Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VGM: FD 701: QTY IND;PREV QTY=0'S

UP TO SIX QUANTITIES CAN BE SENT IN THE FDA INTERFACE. IF ZEROS WERE TRANSMITTED IN A PRECEDING QUANTITY BLOCK AND A QUANTITY WAS TRANSMITTED IN THE INSTANT BLOCK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS. FOR INSTANCE, IF ZEROS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE UNIT 1 QUANTITY BLOCK OF REC FD02, POS 5-14 AND 0000000009 TRANSMITTED IN THE UNIT 2 QUANTITY BLOCK OF REC FD02, POS 19-28, THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS.
ASM: ARGUMENT/JUSTIFICATION REQ'D

A STATEMENT OF THE NATURE OF, AND JUSTIFICATION FOR THE PROTEST, PETITION, INTERVENTION MUST BE INCLUDED AT THE TIME OF INITIAL FILING. THE P90 RECORD IS MISSING OR BLANK.
VGO: FD 701: FDA VALUE EXCEEDS USCS

THE FDA VALUE (REC03, POS 5-14) MUST NOT EXCEED THE CUSTOMS VALUE IN THE40+70+80+81 RECORD(S) OR THIS REJECT WILL OCCUR. THIS REJECT WILL ALSO OCCUR IF MULTIPLE FDA LINES (FD01-FD05 RECORDS) ARE SENT WITHIN ONE CUSTOMS LINE AND ALL OF THE VALUES COMBINED IN THOSE LINES EXCEED THE CUSTOMS VALUE.
VLR: DRAWBACK WAIVER IND INVALID

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) VIA DISKETTE OR '1' (YES) OR SPACE (NO) IF VIA ABI FOR WHETHER THIS IS A WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' ('1' IF ABI) OR 'N' (SPACE IF ABI).
AAU: ADD/CVD NOT REQUIRED

ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THIS REJECT IS WHEN A FILER SENDS ANTIDUMPING DUTY IN POSITIONS 33-42 OF THE 60 RECORD WHEN THERE IS A '0' IN THE BOND INDICATOR OF THE CASE DATABASE RECORD. 
EI4: INVALID ALLOWANCE CHARGE AMOUNT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C17 AND C18 RECORDS PROVIDE FOR THE REPORTING OF HEADER LEVEL CHARGES/ALLOWANCES. (THE C51/C53 RECORDS REPORT THESE ELEMENTS AT THE LINE LEVEL, BUT THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE RECORDS). THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN POS 4-18 OF THE C18 RECORD MUST VARY BY NO MORE THAN ONE CENT, PLUS OR MINUS, WHEN COMPARED TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PRODUCED FROM THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS TRANSMITTED ON THE C17 RECORD. THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS IN THE C17 RECORD THAT ARE USED IN THE CALCULATION IS: - RATE/PER UNIT X UNIT PRICE BASIS /NBR OF PRICING UNITS (FROM ALL THE PRECEDING C33 RECORDS.) (IF C51/53 RECORDS ARE USED, ONLY THE C33 RECORD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE C51/53 RECORDS IS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS).
915: IT DATE/DATE OF IMP INCONSISTENT

THE DATE TRANSMITTED FOR THE OPENING OF THE IN-TRANSIT (I.T.) ACTION (WHICH MOVES THE FREIGHT FROM THE PORT OF ARRIVAL TO A SECOND U.S. PORT WHERE THE SHIPMENT WILL BE ENTERED) MUST BE ON OR AFTER THE DATE OF IMPORT OF THE FREIGHT INTO THE UNITED STATES. COMPARE THE I.T. DATE FROM THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION, REC 22, POS 64-69, TO THE IMPORT DATE IN REC 20, POS 34-39.
14K: ENTRY DATE RESTRICTION

THE ENTERED DATE IS NOT WITHIN THE BEGINNING AND ENDING DATE BOUNDS AS SHOWN IN THE TARIFF FILE.
4JD: TARIFF 1 / TARIFF 2 DISCREPANCY

A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER WITHIN CHAPTERS '50' THRU '63' WAS ENTERED WITH A PRIMARY TARIFF NUMBER OF 9802005010 OR 9802008040. SEE US NOTE 2B WHICH EXCLUDES TESTILE ARTICLES. SINCE THE ABOVE WAS WRITTEN CHANGE REQUESTS ADDED THE FOLLOWING EDITS TO 9802008040: A HTS NUMBER WITH A TEXTILE CATEGORY NUMBER MAY NOT BE USED AS THE ADDITIONAL TARIFF NUMBER UNLESS IT IS CHAPTER 64.
VBE: FW 3-177: INVLD SPECIE NAME GENUS

IF XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE IN REC FW01, POS 5 - 8, THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS (REC FW01, POS 9-26) IS MANDATORY. IF THE SPECIES CODE IS OTHER THAN XXXX, THE FIELD FOR THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS MUST BE BLANK. THE LANGUAGE IN THE ERROR MESSAGE VBE IS INACCURATE. IT SHOULD READ "INVLD SCIENT NAME GENUS". (NOTE: WHEN XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE, THE COMMON NAME SPECIFIC (RECORD FW02, POS 5-22) AND THE COMMON NAME GENERAL (RECORD FW02, POS 23-40) ARE ALSO MANDATORY.
AID: CASE TERMINATED

THE CASE (ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING) REPORTED BY THE ABI FILER IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER EI) IS A TERMINATED CASE NUMBER. CASE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED IN THE 60 REC, POS 13-22 FOR CVD CASES AND POS 23-32 FOR ADA CASES.
VMD: VERIFY WHSE EXPIRATION PERIOD

ENA01-IMP-DATE ON AN ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE ENTRY REFERENCED BY A WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL WAS NOT GIVEN (NOT NUMERIC). 
VNJ: DCMCI IMPORTER/FILER INVALID

DCMCI ENTRIES FOR EMERGENCY WAR MATERIAL MAY BE ENTERED BY ANY FILER WHO USES ENTRY TYPE 01. IF ENTRY TYPE 51 IS USED, HOWEVER, THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE FILER CODE AND IMPORTER NUMBER MUST BELONG TO DCMCI. THE CURRENT VALID FILER CODE IS P99. IF A DIFFERENT FILER CODE IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
07H: EST ARRIVAL DATE NOT IN RANGE

THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE ENTERED IS NOT WITHIN THE RANGE ALLOWED. VALID DATES INCLUDE: 1) TODAY'S DATE, 2) ANY DATE UP TO 30 DAYS IN THE PAST, 3) ANY DATE UP TO 5 DAYS IN THE FUTURE.
VGQ: FD 701: ESTBLSMNT ID NOT ON FILE

AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER (FEI) NUMBER IS A TWELVE-DIGIT NUMBER THAT IDENTIFIES A DOMESTIC LOCATION (ADDRESS) OF AN FDA IMPORTER OR DOMESTIC CLIENT. THESE NUMBERS ARE CREATED IN THE FDA INTERFACE BY FILERS REQUESTING, THROUGH ABI TO FDA, A NUMBER FOR A DOMESTIC LOCATION. THE REQUEST IS MOST OFTEN MADE WHEN THE FILER HAS SENT A FOREIGN-BASED CONSIGNEE AND HAS RECEIVED AN FDA REJECT. THE FEI NUMBER, IF USED, IS SENT IN REC FD03, POS 15-26 AND MUST CONTAIN 12 NUMERIC CHARACTERS. THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE IS TO OMIT THE FIRST TWO ZEROS AND TRANSMIT ONLY TEN NUMBERS.
AR2: NOTIFY SUB DATA NOT APPLICABLE

NOTIFY SUBSTITUTE TYPE NOT APPLICABLE. 
FEC: CRITERA CANNOT BE DELETED

CRITERIA CANNOT BE DELETED TO THE PROD LIST .
29H: INVALID DIST/PORT/BROKER

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A DISTRICT/PORT/FILER COMBINATION IN THE 10 RECORD OF AN ENTRY SUMMARY EI TRANSACTION, AN H1 RECORD FOR AN HI TRANSACTION OR AN 01 RECORD OF A HN TRANSACTION THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE FILER PROFILE DATABASE.
VGB: FD 701: PRODUCT CODE NOT ON FILE

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO USE AN FDA PRODUCT CODE THAT IS NOT ON FILE IN ACS. FDA MAINTAINS THE FILE. THE FILER SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT THEIR FDA CONTACT TO CHECK THE PRODUCT CODE. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 580,000 PRODUCT CODES.
4CU: VISA # INVALID FOR FASHION SAMPLE

SPI "M" IS USED TO REPORT IMPORTATIONS OF FASHION SAMPLES OR CERTAIN CARPETS FROM CHINA. (SEE ADMIN MSG 97-0482, 97-0952, AND 97-0990). ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IF "M" IS USED, THE VISA NUMBER FOR THE ITEM IN QUESTION MAY NOT BE TRANSMITTED TO ABI. IF THE VISA NUMBER IS SENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
10Y: V/F/T REQUIRED FOR AIR CARRIER

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS FROM AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (EI) WHEN THE FILER HAS REQUESTED CARGO CERTIFICATION AND THE MOT IS 40 (AIR). IF THE 20 RECORD, POS 61-66 DOES NOT CONTAIN A FLIGHT NUMBER, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED AND WILL PREVENT PROVISIONAL CARGO SELECTIVITY RESULTS FROM BEING ISSUED. THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT REJECT THE SUMMARY; IT WILL ONLY PREVENT CARGO CERTIFICATION FROM OCCURRING.
VHU: DT HS7: INVALID YEAR

THE DT02 REC, POS 35-38 MUST REFLECT THE FOUR-DIGIT YEAR. ANY YEAR NOT IN THE RANGE FROM 1901 THROUGH 2099, INCLUSIVE, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
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. 
391: CLAIM INVALID FOR EXPORT COUNTRY

CERTAIN SPECIAL PROGRAMS (GSP, FOR ONE) REQUIRE THAT THE EXPORT COUNTRY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ORIGIN COUNTRY. IF THE EXPORT COUNTRY IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR  THE SPECIAL PROGRAM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
170: INVALID MANUFACTURER NUMBER

MINIMUM CONSTRAINTS FOR VALID MANUFACTURER NUMBER INCLUDE: 1) ENTIRE NUMBER INCLUDING ISO CODE MUST BE AT LEAST 7 ALPHA OR NUMERIC CHARACTERS LONG AND IT MUST BE LEFT JUSTIFIED. 2) IF THE MID INCLUDES PIECE FOUR (LARGEST NUMBER IN STREET ADDRESS), NUMERIC CHARACTERS CANNOT BE PRECEDED BY MORE THAN 8 ALPHA CHARACTERS. NOTE: AS OF JUNE 27, 2000, WHEN THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED, ABI IS NOT INDICATING WHICH LINE OF THE SUMMARY IS INVALID.

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