Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

487: INVALID REFERENCE NUMBER FORMAT

THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER AND USUALLY REPRESENTS THE FILER'S IRS, OR SSN NUMBER. WHEN A CUSTOMS FORM 4811 HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY LOCAL CUSTOMS, THE AGENT (OWNER OF THE REFERENCE NUMBER) WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS, LIQUIDATION NOTICES, ETC. FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD ON THE ENTRY. THE REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN ACCEPTABLE IRS (NN-NNNNNNNNN) OR SSN (NNN-NN-NNNN) FORMAT IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43. IF THE FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
SG4: INVALID DATE FOR CA SUGAR CERT

CANADIAN SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA WAS PROVIDED AND EITHER/BOTH THE DUTY-COMP AND/OR EXPORT DATE IS < 06011999.
Q43: STATEMENT ALREADY PD VIA ACH

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM A STATEMENT FOR WHICH THE ACH PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION TRANSACTION (APPLICATION QN) HAS ALREADY BEEN RECORDED IN ACS. FILERS WILL OFTEN SEND APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE) AT OR ABOUT THE SAME TIME THAT THEY TRANSMIT THE ACH PAYMENT. IF BOTH ARE RECEIVED SIMULTANEOUSLY, IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THE ACH TRANSACTION WILL BE PROCESSED PRIOR TO THE STATEMENT ADD/DELETE. IN SUCH A CASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE THE RESULT.
AAY: WARNING - CASES NOT RELATED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED AS A RESULT OF AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION. IF THE FILER REPORTS BOTH ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY CASE NUMBER IN THE 60 RECORD, THESE MUST BE RELATED. IF EITHER CASE DOES NOT POINT TO THE OTHER CASE, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
4JW: MID REQUIRED FOR ELVIS

THIS ERROR WILL OCCUR IF NO MID NUMBER WAS PROVIDED BY THE ABI FILER IN THE EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) APPLICATION 60 RECORD. IT IS MANDATORY FOR THE ABI FILER TO REPORT AN MID NUMBER FOR LINE ITEMS THAT REQUIRE A VISA NUMBER, AND THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPRESENTS AN "ELVIS" PARTICIPANT.
AIC: OGA FORM DATA REQUIRED

THE HARMONIZED NUMBER ON THE LINE GENERATING THIS REJECT IS CODED AS "DATA REQUIRED" (E.G.FD2) AND THE FILER IS SET TO OPERATIONAL FOR THE NAMED OGA INTERFACE AND IS NOT SENDING THE REQUIRED DATA.
51D: INFORMAL ENTRY IS NOT PERMITTED

SINCE MARCH OF 1994 THE REQUIREMENT FOR MAKING FORMAL ENTRY ON A GIVEN TARIFF NUMBER HAS BEEN INDICATED IN THE ON-LINE HARMONIZED TARIFF RECORD. THE FIELD CONTAINING THIS INFORMATION IS CALLED "MIS-REQ". THERE ARE (3) VALID VALUES FOR THIS FIELD: "0" = FORMAL ENTRY REQUIRED, REGARDLESS OF VALUE "2" = FORMAL ENTRY REQUIRED FOR VALUE GREATER THAN $250 "Z" = TARIFF NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER 'FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES' (FAS) PROGRAM. IF A RECORD CONTAINS A "0" AND "2" THE "0" CONDITION APPLIES. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF A TARIFF NUMBER ON THE ENTRY IS CODED "0" AND THE ENTRY TYPE IS INFORMAL. IF THE TARIFF NUMBER IS CODED "2", ERROR MESSAGE Z29 WILL APPLY.
VPK: CANADIAN/US PAID DUTY CONFLICT

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE NFTA CTRY PAID DUTY (IN FOREIGN CURRENCY) IS SENT IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 46-57. THE NFTA CTY PAID DUTY (IN US DOLLARS) IS SENT IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 58-69. IF THESE ARE IN CONFLICT, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR.
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.
EJN: ID NUMBER (B) REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C37 RECORD PROVIDES SPACE FOR TWO IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS. THE SECOND (IDENTIFIER B) IS REPORTED IN POS 45-79.IF ONE OF THE FOUR VALID ID NUMBER QUALIFIERS (SEE PAGE AII-34) IS REPORTED IN POS 42-44 OF THE C37 RECORD, THERE MUST BE DATA IN POS 45-79 (THE DATAMUST BE LEFT JUSTIFIED STARTING IN POSITION 45 BUT DOES NOT HAVE TO OCCUPY THE ENTIRE FIELD). IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - AS OF APRIL 1998, ONLY THE ID NUMBER QUALIFIER "VIN" IN POS 42-44 WILL RESULT IN THIS MESSAGE IF THE ID NUMBER FIELD IS LEFT BLANK.
4L6: INVALID SEC SPI FOR TARIFF

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF A FILER TRANSMITS A QUOTA ENTRY TYPE (02, 07) AND CLAIMS A FOLKLORE EXEMPTION FROM QUOTA/VISA REQUIREMENTS (SPI = F), THE INDIVIDUAL LINES CLAIMED UNDER "F" MUST HAVE CATEGORY NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM. IF THE FILER SHOWS AN "F" AGAINST A TARIFF NUMBER THAT DOES NOT HAVE A CATEGORY NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
EJE: DECLARATION INDICATOR MUST BE 'X'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE ONLY CHARACTER THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C95 RECORD, POS 4, IS AN "X". ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.  ANK FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
EJ1: TOTAL AMT OF INVOICE LINES WRONG

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C84 REC, POS 4-18, IS WHERE THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF ALL THE INVOICE LINES ON THE INSTANT INVOICE IS REPORTED. THIS AMOUNT WILL INCLUDE THE ITEM AMOUNT TOTAL FROM EACH C33 REC, POS 37-51, PLUS OR MINUS THE APPROPRIATE ALLOWANCES OR CHARGES REPORTED IN ANY C17 OR C53 RECORD. THESE AMOUNTS ARE TOTALED AT THE FOUR-DECIMAL LEVEL AND THEN SHOULD BE ROUNDED TO TWO DECIMALS FOR INCLUSION IN THE C84 RECORD. IF THE FIGURE REPORTED IN THE C84 RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE OTHER TOTALS, THIS ERROR WILL BE GENERATED. THERE IS A $3.00 (PLUS OR MINUS) VARIATION ALLOWED BETWEEN THE C84 TOTAL AND THE TOTAL OF THE OTHER RECORDS.
4GH: INVALID CNTRY CODE

COUNTRY CODE MUST BE VALID TWO CHARACTER ALPHABETIC ISO CODE. TO VIEW VALID COUNTRY CODES DO RFJL 2/AA. IN VVCU FUNCTION, VALID CNTRY CODE = ISO-CODE WITH ACTIVE RECORD ON VVCR
99K: AG LIC REQUIRES FORMAL QUOTA ENT

AGRICULTURE LICENSE REQUIRED FORMAL QUOTA ENTRY TO BE FILED.
4F8: COUNTRY CODE INVALID

COUNTRY CODE MUST BE VALID, ALPHABETIC ISO CODE OR 99 FOR A GLOBAL QUOTA. 99 MAY ONLY BE USED BY HEADQUARTERS QUOTA. IF THE FIELD CONTAINS NUMBERS OTHER THAN 99, IS LEFT BLANK, OR IS NOT A VALID ISO CODE, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE PROVIDED.
07R: PAPERLESS MIB/MOT CONFLICT

IF A PAPERLESS MIB ("V" NUMBER) IS TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE 22 RECORD IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION OR IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE HA RECORD IN THE ENTRY TRANSACTION THEN THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (MOT) TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 28-29 OF THE 20 RECORD (ENTRY SUMMARY) OR POSITIONS 32-33 OF THE H1 RECORD (CARGO SELECTIVITY) MUST BE 10 OR 11 (VESSEL).
99L: IMP/LIC NOT ON AGR CHEESE FILE

IMPORTER / AGRICULTUREAL COMBINATION HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE "ALM" DATA BASE. IN ABI, THE LICENSE TRANSMITTED IN THE FILER'S ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT, ON THE 51 REC, POS 38-47, HAS NOT BEEN LISTED ON THE ALM DATABASE FOR THE IMPORTER SHOWN ON THE ENTRY.
89O: MPF REQUIRED

THIS ENTRY REQUIRES A MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE BUT NONE WAS ENTERED. MPF IS DUE ON ALL ENTRIES UNLESS OTHERWISE EXEMPT. SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS ARE: -- ALL TARIFF NUMBERS IN CHAPTER 98, EXCEPT 98020060NN AND 98020080NN. -- ENTRIES FROM INSULAR POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES. -- ENTRIES FROM CARRIBEAN INITIATIVE COUNTRIES (SPI E) OR LDDC COUNTRIES. -- INFORMAL ENTRIES (ALTHOUGH AN INFORMAL MPF IS REQUIRED AT THE ENTRY LEVEL.) -- NAFTA ENTRIES FROM CANADA.
VOZ: DT HS7: FORM MAY BE REQUIRED

IMPORTED PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE CODED DT1 OR DT2 ON THE HARMONIZED TARIFF DATABASE. IF THE CODING IS DT1, THE FILER HAS THE OPTION OF REPORTING THE DATA OR SENDING A DISCLAIMER. IF NEITHER DATA NOR A DISCLAIMER IS TRANSMITTED, THE ABOVE ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED (AS OF JAN 1998, ONLY 7 OF THE DOT-REGULATED TARIFF NUMBERS ARE CODED DT1)
VAQ: COMM. INVOICE DATA NOT ON FILE

FILERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE PROGRAM (EIP) MUST TRANSMIT COMMERCIAL INVOICE DATA TO ABI PRIOR TO TRANSMITTING THEIR SUMMARY DATA IF THE SUMMARY CONTAINS AN "E" IN POS 56 OF THE 10 RECORD. IF THE FILER IS PARTICIPATING IN THE INVOICE BY REQUEST PROGRAM, THEN IT IS PERMISSABLE TO TRANSMIT THE 42 RECORD WITH THE INVOICE NUMBER AND THE 43 RECORD WITH THE "INVREQ" DATA WITHOUT FIRST TRANSMITTING THE COMMERCIAL INVOICE. HOWEVER, UNLESS ONE OF THE TWO CONDITIONS ABOVE IS MET, A TRANSMISSION OF THE SUMMARY AS AN ELECTRONIC SUMMARY (EIP) WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS ERROR MESSAGE. **NOTE** IF THE FILER USES MORE THAN ONE 42 RECORD PER 40 RECORD, AND "INVREQ" PERTAINS TO THE 42 RECORD, EACH 42 RECORD MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A 43 RECORD. IF THIS PAIRING IS NOT FOLLOWED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
AR1: CANNOT CHANGE PROTESTANT TYPE

THE PROTESTANT PARTY TYPE CANNOT BE CHANGED AFTER INITIAL FILING. 
95B: BOND AMOUNT MISSING/INVALID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND IS OBLIGATED (A "9" IN POS 49 OF THE 10 REC), A 21 RECORD IS REQUIRED WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT TRANSMITTED IN POS 3-12 OF THE 21 RECORD. IF THIS FIELD IS LEFT BLANK OR CONTAINS ANY CHARACTERS OTHER THAN NUMERIC ONES, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. [NOTE - AS OF NOV 18, 1998, AN AMOUNT OF ZERO DOLLARS WAS ACCEPTED BY ABI IN THIS FIELD]
VNF: FD 701: NO BASE UNIT REPORTED

IF A FILER SENDS QUANTITY/UOM (UNIT OF MEASURE) INFORMATION (REC FD02) FOR AN FDA LINE, THE UOM MUST BE ONE OF THE FDA BASE UNITS LISTED ON PAGE OG-31 OF THE CATAIR IF ONLY ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT. IF MORE THAN ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT, THE LAST ONE MUST BE A BASE UNIT AND MUST BE A VALID ONE.
40T: MX SPI REQUIRED

AN SPI OF 'MX' MUST BE ENTERED FOR TARIFF NUMBER 9802008055 

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