Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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. 
AER: ERROR IN A 32 REC; RLSE 5

THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWS A MORE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE (I.E. "1F5 RELEASE NOT ON FILE") IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION. IT NOTIFIES THE FILER THAT THE ERROR IS IN THE FIFTH RELEASE IN THE 32 RECORD. 
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. 
G9B: REMOTE ENTRY/BOND TYPE CONFLICT

IF THE B RECORD REMOTE ENTRY INDICATOR IS A '1', THE BOND TYPE CODE IN THE ENTRY DATA MUST BE 8.
AHK: CUSTOMS IMPORTER NUMBER ASSIGNED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN 'IMPORTER ADD' TRANSACTION, APPLICATION TI. IF THE FILER REQUESTS A CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER FOR A COMPANY WHICH HAS PREVIOUSLY HAD A NUMBER ASSIGNED TO THE SAME NAME AND ADDRESS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.  
APW: FAX INDICATOR INVALID

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. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'. 
AS5: WRN: ENTRY PORT NOT IN DISTRICT

THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE DISTRICT PORT CODE OF THE ENTRY MUST MATCH THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE DISTRICT PORT CODE OF THE PROTEST FILING LOCATION. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE PROTEST OR PETITION MUST BE FILED WITHIN THE BOUNDOF THE OLD DISTRICTS. ENTRIES FOR CHICAGO (3901) CANNOT BE PROTESTED IN LOS ANGELES (2704), BUT DENVER ENTRIES CAN BE PROTESTED IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE OPERATIONAL RULES FOR ENTRIES PROCESSED UNDER TARIFF SHARING DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS AND THIS WARNING CONDITION SHOULD BE IGNORED.
1C6: DUPLICATE ADD ERROR

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY CITED ON THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE WAS SHOWN MORE THAN ONCE. SINCE THE DISKETTE AND ABI TRANSMISSION ARE CLAIM SUMMARIES, FILERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO ONLY SHOW AN IMPORT ENTRY ONE TIME AND SUMMARIZE THE TOTAL CLAIMED AMOUNT FOR THAT ENTRY. ON THE LEGAL PAPER CLAIM, A SINGLE IMPORT ENTRY MAY BE SHOWN MANY TIMES (FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY BREAK A CLAIM DOWN BY PART NUMBER), BUT ON THE DISKETTE IT CAN ONLY APPEAR ONCE.
FD2: PRODUCT CODE INVALID

PRODUCT CODE INVALID: IT CAN ONLY CONTAIN NUMERIC, ALPHA, OR HYPHENS IN POSITIONS 4 & 5. SPACES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY POSITIONS. 
VGI: FD 701: FDA SHPPR NOT ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS A REJECTION IN THE FDA INTERFACE. THE FDA SHIPPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (MID, REC FD01, POS 63-77) MUST BE ON FILE FOR THE SHIPPER BEFORE THE FDA ENTRY WILL PROCESS. THE FILER MUST ADD THE SHIPPER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TO THE DATABASE VIA ABI AND RESEND THE ENTRY.
0LK: VISA CATEGORY NUMBER INVALID

IF A TARIFF NUMBER IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA REPORTING OR MONITORING, IN MOST CASES A CATEGORY NUMBER WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TARIFF NUMBER. THE CATEGORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON THE TARIFF FILE. WHEN AN ABI FILER TRANSMITS A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA-CLASS REPORTING, THE CATEGORY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED IN THE 51 REC, POS 21-23. IF THE CATEGORY NUMBER IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. IN ADDITION, IF THE CATEGORY NUMBER FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER IN QUESTION IS NOT AN EXACT MATCH TO THE CATEGORY NUMBER FOUND ON THE HSA FILE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED. (CATEGORY NUMBERS, AS TRANSMITTED BY ABI FILERS, MUST BE THREE NUMERIC CHARACTERS).
EJF: NAME OF DECLARANT REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 RECORD IS PROVIDED TO ENABLE THE FILER TO TRANSMIT A "SIGNATURE" FOR THE INVOICE. THE FIELD IS CALLED "DECLARANT" AND IS REPORTED IN POS 5-36.IF THIS ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
BRC: EXISTING ENTRY NOT RECON TYPE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED AN ADD OR REPLACE 'RA' RECONCILIATION TRANSACTION AND THE ENTRY NUMBER ALREADY EXISTS IN ACS AS ANOTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN '09'. 
VBJ: FW 3-177: QUANTITY MUST BE > 0

THE FISH AND WILDLIFE QUANTITY (REC FW03, POS 5-16) IS MANDATORY EVEN IF IDENTICAL TO THE QUANTITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TARIFF NUMBER. THIS FIELD CANNOT BE SPACE FILLED OR ZERO FILLED.
384: EXPORT DATE INVALID/CONFLICTING

THE EXPORT DATE TRANSMITTED BY THE ABI FILER IS NOT CHRONOLOGICALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE IMPORT DATE OR WITH ANOTHER DATE IN THE SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION. THUS, IF THE IMPORT DATE IS REPORTED TO ABI AS JULY 12, 1997, THE EXPORT DATE MUST BE A DATE EQUAL TO JULY 12 OR EARLIER. THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE EXPORT DATE FIELD IS BLANK (50 REC, POS 71-76). IF A FILER HAS SENT AN ENTRY DATE UPDATE (DN APPLICATION) AND THAT DATE IS REFLECTED IN THE 'FLR ENT DATE' FIELD OF THE MASTER ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER SCREEN FOR THE ENTRY, ANY EXPORT DATE WHICH IS LATER THAN THE UPDATED ENTRY DATE ESTABLISHED BY THE DN INPUT WILL ALSO CAUSE THIS MESSAGE TO BE ISSUED.
35C: INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER FORMAT

ENTERED IMPORTER NUMBER DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE IRS, SSN OR CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER.  NOTE: ALPHA CHARACTERS "O" (OH) "I" (EYE) AND "Z" (ZEE) ARE NOT PERMITTED.
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. 
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".
VOI: APPLICATION NOT REMOTE

CURRENTLY (7/98), THE ONLY ABI APPLICATION ELIGIBLE FOR REMOTE IS THE 'EI' APPLICATION. IF REMOTE INFORMATION IS SENT IN THE 'B' RECORD OF ANY OTHER APPLICATION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
AHZ: DEMO FILER MUST BE IN RDP 8888

THE 'B' RECORD DDPP MUST BE '8888' FOR AN "X" FILER CODE. 
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.
AE3: SECONDARY ADDRESS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN 'ADD 5106' TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIER TI. IF A POST OFFICE BOX IS TRANSMITTED IN THE T1 RECORD, POS 48-79, A SECONDARY ADDRESS IS REQUIRED TO BE SENT IN THE TB/TC RECORDS.
VAX: PAY BASIS INVALID-CUSTOMS STATUS

ENTRY SUMMARIES THAT ARE FILED WITH CUSTOMS AND PAID BY CHECK ARE CONSIDERED TO BE "SINGLE PAY" ENTRIES. THESE SUMMARIES, IF REJECTED BY CUSTOMS FOR ABI RETRANSMISSION BY THE FILER, CANNOT BE SCHEDULED FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING AT A FUTURE DATE. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A PAYMENT TYPE AND PAYMENT DUE DATE ON SUCH AN ENTRY, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
ASU: MERCHANDISE DESC. REJECTED

MERCHANDISE DESCRIPTION REJECTED. 
EI2: QUANTITY REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). QUANTITY DATA IS REPORTED IN THE C33 REC (POS 4-18) OR THE C34 REC (POS 4-18 AND 22-36). IF THE ARTICLE DESCRIBED IN THE INVOICE HAS ONE OR MORE QUANTITIES (BASED ON THE TARIFF NUMBER WHICH DESCRIBES THE ARTICLE), THE C33 AND C34 RECORDS PROVIDE THE MEANS TO REPORT THE REQUIRED QUANTITIES. AT A MINIMUM, THE C33 RECORD MUST CONTAIN A NUMBER GREATER THAN ZERO. IF THE C34 RECORD IS USED TO DESCRIBE ADDITIONAL QUANTITES FOR THE ARTICLE, THE QUANTITY FIELDS IN THAT RECORD MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE ARTICLE DESCRIBED HAS TWO REPORTABLE QUANTITIES (WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE C33 RECORD AND THE "QUANTTIY 2 FIELD IN THE C34 REC) OR THREE REPORTABLE QUANTITES (WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE C33 REC, AND THE QUANTITY 2 AND QUANTITY 3 FIELDS IN THE C34 REC).

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