Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AAM: MFR/SHIPPER ID INVALID ISO PREFX

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A SHIPMENT IDENTIFIES A MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (MID) INVOLVING A CANADIAN SHIPPER. VALID ISO PREFIXES FOR THESE SHIPMENTS ARE: XN (WHERE N= ONE OF THE 10 ALLOWABLE ALPHA CHARACTERS FOR THE 10 CANADIAN PROVINCES). IF THE SHIPMENT IN QUESTION DOES NOT INVOLVE CANADIAN GOODS, THE ISO COUNTRY PREFIX CODE MUST BE A VALID TWO-CHARACTER PREFIX FROM THE DATABASE. ERRORS IN THE CODE FOR NON-CANADIAN SHIPMENTS WILL GENERATE ERROR MESSAGE 0M9.
VPN: D02 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DERERRAL MODULE WHEN A D02 RECORD, OPTIONAL RECORD THAT CONTAINS THE CF4811 DATA AND BROKER REFERENCE NUMBER, IS SENT BUT CONTAINS NO DATA.
VGR: FD 701: DMNS MUST BE IN INCH/16TH

IN THE FDA INTERFACE THE FILER MUST SEND CONTAINER DIMENSIONS FOR LOW ACID CANNED FOODS. CONTAINER DIMENSIONS ARE FOUND IN THE FD03 RECORD. CONTAINER DIMENSION 1 IS FOUND IN POSITIONS 65-68, CONTAINER DIMENSION 2 IN POSITIONS 69- 72 AND CONTAINER DIMENSION 3 IN POSITIONS 73-76. IF A CONTAINER DIMENSION IS TRANSMITTED IT MUST BE IN INCHES AND 16THS OF AN INCH. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE CAN SIZE IS 5 AND 3/16, IT WOULD BE REPORTED AS "0503". IF THE CAN SIZE IS 13 AND 13/16, IT WOULD BE REPORTED AS "1313".
BR8: INVALID ACTION CODE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED A TRANSACTION CODE FOR 'RA' OF OTHER THAN 'A', 'R', 'D'.  
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.
798: DUTY FREE-STATUS CONFLICT

ENTRY SUMMARIES THAT TRANSMIT TARIFF NUMBER 9808003000 (EMERGENCY WAR MATERIALS) MUST SHOW ZERO AS THE DUTY AMOUNT IN THE 70 RECORD THAT CONTAIN THE ASSOCIATED HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBER. IF A DUTY AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED INSTEAD OF ZERO, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VDO: -->ENTRY SUMMARY LINE *--*

THIS MESSAGE IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER MESSAGE THAT INDICATES WHY THE CARGO CERTIFICATION WAS UNABLE TO BE PROCESSED. THE "*--*" IN THE MESSAGE TITLE WILL BE REPLACED WITH "LINE NNNN" IN THE ACTUAL SUMMARY OUTPUT MESSAGE. THE MOST COMMON SITUATIONS THAT WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE ARE THOSE ENTRIES INVOLVING OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY REGULATED TARIFF NUMBERS, SUCH AS FWS OR FDA. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALERT THE FILER TO WHICH ENTRY SUMMARY LINE NEEDS THE OGA DATA. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF ONE OR MORE SUMMARY LINES HAVE AN MID THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COMPLETE NAME AND ADDRESS ON FILE IN THE MID DATABASE.
Q03: 'QT' FILER INVALID

QT INPUT RECORD HAS SPACES OR ALL ZEROS IN POS 11-13.  
AQF: ASSOC. CLAIM NBR NOT APPLIC.

WHEN PROTESTING DENIAL OF A 520(C) OR 520(D) CLAIM, THE USCS ASSIGNED PROTEST NUMBER OF THE DENIED CLAIM IS REQUIRED. THE DATE OF DENIAL OF THAT CLAIM CONSTITUTES THE START OF THE 90 DAY FILING & AMENDMENT PERIOD FOR THE PROTEST. THIS FIELD DOES NOT APPLY WHEN FILING 520(C) OR (D) PETITIONS OR 181.115 INTERVENTIONS.
EJ4: DUTIABLE ADJ REQUIRED FOR NO CHG

FOR ABI CI TRANSMISSION, IF C02 OR C42 PAYMENT TERMS IS NO CHARGE ('15'), A DUTIABLE ADJUSTMENT (CODE "D") MUST BE PROVIDED IN THE C17 OR C53 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE ACCOMPANIED BY ERROR MESSAGE EJ5. 
8LO: IMPORTER DOES NOT MATCH ENTRY IMP

IN RECONCILIATION ENTRY, THE IMPORTER ID NUMBER IN THE R10 REC, POS 20-31 MUST MATCH THE IMPORTER ID NUMBER FROM EVERY IMPORT ENTRY LISTED IN THE R20 REC, POS 8-18. IF A MISMATCH RESULTS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED.
400: GSP CLAIM INVALID FOR THIS TARIFF

IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A GSP INDICATOR "A" (50 REC, POS 3, OR 70/80/81 REC, POS 79), FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR GSP, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
ASR: PROTESTED ISSUE REJECTED

PROTESTED ISSUE REJECTED. 
8RA: CLAIM AMOUNT MUST BE < PD/LIQ AMT

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE WILL APPEAR FOR CLAIM TYPES '41' THRU '45' IF THE CLAIMED AMOUNT FOR AN IMPORT ENTRY OR CM EQUALS THE FULL AVAILABLE DUTY/TAX AMOUNT, SINCE THE MAXIMUM CLAIMED AMOUNT CANNOT EXCEED 99 PERCENT THEREOF. BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHERE THE CLAIMED DRAWBACK MAY BE EQUAL TO THE FULL DUTY/TAX PAID (E.G. MERCHANDISE EXPORTED FROM CUSTOMS CUSTODY ON WHICH DUTIES WERE ALREADY PAID), CUSTOMS ALLOWS FOR THIS THROUGH THE USE OF CLAIM '46' FOR CLAIMS COVERING THESE OBSCURE CONDITIONS.
APM: VOIDANCE REQ. IND. INVALID

A REQUEST FOR VOIDANCE OF DENIAL, INDICATED BY 'R', MAY BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER PROTEST HAS BEEN DENIED BY CUSTOMS. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE VOIDANCE REQUEST FIELD IS NOT 'R'. 
16G: TARIFF NO. MISSING OR UNRELATED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE HAS OCCURRED IN WATCH ENTRIES WHERE THERE ARE MORE THAN TARIFF NUMBERS INVOLVED AND ONE OF THE TARIFF NUMBERS IS NOT RELATED. SEE TARIFF FILE TO DETERMINE PROPER COMBINATIONS. 
60L: COUNTRY CODE(S) NOT ALLOWED

COUNTRY CODES DO NOT APPLY TO COUNTRY RESPONSIBILITY CODE = 0. INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY RESPONSIBILITY CODE = 1. COUNTRY RANGES RESPONSIBILITY CODE = 2. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, IF AN ABI FILER TRANSMITS AN "ADD 5106" TRANSACTION, USING APPLICATION TI, AN ISO COUNTRY CODE IS NOT PERMITTED IF THE ADDRESS OF THE ENTITY BEING REPORTED IS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES (VALID STATE CODE IN THE T2 REC, POS 68-69). IF A COUNTRY CODE IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
8VP: MULTIPLE TRANS FOR SAME BILL NBR

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE (LN) FUNCTION. MULTIPLE L3 RECORDS CAN BE SENT BUT THE BILL OF LADING INFORMATION CANNOT BE IDENTICAL OR THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE BILL OF LADING INFORMATION MUST BE DIFFERENTIATED BY USE OF DIFFERENT MASTER BILL NUMBERS OR, THE MASTER BILLS CAN BE THE SAME IF THE HOUSE BILLS ARE DIFFERENT (AIRWAY BILLS AND HOUSE AIRWAY BILLS IN THE AIR AMS ENVIRONMENT).
VPH: CANADIAN ENTRY NBR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE NAFTA CTRY ENTRY NUMBER SENT IN POSITIONS 4-17 OF THE D20 RECORD MUST BE A VALID ENTRY NUMBER.
RBX: RECON SITE NOT AUTH FOR IMPORTER

THE DDPP OF THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY IN THE 'R10' RECORD IS NOT ONE OF THE AUTHORIZED RECONCILIATION FILING LOCATIONS INDICATED IN THE 'RCI' RECORD FOR THE GIVEN IMPORTER.
531: NON-NUMERIC IN NUMERIC FIELD

IN ACS, ALL MONEY FIELDS AND CERTAIN FIELDS USED AS SWITCHES OR COUNTERS ARE DEFINED AS NUMERIC. DURING ABI PROCESSING OF BROKER DATA, IF A FIELD CONTAINS ALPHA CHARACTERS AND IT SHOULD BE NUMERIC, THE USER WILL RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE. AFTER SYSTEM TESTING WITH BROKERS, THIS MESSAGE SHOULD NOT OCCUR.  THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF THE NUMERIC FIELD IS FILLED WITH BLANK DATA (AT LEAST IN THE CI-AUTOMATED INVOICE-TRANSACTION).
B13: WARNING - TRANSMITTED MID INVALID

INPUT ISO COUNTRY CODE OR PROVINCE CODE FIELD DOES NOT EXIST ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE. ALSO, IF THE FILER'S TRANSMITTED MID, $4 REC, POS 57-71, IS INCORRECT (LESS THAN 7 CHARACTERS, MORE THAN 8 ALPHA CHARACTERS WITHOUT A NUMBER), THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
APD: FILER REF. NBR REQUIRED

THE BROKER/FILER ASSIGNED DOCUMENT/REFERENCE NUMBER FOR THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS REQUIRED AT INITIAL FILING AND ALL SUBSEQUENT (AMENDMENT ADDENDA & SERVICE REQUEST) FILINGS. 
DLI: PETROL SCHD B MUST BE 8 OR 10 DGT

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. IF THE PETROLEUM INDICATOR IS A '1' VIA ABI, MEANING THAT THIS IS A PETROLEUM CLAIM, THE SCHEDULE B NUMBERS MUST BE REPORTED VIA THE ABI 'D25' RECORDS AT EITHER THE 8 OR 10 DIGIT LEVELS. FOR PETROLEUM, THE 6 DIGIT REPORTING LEVEL IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
VD1: INVALID SUMMRY CERTIFICATION CODE

THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF ANYTHING OTHER THAN A '1', '0' OR A BLANK IS SENT IN THE EI 30 RECORD, POSITION 37 (SUMMARY CERTIFICATION CODE).

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