Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

ARI: PROTESTANT ID NBR REQUIRED

A VALID IRS OR CUSTOMS ASSIGNED ID NUMBER PRESENT ON THE CUSTOMS IMPORTER DATA BASE IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PROTEST TYPES EXCEPT F=FOREIGN AND O=OTHERS. THESE REQUIRE NUMBERS WHICH WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT VALIDATION.
VBL: FW 3-177: INVLD SOURCE

THE SOURCE CODE (REC FW03, POS 20-21) IS A MANDATORY CODE CONSISTING OF ONE ALPHA CHARACTER (A FOR ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED, C FOR CAPTIVE, O FOR OTHER, P FOR CITES OR W FOR FROM THE WILD). THE ALPHA CHARACTER MUST BE LEFT JUSTIFIED. POSITION 21 SHOULD BE SPACE FILLED SINCE IT IS RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.
EJH: SIGNATURE INDICATOR MUST BE 'X'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 REC, POS 39, MUST REFLECT AN "X" TO INDICATE THE SIGNATURE FOLLOWS. NO OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, MAY BE TRANSMIT IN THIS POSITION. 
VLK: TOT IMPORT TRAILER COUNT INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE SUM OF ALL THE DISKETTE 'IT' IMPORT TRAILER, 'CN' CONTRACT TRAILER, 'CM' IMPORT TRAILER, OR 'CI' CANADIAN IMPORT TRAILER RECORDS OR ABI 'D12', 'D30', 'D40', OR 'D50' RECORDS DOES NOT ADD UP TO WHAT THE COUNT IS IN THE 'CT CLAIM TRAILER' RECORD, OR ABI 'D90' RECORD. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ADD UP ABI CANNOT KNOW WHETHER THE TOTAL COUNT IS SIMPLY WRONG, OR THE TOTAL COUNT IS RIGHT AND THERE ARE MISSING RECORDS. FOR RECONCILIATION, THE 'R90' TOTAL IMPORT TRAILER RECORD COUNT OF 'R20' RECORDS DOES NOT MATCH THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF 'R20' RECORDS GIVEN VIA THE ABI 'RA' TRANSACTION. IF THE R20 RECORD, POS 78-79 IS BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED, EVEN IF THE FIGURE IN THE R90 REC, POS 4-7, EQUALS THE NUMBER OF R20 RECORDS IN THE RECONCILIATION INPUT TRANSACTION.
AQ8: PROTESTANT ADDRESS REQUIRED

WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS EITHER 'F' (FOREIGN EXPORTER/PRODUCER) OR 'O' (OTHER), FULL NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED, INCLUDING COUNTRY CODE 'US' FOR DOMESTIC ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'O') AND EITHER 'MX' OR 'CA' FOR MEXICAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F'.
BE3: BLANK CANADIAN EXCISE NBR INVALID

IF AN EI APPLICATION INCLUDES A '57' RECORD, THE CANADIAN EXCISE NUMBER ON MUST BE NON-BLANK. 
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. 
04C: UNLADING DIST/PORT NOT NUMERIC

PORT OF UNLADING MUST BE NUMERIC 
0AA: ENTRY NOT FOUND

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. ***FOR RECON ENTRIES (09), IF THE FILER USES ACTION CODE 'R' IN THE R10 RECORD WITHOUT HAVING GOTTEN A SUCCESSFUL 'ADD' ON AN EARLIER TRANSMISSION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. OR THE R20 ENTRY # IS NOT IN ACS.
APG: SIGNATURE CERT. INVALID

CERTIFICATION OF SIGNATURE, SIGNIFIED BY AN "X", IS REQUIRED IN LIEU OF A SIGNATURE IN THE AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT. 
VHI: DT HS7: DOT BOND CODE REQUIRED

IF BOX 03 IS USED (REC DT01, POS 8-9), THE ENTRY MUST BE BONDED FOR DOT. A BOND SURETY CODE MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE DT01 RECORD, POS 32-34. NO OTHER BOX NUMBER PERMITS THE USE OF THE BOND CODE. 
06M: PROCESSING DIST/PORT NONEXISTENT

PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT IS NOT IN THE DISTRICT/PORT FILE. 
66A: IMPORTER IS INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANS- ACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF THE IMPORTER NUMBER (H1 REC, POS 20-31) IS IN 'INACTIVE' STATUS ON THE IMPORTER DATABASE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. TO REACTIVATE, THE FILER MUST SEND AN "ADD CF5106" TRANSACTION WITH THE IMPORTER'S FULL NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION.
VHO: DT HS7: CONTRACT/STMNT CERT REQ'D

IF BOXES 2B, 06, 07, 08, OR 09 ARE INDICATED IN THE DT01 RECORD, POSITIONS 8-9, POSITION 36 OF THE DT01 RECORD MUST REFLECT A "Y". IF ANY OTHER BOX NUMBER ARE INDICATED, THIS FIELD MUST BE BLANK. 
EIQ: INVALID LOCATION CODE INDICATOR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 9-10, IS USED TO REPORT ONE OF THREE LOCATION CODE INDICATORS. THE VALID INDICATORS ARE "25" (WHICH INDICATES THE LOCATION CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL BE A CENSUS SCHEDULE K FIVE-NUMERIC FOREIGN PORT OF LADING CODE), "26" (WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL A U.S. PORT OF ENTRY FROM CENSUS SCHEDULE D), OR "66" (WHICH INDICATES THAT T LOCATION IN POS 11-15 WILL BE AN ISO COUNTRY CODE). IF ANY OTHER CODE IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
AEO: ERROR IN A32 REC; RLSE 2

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 SECOND RELEASE IN THE 32 RECORD. 
4D8: BANNED IMPORT FROM COUNTRY

THIS MERCHANDISE FROM THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION MAY NOT BE ENTERED. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPEARS WHEN THERE IS A "BANNED" STATUS IN THE QUOTA FILE. THE TARIFF NUMBER FROM THE COUNTRY IN QUESTION MAY POSSIBLY BE ENTERED UNDER A CHAPTER 99 PROVISION. CHECK THE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGES FOR THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION. CHECK THE QUOTA QUERY FOR "BANNED" IN STATUS COLUMN.
VEI: FC 740:ID REQ FOR COND 01

AN FCC IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED WITH A 01 CONDITION CODE. 
ASW: JUSTIFICATION/ARGS REJECTED

JUSTIFICATION/ARGUMENTS REJECTED. THIS MESSAGE WILL USUALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER MESSAGE THAT INDICATES WHY THE JUSTIFICATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE EXAMPLE, IF ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS ARE SUBMITTED VIA APPLICATION SJ (SERVICEREQUEST), NO ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS WILL BE PERMITTED IF THE PROTEST IN QUESTION HAS BEEN REFERRED FOR FURTHER REVIEW. ERROR MESSAGE "ASN" WILL MOST LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS ERROR MESSAGE IN SUCH A CASE. 
07A: INVALID CROSS DIST PRCSSING PORT

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN AN 'HN' BORDER CARGO RELEASE TRANSACTION WHEN THE DISTRICT/PORT OF ENTRY SENT IN THE 01 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-7 IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT SENT THE THE 'B' APPLICATION CONTROL RECORD, POSITIONS 4-7. THIS DESPITE THE WORDING IN THE DESCRIPTION BLOCK FOR THE DISTRICT/PORT OF ENTRY IN RECORD IDENTIFIER 01, PAGE BCR-4 OF THE CATAIR WHICH STATES "GENERALLY, THE DISTRICT CODE IS THE SAME AS THE DISTRICT CODE CONTAINED IN THE BLOCK CONTROL HEADER RECORD (RECORD IDENTIFIER B); HOWEVER, THE PORT CODE CAN BE DIFFERENT" THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE TRUE. THE DDPP'S MUST BE THE SAME OR THIS REJECT OCCURS.
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.
ASE: ENTRY NUMBER REQUIRED

WHEN A P60 IS TRANSMITTED THE ENTRY NUMBER DATA FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK. 
ACP: IMPORTER NUMBER IS INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE CAN OCCUR AS A RESPONSE TO CARGO DATA INPUT TRANSACTION OR ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION OR AS A RESPONSE TO A QUERY OF AN IMPORTER/BOND TRANSACTION (CATAIR, PAGE QIB-7). AN IMPORTER IS PUT INTO "INACTIVE" STATUS WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN NO CARGO SELECTIVITY, ENTRY SUMMARY OR ELECTRONIC INVOICE TRANSACTIONS DURING THE PRECEDING 18 MONTHS. TO REACTIVATE, FILER MUST SEND IN AN "ADD CF-5106" TRANSACTION WITH THE IMPORTER'S FULL NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION. IF THE IMPORTER NUMBER IS A CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER, FILER MUST TURN IN A CF 5106 TO CUSTOMS FOR REACTIVATION.  NOTE - THIS MESSAGE MAY NO LONGER BE GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO HI, CARGO RELEASE, INPUT TRANSACTIONS. SEE ERROR 66A.
DKU: APPV'D RULING REQD FOR DBK PAYMT

THIS "WARNING" MESSAGE (NOT A FATAL ERROR) OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE AND WILL APPEAR IF THE DRAWBACK CLAIM TYPE IS '41' OR '44' AND NO VALID RULING (CONTRACT) NUMBER IS GIVEN VIA ABI.
VBH: FW 3-177: INVLD US IMPORT PERMIT#

IF THE PERMIT # IS TRANSMITTED IN REC FW02, POS 53-60, IT MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF SIX CHARACTERS AND NO MORE THAN 8 CHARACTERS. (NOTE: THIS PERMIT IS ISSUED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE FOR THE IMPORTATION OF THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES FOR WHICH COMMERCIAL TRADE IS PROHIBITED.)

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