Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

169: INVALID COUNTRY CODE

THE COUNTRY CODE IS NOT ON FILE. IN ABI, THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN RESULT WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS APPLICATION EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) AND INCLUDES A 42 RECORD BUT OMITS THE SUPPLIER ID NUMBER. THE FIRST TWO CHARACTERS OF THIS RECORD REPRESENT THE ISO COUNTRY CODE. IF THE SUPPLIER ID IS BLANK, ABI INTERPRETS THIS AS AN INVALID ISO CODE AND GENERATES THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
8Q9: BILL REFUND IND MUST BE A B OR R

BILL REFUND INDICATOR CANNOT BE ANYTHING BUT A "B" OR "R". 
031: INVALID/MISSING DISTR. PORT CODE

EITHER YOUR INPUT CODE IS NOT A FOUR DIGIT NUMERIC OR IT IS NOT ON THE ACS REGION/DISTRICT/PORT FILE.
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.
BR9: PAY AMOUNTS MISMATCH (R17:R90)

THE PAYMENT AMOUNTS OF DUTY, TAX, OR FEES MUST EQUAL THE TOTAL RECON DUTY, OR FEES FROM THE 'R90' MINUS THE ORIGINAL DUTY, TAX, FEES, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THE 'R90' RECORD. IF THE CALCULATION YIELDS ZERO OR A NEGATIVE, THE CORRESPONDING 'R17' AMOUNT SHOULD BE ZERO. 
AP5: AFR REQUEST DATA REJECTED

FURTHER REVIEW CAN BE APPLIED FOR ONLY AT TIME OF INITIAL FILING OR BY MAKING AN AMENDMENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE 90 DAY PROTEST FILING PERIOD. THREE CRITERIA QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED AND THE APPLICATION SUPPORTED BY A STATEMENT JUSTIFYING FURTHER REVIEW. EITHER THE 90 DAY PROTEST FILING PERIOD HAS EXPIRED OR ALL THE ELEMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED. 
VM1: HLN: IMP.PROMPT LITERAL REQUIRED

THE INPUT PROMPT LITERAL IS A REQUIRED FIELD. THIS IS THE LANGUAGE THAT WILL APPEAR NEXT TO THE INPUT FIELD AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LOCATE SCREEN, WHICH THE OPERATOR CAN USE OVERRIDE THE SELECTION CRITERIA FOR THE LOCATE. 
4F7: TARIFF NUMBER INVALID

TARIFF NUMBER MUST BE IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT: ABI - 10 DIGITS, CHECK DIGIT IS UNNECESSARY NON- ABI - 10 DIGITS, AND NUMERIC CHECK DIGIT FROM THE ABOVE, OR IF THE FIELD CONTAINS ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE PROVIDED.
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. 
4NF: NAME/ADDRESS RECORD NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'KN' IMPORTER ADDRESS QUERY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NAME AND ADDRESS THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE. A COMMON MISTAKE IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CITY NAME (E.G. LAS VEGASAS).
05B: VOYAGE/FLIGHT TRIP IS BLANK

THE VOYAGE/FLIGHT/TRIP FIELD WAS SUBMITTED FOR EDIT BUT ONLY SPACES WERE DETECTED. 
VBT: DT HS7: INV CLARIFICATION CODE

ANY CODE OTHER THAN V, T, OR E IN POS 37 OF THE DT01 RECORD WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS MESSAGE. LEAVING THIS FIELD BLANK WILL ALSO RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
44E: SAMPLE IND.N/ALLOWED FOR ENT TYP

THE SAMPLE INDICATOR ('X') IS SENT IN RECORD 30, POSITION 39. IT IS ALLOWED ONLY FOR INFORMAL ENTRY TYPES 11 OR 12.
ACQ: ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE IS INACTIVE

THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE (HI APPLICATION, REC H POS 11-22 OR EI APPLICATION, REC 10, POS 20-31) IS CURRENTLY IN 'INACTIVE' STATUS ON THE IMPORTER FILE. ABI FILERS SHOULD USE APPLICATION 'TI' 5106 UPDATE, TO SUBMIT THE REACTIVATION. IF THE NUMBER IS A U.S. CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER, THE ENTRY TEAM CAN REACTIVATE THIS NUMBER. 
VEM: FC 740:QTY EXCEEDS 03 ALLOWANCE

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. IF QUANTITY EXCEEDS 200, REPORT PRIOR APPROVAL BY SENDING A "Y" IN POSITION 7 OF THE FC01 RECORD, DATA ELEMENT "03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER QUANTITY APPROVAL".
293: INVALID TARIFF FORMAT

TARIFF IN REFERENCE BOUND IS IN INVALID FORMAT .  
VOW: NON-REMOTE ENTRY ALREADY ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSMISSION. IF A FILER HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED SELECTIVITY RECORDS IN ACS, VIA THE HI (CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT) TRANSACTION, THE FILER MAY NOT TRANSMIT AN RLF SUMMARY FILE FOR THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER. IF THE FILER WISHES TO CREATE AN RLF ENTRY FOR THE NUMBER IN QUESTION, THE ORIGINAL SELECTIVITY RECORDS FROM THE HI TRANSACTION WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED BY PORT PERSONNEL.
ARC: SURETY CERTIFICATION INVALID

EITHER THE PROTESTANT IS NOT A SURETY, OR THE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED WAS A LETTER OR CHARACTER OTHER THAN "Y". 
AFY: INVALID AD/CVD CASE/RATE/BOND IND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION IF THE FILER REPORTS ADD OR CVD DATA IN THE 60 RECORD, BUT USES ENTRY TYPE 01, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR UNTIL THE ENTRY TYPE IS CHANGED TO 03 OR 07 OR UNTIL THE ADD OR CVD DATA IS REMOVED. 
1ED: EST'D ARRIVAL DATE: NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER CERTIFIES AN ENTRY SUMMARY FOR CARGO RELEASE BY SENDING A '1' IN POSITION 38 OF THE EI 30 RECORD BUT SENDS BLANKS FOR THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IN POSITION  66-71 OF THE EI 20 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IS INCORRECT IN THE L1 RECORD OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE FEATURE.
APX: FAX INDICATOR CANNOT CHANGE

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A FACSIMILE WAS SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT INITIAL FILING OF PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION. 'N' INDICATES THAT NO FACSIMILE WAS SENT. NO VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX INDICATOR WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER INITIAL FILING. 
BRH: OTHER RECON ALREADY ON FILE

FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FILE A RECON AGAINST AN IMPORT ENTRY FOR AN 'OTHER' ISSUE AND A RECON IS ALREADY ON FILE AGAINST THAT IMPORT ENTRY FOR 'OTHER' ISSUE. NOTE: IF THIS ERROR IS GENERATED IN ADDITION TO ERROR RBL, 'RECON EXISTS- REPLACE OR DELETE', CORRECTING THAT ERROR WILL USUALLY REMOVE ERROR BRH AT THE SAME TIME.
AGB: SUMMARY NOT CERTIFIED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER, WHO IS SET TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR AII, SENDS AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD BUT DOES NOT SEND A 1' IN POSITION 37 OF THE 30 RECORD, WHICH IS A CERTIFICATION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY (ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE). THIS MESSAGE WAS CORRECT WHEN WRITTEN, BUT IT NOW (APR 2000) MEANS THAT THE CARGO CERTIFICATION (30 REC, POS 38) WAS OMITTED.
SGA: 52 REC-INVALID TARIFF FOR SGR CRT

THE FILER HAS PROVIDED CANADIAN SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA IN THE 'EI' 52 RECORD AND THE TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE LINE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE SUBJECT TO THE SUGAR CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENT FROM CANADA. 
20F: INBOND NUMBER INVALID -BAD LENGTH

THE SYSTEM WILL ONLY ACCEPT AN 8 OR 11 CHARACTER INPUT FOR THIS FIELD. CHECK THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS ENTERED ON YOUR SCREEN. 

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