Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

299: INVALID INFORMAL ENTRY NUMBER

INVALID EIGHT DIGIT ENTRY NUMBER FOR INFORMAL COLLECTION. 
VDG: INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF MAXIMUM

CLASS CODE 499 SHOULD INDICATE THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES (MPF) FROM ALL LINE-ITEM 62 RECORDS. IF THE ACTUAL TOTAL IS GREATER THAN $485, 485 SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 89 RECORD. NAFTA GOODS ORIGINATING IN MEXICO MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE MPF CLACULATED USING 0.19%. THE MAXIMUM MPF WILL BE $400. IF ONE OR MORE LINES IN AN ENTRY REQUIRE THE .21% MPF RATE, THEN THE MAXIMUM RATE WILL BE $485.00. THIS FEE AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL FEE AMOUNT IN THE "90" RECORD.
BRU: COMMENTS REQUIRED

COMMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN POSITIONS 5-79 OF THE RECON 'R15' ABI RECORD. POSITION 5 MUST BE > SPACE. 
15F: TARIFF NBR NOT LOGICALLY RELATED

THE TARIFF NUMBER IDENTIFIED IS NOT LOGICALLY RELATED TO ANOTHER TARIFF NUMBER ON THE LINE IN THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE IS THE ATTEMPT TO REPORT A NUMBER FROM CHAPTERS 1-97 WITH TARIFF NUMBER 98010010NN. THIS IS A TARIFF NUMBER FOR REPORTING THE RETURN OF A PRODUCT MANUFACTURED OR PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES. A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER IS NOT PERMITTED WHEN REPORTING U.S. GOODS RETURNED. OTHER EXAMPLES INCLUDE REPORTING WATCH/CLOCK COMPONENTS NOT RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER AND REPORTING CERTAIN WEARING APPAREL ARTICLES AS PART OF AN ENSEMBLE WHEN THE DATABASE DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THE COMPONENT AS BELONGING TO THE ENSEMBLE.
8WM: VOYAGE/FLIGHT NUMBER INVALID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). THE VOYAGE/FLIGHT NUMBER MUST BE A MINIMUM OF THREE CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. FOR OCEAN SHIPMENTS (MOT 10/11/12), ANY COMBINATION OF NUMBERS AND LETTERS IS PERMITTED FOR THE VOYAGE NUMBER. IF THE VOYAGE NUMBER HAS A LEADING SPACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ELEMENT IN THE L1 REC, POS 36-40, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED EVEN IF THE REMAINING POSITIONS ARE FILLED WITH A MINIMUM OF THREE ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS. **NOTE** - FOR AIR SHIPMENTS, LEADING SPACES OR A FLIGHT NUMBER WITH FEWER THAN 3 NUMERIC CHARACTERS WILL GENERATE ERROR MESSAGE 10R "INVALID FLIGHT NUMBER FORMAT".
977: TEXTILE CATEGORY INVALID

THIS MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN A SUMMARY THAT HAS QUOTA MERCHANDISE IS TRANSMITTED TO ABI WITH A LINE THAT IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA/VISA REPORTING, BUT FOR WHICH NO 51 RECORD IS ALSO INCLUDED. THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM ERROR MESSAGE 0LK, WHICH  WILL RESULT FROM THE TRANSMISSION OF THE WRONG CATEGORY NUMBER (FROM THE TARIFF FILE).
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.
38N: RESTRICTED COUNTRY

THE IMPORT RESTRICTION INDICATOR FOR THIS COUNTRY IS "1" ON THE COUNTRY CODE FILE. THIS INDICATES THAT THIS COUNTRY IS RESTRICTED FROM IMPORTING TO THE U.S. OR THAT THE COUNTRY'S CODE HAS BEEN RENDERED INACTIVE OR INVALID. SINCE THERE IS NO INACTIVE/INVALID CODE IN THE COUNTRY CODE FILE, THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT USE IS BY MAKING THE COUNTRY "RESTRICTED". AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE COUNTRY CODE 'SQ' FOR SLOVAKIA. EFFECTIVE 03/01/93, THIS COUNTRY CODE WAS NO LONGER VALID. IT CHANGED TO 'SK'. A FILER MIGHT BE MISLED BY THE "RESTRICTED" INDICATOR THEY RECEIVE BACK ON A QUERY OR BY THIS MESSAGE WHEN TRANSMITTING AN ENTRY AND RECEIVING A REJECT. THIS LATTER TYPE OF COUNTRY CODE IS "INVALID" RATHER THAN RESTRICTED.
AD9: OVERLAPPING INVOICE LINE RANGE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN EI 42 RECORD IS SENT WITH OVERLAPPING INVOICE LINE RANGES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF INVOICE A IS SENT WITH A BEGINNING AND ENDING RANGE 0001-0004 AND INVOICE B HAS A BEGINNING AND ENDING RANGE OF 0004-0008, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR BECAUSE '0004' OVERLAP. 
AR4: REFUND PARTY DATA INCOMPLETE

EITHER THE ID NUMBER OR THE PARTY TYPE INDICATOR IS MISSING, OR A BLANK RECORD WAS RECEIVED.
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.
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).
BE3: BLANK CANADIAN EXCISE NBR INVALID

IF AN EI APPLICATION INCLUDES A '57' RECORD, THE CANADIAN EXCISE NUMBER ON MUST BE NON-BLANK. 
ARX: NOTIFY DP/FLR/OFFICE REQ'D

A BLANK OR INCORRECT SUBSTITUTE RECORD WAS TRANSMITTED. THE DDPP/FILER CODE OFFICE CODE OF THE SUBSTITUTE MUST BE SENT AND A MATCH FOUND IN THE ABI PROFILE .
VMM: INVALID WHSE ENTRY SUMMARY

   THE WHSE SUMMARY CITED ON THE 30 REC EITHER 1) DOES NOT EXIST, 2) IS NOT A TYPE 21 OR 22 OR 3) IS LIQUIDATED, RELIQUIDATED, OR CANCELLED.
EJP: NBR SHIP/PACKING UNITS INCORRECT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE NUMBER OF EXTERIOR SHIPPING UNITS (USUALLY KNOWN AS CONTAINERS) IS REPORTED IN THE C05 REC, POS 4-18.THERE MUST BE A C06 RECORD FOR EACH SHIPPING UNIT REPORTED IN THE C05 RECORD. THUS, IF THE FIGURE IN POS 4-18 OF THE C05 REC IS "25", THERE MUST BE 25 C06 RECORDS TRANSMITTED, EACH OF WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY ONE OF THE 25 SHIPPING UNITS FOR THE INVOICE. IF THE NUMBER OF C06 RECORDS DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE NUMBER REPORTED IN THE C05 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
12S: DB ERROR ON XRJ (FACILITY) FILE

THE FIRMS CODE RECORD WHICH MATCHES THE TRANSMITTED FIRMS CODE CONTAINS A FACILITY TYPE CODE OF EITHER 07 OR 08, WHICH MEANS FIRMS CODE NOT VALID FOR ENTRY PURPOSES. 
ASQ: PROTESTED ISSUE INCOMPLETE

A ONE-LINE STATEMENT OF THE PROTESTED ISSUE IS REQUIRED. THE P70 RECORD CAN BE BLANK. 
46D: SCH PAY DATE INVALID FOR QUOTA

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT ADD/DELETE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HP). ENTRIES WITH QUOTA MERCHANDISE THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE QUOTA MODULE MUST BE PAID WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RELEASE OF THE CARGO. IF THE ABI FILER ATTEMPTS TO MOVE THE PAYMENT DUE DATE BEYOND 10 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RELEASE, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
ARC: SURETY CERTIFICATION INVALID

EITHER THE PROTESTANT IS NOT A SURETY, OR THE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED WAS A LETTER OR CHARACTER OTHER THAN "Y". 
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".
VNT: DBK IMPORT ENTRY NOT ON FILE

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DESIGNATED IMPORT ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AS GIVEN. ACS DOES A MATCH ON THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER AND THE PORT OF ENTRY GIVEN ON THE DISKETTE BY THE FILER. IF THE FILER USES AN IMPORT ENTRY/PORT COMBINATION THAT IS NOT VALID IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THEREFORE, EITHER THE ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AT ALL, OR IT DOES NOT EXIST FOR THE PORT INDICATED. NOTE: THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE VALID ENTRIES ARE NOT IN ACS (E.G. INFORMALS THAT WERE JUST DONE ON CASH RECEIPTS). FOR THESE, A SPECIAL CM NUMBER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ACS. IF THE FILER INDICATES THAT THIS IS THE CASE, THE FILER MAY DESIGNATE THE MONIES FROM CM888888/9900. THIS CM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED JUST FOR THIS CASE WHERE EITHER AN INFORMAL OR MAIL ENTRY WAS DONE ON A CASH RECEIPT WITH NO ACS ENTRY RECORD CREATED.
B16: MID INVALID - LESS THAN 7 CHARACT

MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER CODE CONTAINS LESS THAN SEVEN CHARACTERS.
EIW: CURRENCY/EXCH RATE INCONSISTENT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 RECORD. THE CURRENCY CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 45-47. IF THIS CODE IS "USD", THEN THE FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INDICATOR (POS 48) MUST BE BLANK AND THE RATE OF EXCHANGE (POS 49-55) MUST BE ZEROS. IF THE CURRENCY CODE IS OTHER THAN "USD", THEN THE FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INDICATOR MUST BE EITHER "1" (FOR A FIXED RATE PROVIDED BY THE TRANSMITTER) OR "0" (WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CURRENCY RATE IS NOT FIXED AND WILL COME FROM THE RATE IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THE INVOICE) WILL BE USED TO COVNERT THE REPORTED VALUES TO U.S. DOLLARS. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THE C18 RECORD.
8N6: ALLOWABLE DUTY/TAX IS ZERO

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE PAID OR LIQUIDATED AMOUNT FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY WAS ZERO AND THAT THE IMPORT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE DRAWBACK CLAIM.  

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