 51-58) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO THE CARGO RELEASE INPUT (HI APPLICATION, REC HA, POS 51-58 FOR THE UNIT OF MEASURE). IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI), THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING. IF THE C34 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, THE FIRST QUANTITY FIELD, POS 4-18, MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THE FIRST UNIT OF MEASURE IN POS 19-21 IS OPTIONAL. IF THE SECOND UNIT OF MEASURE, POS 37-39, IS TRANSMITTED WITHOUT A SECOND QUANTITY IN POS 22-26, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED. A BETTER MESSAGE WOULD BE "UOM NOT ALLOWED WITH QUANTITY."
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.
VDB: INFORMAL FEE CAN'T BE > $2.00

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN AN ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY CERTIFIED FILER TRANSMITS AN INFORMAL ENTRY WITH AN INFORMAL FEE4 OF MORE THAN $2.00. THE INFORMAL FEE CANNOT EXCEED $2.00 IF THE FILER IS ABI CARGO SELECTIVITY CERTIFIED.
RBY: DUPLICATE RECON PORT CODE

DUPLICATE RECONCILIATION PORT LOCATION CODE GIVEN. 
8WR: INVALID CONTROL ID / RECORD TYPE

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIER, WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE "B" REC, POS 11-12 AND THE DETAIL RECORD IDENTIFIERS TRANSMITTED BETWEEN THE "B" AND "Y" RECORDS. EACH SEPARATE ABI APPLICATION HAS DESIGNATED RECORDS THAT CAN BE SENT IN THAT APPLICATION. IF ANY OTHER RECORDS ARE SENT WITH DIFFERENT RECORD IDENTIFIERS NOT ALLOWED BY THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE A TRANSMISSION OF THE TIB EXTENSION APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE "XN" IN THE "B" RECORD. THE INPUT RECORDS FOR THIS APPLICATION MUST ALL START WITH "XA". ANY OTHER RECORD IDENTIFIERS WILL BE REJECTED.
8D1: INVALID ABI BROKER

THIS ERROR WAS FIRST NOTICED IN JULY 2000. IT OCCURRED WHEN A FILER SENT A FDA ENTRY UNDER ONE DDPP/FFF 'A' RECORD, ACCEPTED ERROR FREE, THEN ATTEMPTED A 'CP' CORRECTION UNDER A DIFFERENT DDPP/FFF 'A' RECORD SITE.
VNP: D11 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE COULD BE THE RESULT OF A DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR ABI PROBLEM. WHEN CUSTOMS FORMATTED THE RECORDS FROM THE DISKETTE OR WHEN THE DATA WAS SENT VIA ABI, NO DATA WAS PRESENT IN THE GIVEN RECORD. IF THE DISKETTE HAS NO DATA, THE PC PROGRAM SHOULD STOP IT BEFORE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DATA THERE, BUT IT WAS BAD DATA.
04G: PC: MOT=AIR BUT V/F/T MISSING

ENTRY IS PAIRED CITIES, CARRIER CODE IS INVALID, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS AIR, BUT V/F/T IS MISSING. 
SG5: INVALID TARIFF FOR CA SUGAR CERT

FOR ON-LINE, THE TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE REQUIRING SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA FROM CANADA. 
VEJ: FC 740:TRADE NAME REQ

AN FCC TRADE NAME OF THE PRODUCT IMPORTED MUST BE SENT IN THE FC01 RECORD, POSITIONS 28-57. 
VGF: FD 701: AFFRM/CMPLNCE QUALFYR REQ

THE FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE MAY APPLY TO CERTAIN FDA LINES. SOME OF THE AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE ARE SHOWN IN THE THE FDA AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE FILE AS QUALIFIER - "Y" (YES). THIS QUALIFIER CAN TAKE MANY FORMS. IT MAY BE A FORM, STATEMENT OR LICENSE NUMBER. IF THE FILER USES AN FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE AND IT HAS A "Y" FOR QUALIFIER REQUIRED THEN THE QUALIFIER MUST BE SENT IN REC FD01, POS 23-47.
BRB: INTERES AMOUNT MISMATCH (R17:R91)

THE PAYABLE INTEREST AMOUNT IN THE R17 RECORD MUST = THE INTEREST AMOUNT IN THE R91 RECORD. IF NO INTEREST IS PAYABLE, BOTH THE R17 AND R91 RECORDS MUST INDICATE ZEROES FOR THE INTEREST AMOUNT. 
392: CLAIM INVALID FOR ORIGIN COUNTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO CLAIM A SPECIAL PROGRAM (SPI) THAT DOES NOT PERTAIN TO THE COUNTRY OR PROVINCE OF ORIGIN THAT IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER. THE VARIOUS SPI'S ARE LISTED IN THE CATAIR ON PAGES ENS-48 THROUGH 50. SOME OF THE SPI'S LISTED ARE NOT COUNTRY SPECIFIC, SUCH AS "K", "L", AND "F". FOR THOSE THAT ARE COUNTRY-SPECIFIC, ONLY THE APPROPRIATE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WILL BE PERMITTED FOR THE PARTICULAR SPI.
641: INVALID CVD OR ADD ENTRY

THE ENTRY TYPE IN RECORD 10, POS 71-72 MUST BE AN 03 (AD/CVD) OR 07 (AD/CVD QUOTA/VISA) IF AD/CVD DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 60 RECORD.  
14D: INCOMPATIBLE MOT/PORT OF UNLADING

THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN REC 20, POS 28-29 (EI APPLICATION) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DISTRICT-PORT FILE FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING IN REC 20, POS 30-33. THE ACCEPTABLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A GIVEN PORT CODE CAN BE FOUND ON THE DISTRICT-PORT DATABASE. PORTS WHICH ACCEPT EITHER OCEAN OR AIR SHIPMENTS WILL HAVE A "B" IN THE "CARRIER TYPE" FIELD. "V" INDICATES A VESSEL PORT ONLY AND "A" INDICATES AN AIRPORT ONLY.
VQH: ADD BONDED AMOUNT INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL BONDED ANTIDUMPING DUTY IS SENT IN THE D31 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-14. IF THE ANTI DUMPING BONDED DUTY INDICATOR IN THE D11 RECORD, POSITION 39 IS '1' (ADD IS BONDED) THEN THE TOTAL BONDED ANTIDUMPING DUTY CANNOT BE SPACES.
630: INVALID MODE OF TRANSPORTATION

IN ORDER FOR CARGO CERTIFICATION TO BE PERFORMED, THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (MOT) FIELD MUST BE COMPLETED. INFORMAL ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER EI) WHICH REQUEST CARGO CERTIFICATION, BUT DO NOT PROVIDE THE MOT IN THE 20 REC, POS 28-29, WILL RECEIVE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. SIMILARLY, SEPARATE CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSACTIONS (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER HI) WHICH OMIT THE MOT (H1 REC, POS 32-33) WILL ALSO RECEIVE THIS ERROR MESSAGE, WHETHER OR NOT THE RELEASE CERTIFICATION CODE (H1 REC, POS 34) IS ALSO TRANSMITTED. (INFORMAL ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT WHICH DOES NOT REQUEST CARGO CERTIFICATION WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT THE MOT).
RB4: EXCESS/INVALID FEE COUNT

FOR RECONCILIATION, THE 'R20' ABI INPUT RECORD FEE COUNT IS EITHER NOT NUMERIC (INVALID) OR > 10 (EXCESS). IN OTHER WORDS, POS 78-79 OF THE R20 RECORD MUST SHOW A NUMERIC FIGURE WHICH EQUALS THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWING R21 RECORDS. IF ONE R21 RECORD FOLLOWS THE R20 RECORD, POS 78-79 WOULD BE "01", E.G. IF THE FILER SPACE FILLS THIS ELEMENT BUT TRANSMITS AN R21 RECORD, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT (THE 'INVALID' PART OF THE NARRATIVE). IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A FIGURE GREATER THAN '10', THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT (THE 'EXCESS' PART OF THE MESSAGE). NOTE: IF THE ENTRY IS AN AGGREGATE RECON, AND NO R21 RECORDS ARE TRANSMITTED, THE FILER MUST STILL SHOW '00' IN POS 78-79 OF EACH R20 RECORD.
29J: "Y" RECORD NOT EQUAL "B" RECORD

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE PORT CODE OR FILER CODE FIELDS IN THE "Y" RECORD IS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE SAME FIELDS IN THE "B" RECORD. THE ERROR MSG NUMBER 29J DOES NOT USUALLY APPEAR WHEN THIS ERROR OCCURS. 
VLW: DRAWBACK ACCELERATED CODE INVALID

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE MEANS THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) IF VIA DISKETTE OR 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) IF ABI FOR WHETHER THIS IS AN ACCELERATED CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' ('Y' IF ABI) OR 'N'('N' IF ABI) AND CANNOT LEAVE A SPACE IN THE FIELD.
VNA: FD 701:FORM MAY BE REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE FILER SENDS A TARIFF LINE WHERE THE HARMONIZED NUMBER IS CODED FD1(FDA MAY BE REQUIRED) IN THE TARIFF FILE BUT NEITHER FDA INFORMATION (RECS FD01-FD05) NOR A DISCLAIM (FD0 IN REC OA, POS 5-7) WAS SENT.
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.
BRR: EARLIEST ENTRY SUMM DATE MISMATCH

WHEN THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY ISSUE CODE ON THE 'RA' TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD IS OTHER THAN 'NF', THE EARLIEST ENTRY SUMMARY DATE MUST BE GIVEN AND MUST MATCH THE EARLIEST ENTRY SUMMARY DATE OF ANY OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORTS GIVEN IN THE 'R20' RECORDS. NOTE -- "ENTRY SUMMARY DATE" IS NOT THE SAME AS THE RELEASE DATE. IT CAN NORMALLY BE FOUND ON THE ENAI RECORD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN JUST ABOVE "IMPT DTE" IN THE "SUMMARY HEADER DATA" SECTION.

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