Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AI7: CASE DOES NOT EXIST

ADA/CVD BROKER QUERY INPUT RECORD CONTAINS A VALID CASE NUMBER THAT DOES NOT EXIST ON THE ANTI-DUMPING OR CVD DATABASE. 
VBV: DT HS7: WARN - TIRE CODE MISSING

WHEN A "T" IS TRANSMITTED IN THE CLARIFICATION CODE FIELD IN THE DT01, POS 37, THIS WARNING WILL BE GENERATED IF THE TIRE MANUFACTURER ID CODE IS NOT TRANSMITTED IN POS 41-60. (NOTE - DOT PROVIDES A 2 CHARACTER CODE. FILER MUST ADD A LEADING OR TRAILING ZERO.)
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. 
AF0: CITY HAS LEAD SPACE OR SPEC CHAR

FILERS CAN ADD ADDRESS INFORMATION IN SEVERAL APPLICATIONS. IF THE CITY PORTION OF THE ADDRESS IS SENT WITH A SPACE IN THE FIRST POSITION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
AFD: 30 REC REQUIRED FOR CONSOL RLSE

IF A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS SENT, A 30 RECORD MUST BE SENT IF THERE IS A 32 RECORD PRESENT.
VOR: REMOTE ENTRY/SUMM CERT MISSING

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER, WHO IS SET TO OPERATIONAL FOR REMOTE LOCATION FILING (AND THEREFORE BY DEFINITION 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, AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.
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.
20A: INVALID CARRIER CODE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTIONS. IF THE CARRIER CODE REPORTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-76, IS NOT ON THE CARRIER LIST FILE . THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IT DOES NOT MATTER IF THE SUMMARY CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION REQUEST. THE CARRIER CODE FIELD MUST BE FOUR CHARACTERS. OCEAN SHIPMENTS MUST HAVE A FOUR CHARACTER STANDARD ALPHA CARRIER CODE (SCAC) IN THIS FIELD. AIR SHIPMENTS MUST HAVE A TWO CHARACTER IATA CODE (ALSO FOUND ON THE CARRIER CODE FILE) IN THE POS 73-74 OF THE 30 RECORD. NOTE: IF THE CARRIER CODE IS OMITTED ENTIRELY, ERROR MSG 2DF WILL BE GENERATED. NOTE - THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO GENERATE IF THE ENTRY USES AN AIR CARRIER CODE AND AN OCEAN PORT OF UNLADING CODE OR VICE VERSA.
APS: HARDCOPY INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS DO NOT APPLY. ONCE TO 'S' THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR CAN NOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED HARDCOPY INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'. 
ADJ: ISSUER CODE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE MOT IS 10 OR 11, AND THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73, IS SPACES, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT. WHEN THIS FIELD IS SPACES AND THE MOT IS 20, 30 OR 40, NO ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VAS: TEAM NOT EQUAL TO ACS TEAM

THIS MESSAGE IS NOT A REJECTION, BUT MERELY A WARNING. THE IMPORT SPECIALIST TEAM IS AN OPTIONAL RECORD IN THE SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (EI). IT IS SENT IN THE 30 REC, POS 77-79. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS THIS ELEMENT AND IT DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE IMPORT SPECIALIST TEAM ASSIGNMENT DESIGNATED BY ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. IN SOME CASES, THE FILER MAY NOT KNOW WHICH TEAM WILL BE ASSIGNED BY ACS, ESPECIALLY IF THE ENTRY CONTAINS SEVERAL LINES. ACS WILL RESPOND TO THE INPUT WITH THIS WARNING MESSAGE AND WITH THE ACTUAL ASSIGNED TEAM NUMBER IN THE E0 OR E90 RECORD OUTPUT. THE FILER HAS THE OPTION OF RETRANSMITTING THE SUMMARY WITH THE CORRECT TEAM NUMBER (RARELY DONE) OR OF PRINTING THE SUMMARY DOCUMENTS WITH THE CORRECT TEAM NUMBER SHOWN.
EIC: INVALID PAYMENT TERMS TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). PAYMENT TERMS MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C02 REC, POS 6-75. EACH PAYMENT TERMS FIELD HAS A TWO CHARACTER "PAYMENT TERMS TYPE", WHICH MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C02 REC, POS 4-5. THE LIST OF VALID PAYMENT TERMS TYPES IS ON PAGE AII-8 OF THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY OTHER CODE, OR A BLANK FIELD, IN THIS ELEMENT WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE
VBK: FW 3-177: INVLD UNIT OF MEASURE

THE UNIT OF MEASURE IN THE FW03 RECORD, POS 17-19, IS MANDATORY. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THIS FIELD IS BLANK, NOT LEFT JUSTIFIED OR IF NOT A STANDARD HTS UNIT OF MEASURE AS LISTED IN APPENDIX C OF THE CATAIR. THIS UNIT OF MEASURE FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE PURPOSES MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN THE UNIT OF MEASURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE HS NUMBER IN THE 50 RECORD.
VKM: HLT: SUBS. ORDER MUST BE O/D/N

THE SUBSEQUENT SORT ORDER SWITCH MUST BE O=OVERRIDE, D=DEFAULT OR N=NONE. 
RBM: SECURITY VIOLATION/RA NOT ALLOWED

FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IF THE FILER IS NOT AUTHORIZED FOR ENTRY SUMMARY PROCESSING, OR IF THE FILER HAS NO ABI DDPP/FILER CONTROL RECORD.
4LV: CN SILK - VISA NBR NOT ALLOWED

SILK ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM CHINA (CN) DO NOT REQUIRE A VISAED DOCUMENT SINCE 1993. IF AN ABI TRANSACTION W/ HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBERS FOR SILK ARTICLES IN CATEGORY 733 - 759 IS TRANSMITTED, THE ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED WITH ERROR MSG NBR 4LV. *SILK FROM CHINA HAS NOT REQUIRED A VISAED DOCUMENT (VISA) SINCE 1993. **THIS EDITING WILL PREVENT THE USE OF DUMMY VISA NBRS ABOVE DATA ADDED BY HQ QUOTA. ENTRIES USING THESE CATEGORIES MAY BE FILED USING ENTRY TYPE 01, AS WELL AS 02.
EJ0: NEGATIVE AMT IND NOT 'N' OR ' '

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHARGES REPORTED IN ALL C17/C18 RECORDS (CODES "S" OR "C" ON THE C17 REC) EXCEED THE TOTAL OF ALL ALLOWANCE REPORTED IN ALL C17/C18 (CODES "A" OR "R" ON THE C17 RECORD), THE NEGATIVE AMOUNT INDICATOR SHOULD BE LEFT BLANK (" ").IF THE REVERSE IS TRUE, THEN THE NEGATIVE AMOUNT INDICATOR MUST BE "N". ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THIS FIELD (C84 REC, POS 34) WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
ARW: REFUND PARTY NBR NOT ON FILE

THE NUMBER LISTED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS ERROR IS THAT THE IRS, SSN OR USCS NUMBER HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED IN AN IMPROPER FORMAT. DASHES MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE FORMAT. FOR IRS NUMBERS, NN-NNNNNNNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR SSN'S, NNN-NN-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR USCS NUMBERS, YYDDPP-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. IRS NUMBERS MUST BE 12 CHARACTERS LONG; NUMBERS LISTED AT THE 10 CHARACTER LEVEL WILL BE REJECTED BECAUSE ALL IRS NUMBERS ARE LISTED AT THE 12 CHARACTER LEVEL IN THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. WHEN A 2 CHARACTER SUFFIX IS NOT USED AT THE END OF THE IRS NUMBER, 2 ZEROS SHOULD BE USED (NN-NNNNNNN00).
VM2: HLN: FIELD SELECT MUST BE Y/N

THE SELECT BY FIELD SWITCH MUST BE Y=YES OR N=NO. THIS SWITCH WILL BE USED DETERMINE IF OVERRIDE SELECT CRITERIA WILL SUPPORT A FIELD SEARCH. 
053: INVALID ENTRY NUMBER

ENTRIES FILED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 HAVE THE FOLLOWING NUMBER FORMAT: FISCAL YEAR (2 DIGITS); SEQUENCE NUMBER (6 DIGITS); CHECK DIGIT (1 DIGIT) ENTRIES FILED AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 1986 HAVE THE FOLLOWING NUMBER FORMATS: FILER CODE (3 CHARACTERS, ALPHA NUMERIC); SEQUENCE NUMBER (7 DIGITS); CHECK DIGIT (1 DIGIT) USUALLY THIS ERROR IS INVOKED WHEN THERE IS NO MATCH FOR THE ENTRY NUMBER FOUND IN THE ACS ENTRY SUMMARY FILES - USER COULD HAVE MADE A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR IN THE ENTRY NUMBER.
293: INVALID TARIFF FORMAT

TARIFF IN REFERENCE BOUND IS IN INVALID FORMAT .  
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.
681: CUSTOMS REL VIA EREL ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND SELECTIVITY DATA FOR AN ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. A FILER WILL RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE WHETHER THE RELEASE OF THE ENTRY NUMBER WAS VIA A "PAPERLESS" MESSAGE OR "DOCS REQUIRED".  IN THE LATTER CASE, ONCE THE ON-LINE PROCESSING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A RETRANSMISSION OF THE CARGO DATA WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE AT THE TIME OF HI TRANSMISSION.
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.
ACR: REFERENCE NUMBER INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE REFERS TO THE IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBERS USED ON A DRAWBACK CLAIM, SPECIFICALLY THE AGENT/BROKER (4811) ID. THE NUMBER USED IS NOT ON THE ACTIVE IMPORTER MASTER FILE .  

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