Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

ARW: REFUND PARTY NBR NOT ON FILE

THE NUMBER LISTED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS ERROR IS THAT THE IRS, SSN OR USCS NUMBER HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED IN AN IMPROPER FORMAT. DASHES MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE FORMAT. FOR IRS NUMBERS, NN-NNNNNNNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR SSN'S, NNN-NN-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR USCS NUMBERS, YYDDPP-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. IRS NUMBERS MUST BE 12 CHARACTERS LONG; NUMBERS LISTED AT THE 10 CHARACTER LEVEL WILL BE REJECTED BECAUSE ALL IRS NUMBERS ARE LISTED AT THE 12 CHARACTER LEVEL IN THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. WHEN A 2 CHARACTER SUFFIX IS NOT USED AT THE END OF THE IRS NUMBER, 2 ZEROS SHOULD BE USED (NN-NNNNNNN00).
DCJ: FUTURE DATE INVALID

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DATE GIVEN IS GREATER THAN THE SYSTEM DATE (TODAY'S DATE). SINCE THE CANADIAN IMPORT WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE ALREADY FILED, THIS WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.  
04H: ENTRY DISTRICT/PORT NOT NUMERIC

THE ENTRY DISTRICT/PORT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 'DDPP', IS USED IN MANY APPLICATIONS IN ABI. IT MUST CONSIST OF 4 NUMERICS. THE MOST COMMON ERROR IS TO PUT A DASH (-) BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE PORT.
APT: HARDCOPY IND ALREADY = SENT

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO DISPOSITION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS DO NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'.
B14: PROVINCE CODE REQUIRED

1.IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (REC 40, POS 6-7) AND THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT (REC 50, POS 69-70) IS CANADA, THE CANADIAN PROVINCE CODE MUST BE USED AS THE ISO CODE FOR THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. 2. IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (REC 40, POS 6-7) IS EITHER CA OR THE CANADIAN PROVINCE CODE, THE ISO CODE OF THE MANUFACTURER ID (REC 60, POS 43-44) MUST BE THE CANADIAN PROVINCE CODE.
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.
RB6: R21, R89 FEE CLASSES INCONSISTENT

ESSENTIALLY THE REVERSE OF MESSAGE 'RB5', THIS MEANS THAT ON THE 'RA' RECON SUMMARY TRANSACTION, THERE IS AT LEAST ONE 'R21' RECORD WITH A FEE CLASS CODE THAT DOES NOT EXIST ON ANY 'R89' RECORD. 
VBE: FW 3-177: INVLD SPECIE NAME GENUS

IF XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE IN REC FW01, POS 5 - 8, THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS (REC FW01, POS 9-26) IS MANDATORY. IF THE SPECIES CODE IS OTHER THAN XXXX, THE FIELD FOR THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS MUST BE BLANK. THE LANGUAGE IN THE ERROR MESSAGE VBE IS INACCURATE. IT SHOULD READ "INVLD SCIENT NAME GENUS". (NOTE: WHEN XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE, THE COMMON NAME SPECIFIC (RECORD FW02, POS 5-22) AND THE COMMON NAME GENERAL (RECORD FW02, POS 23-40) ARE ALSO MANDATORY.
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.
VHE: FC 740:INV PUBLIC W/HOLD IND

A CODE OF 'W' (WITHHOLD) IS SENT IN THE FC02 RECORD, POSITION 17, IF THE IMPORTER REQUESTS FCC 740 DATA BE WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION. ANY OTHER CODE WILL BE REJECTED. 
VDK: CALCULATED TIB DT LT CURRENT DATE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS ONLY IN A TIB (ENTRY TYPE 23) SITUATION WHEN THE TIB TARIFF NUMBER (E.G. 98130075), ACCORDING TO US HEADNOTE 1 TO THE RELEVANT SUBCHAPTER CANNOT BE EXTENDED AND MUST BE EXPORTED WITHIN 6 MONTHS AND THE "TIB DATE OF ENTRY" IS MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OLDER THAN THE CURRENT DATE.
VBN: FW 3-177: INVLD WILDLIFE DSCRIPTN

THE WILDLIFE DESCRIPTION (REC FW03, POS 24-27) MUST CONSIST OF FOUR ALPHA CHARACTERS AND MUST MATCH ONE OF THE WILDLIFE DESCRIPTION CODES LISTED IN THE CATAIR ON PAGE OGA-21.
PNS: PROTESTANT NOT ON SRE FILE

PROTESTANT NUMBERS (EXCEPT WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F' (FOREIGN) 'O' (OTHER) OR 'S' (SURETY), MUST BE IN IRS, EIN, SOCIAL SECURITY OR CUSTOM-ASSIGNED (NEW) FORMAT. A MATCH FOR THE NUMBER USED MUST BE FOUND ON THE US IMPORTER (CF5106) FILE DATABASE. 
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.
ASQ: PROTESTED ISSUE INCOMPLETE

A ONE-LINE STATEMENT OF THE PROTESTED ISSUE IS REQUIRED. THE P70 RECORD CAN BE BLANK. 
AQO: FILING PERIOD BASE DATE N/A

THE BEGINNING OF THE FILING & AMENDMENT PERIOD FOR A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION CAN BE DETERMINED IN ANY OF SEVERAL WAYS. WHEN PROTESTING DENIAL OF A 520(C) OR 520(D) CLAIM IT IS THE DATE OF DENIAL. INTERVENTIONS MAY BE FILED ANY TIME BEGINNING WITH FILING OF ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION ENDING WITH USCS DECISION. FOR PROTESTS OR CLAIMS RELATED TO ENTRIES, LIQUIDATION DATE CONSTITUTES THE START OF THE PERIOD. ANY OTHER CASE REQUIRES A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE BE SUBMITTED BY THE FILER, TO BE VERIFIED BY USCS. A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE IS NOT APPLICABLE IN THIS CASE.
LI7: LIQ RESULTS IN RFND TO BE ISSUED

RELIQUIDATION RESULTS IN REFUND BEING ISSUED. PRESS PF8 TO COMPLETE. 
DK5: TARIFF TRAILER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. THE CANADIAN IMPORT ENTRY TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS (0001-9999) ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE (EG: 0001, 0003, 0002 INSTEAD OF 0001, 0002, 0003). NOTE THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. FOR CANADIAN IMPORTS, TRAILERS ARE SEQUENCED 00001-99999.
VK7: HLD: FIELD NAME FORMAT INVALID

A BMS MAP FIELD NAME OPERAND MUST BE EXPRESSED AS A VALID COBOL CONSTRUCT. OCCURRENCES ARE SUPPORTED AND SHOULD FOLLOW THE FIELD NAME BRACKETED WITH PARENTHESIS. EX. BMSNAME (02) REFERENCES THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. 
VKH: HLT: DESCRIPTION REQUIRED

DESCRIPTION IS REQUIRED TO CREATE A TABLE LOCATE/INQUIRY DEFINITION. 
03N: B/L NBR.REQD W/MAS MIB MVMNT

THE USER IS REQUIRED TO ENTER A BILL OF LADING NUMBER FOR ANY ACTIVITY INVOICED AGAINST AN AUTOMATED MANIFEST - MANIFEST INBOND ITEM. 
07A: INVALID CROSS DIST PRCSSING PORT

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN AN 'HN' BORDER CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTION WHEN THE DISTRICT/PORT OF ENTRY SENT IN THE 01 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-7 IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT SENT THE THE 'B' APPLICATION CONTROL RECORD, POSITIONS 4-7. THIS DESPITE THE WORDING IN THE DESCRIPTION BLOCK FOR THE DISTRICT/PORT OF ENTRY IN RECORD IDENTIFIER 01, PAGE BCR-4 OF THE CATAIR WHICH STATES "GENERALLY, THE DISTRICT CODE IS THE SAME AS THE DISTRICT CODE CONTAINED IN THE BLOCK CONTROL HEADER RECORD (RECORD IDENTIFIER B); HOWEVER, THE PORT CODE CAN BE DIFFERENT" THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE TRUE. THE DDPP'S MUST BE THE SAME OR THIS REJECT OCCURS.
Q03: 'QT' FILER INVALID

QT INPUT RECORD HAS SPACES OR ALL ZEROS IN POS 11-13.  
60M: COUNTRY CODE(S) MUST BE PRESENT

COUNTRY CODE(S) MUST BE PRESENT WHEN COUNTRY RESPONSIBILITY CODE = 1 OR 2.  COUNTRY RESPONSIBILITY CODE 1 = INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES; 2 = COUNTRY RANGE
RBA: SUMMARY FEE TRAILER # OUT OF SEQ

FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE 'R89' SUMMARY FEE TRAILER IS OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE RECORD LAYOUT. THERE CAN BE UP TO 10 'R89' RECORDS WHICH ARE SEQUENCED AS 01-10. THEY MUST BE SEQUENCED IN ORDER AND COME RIGHT BEFORE THE 'R90' SUMMARY RECORD. 

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