Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VGX: INVALID FORMAT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE FDA INTERFACE WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND A QUERY OR AN ADD REQUEST FOR AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER (FEI) IN THE PP TRANSACTION AND THE FORMAT OF THEIR QUERY IS INCORRECT. THIS CAN TAKE MANY FORMS BUT USUALLY INVOLVES TRYING TO FIT A FOREIGN ADDRESS INTO FIELDS THAT ONLY ACCEPT A US ADDRESS. IN MOST CASES, IT INVOLVES A PROGRAMMING PROBLEM IN THE FILERS SOFTWARE. PROPER FORMAT FOR THE PP TRANSACTION IS SHOWN ON PAGES OGQ 14-20 OF THE CATAIR.
VQH: ADD BONDED AMOUNT INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL BONDED ANTIDUMPING DUTY IS SENT IN THE D31 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-14. IF THE ANTI DUMPING BONDED DUTY INDICATOR IN THE D11 RECORD, POSITION 39 IS '1' (ADD IS BONDED) THEN THE TOTAL BONDED ANTIDUMPING DUTY CANNOT BE SPACES.
VEY: FD 701: DUP AFFIRM/COMPLIANCE

MORE THAN ONE FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE (AND QUALIFIER IF APPLICABLE) CAN BE SENT FOR AN FDA LINE FOR A SINGLE FDA PRODUCT CODE. THE FIRST AFFIRMATION IS SENT IN REC FD01, POS 20-22. IF MORE THAN ONE AFFIRMATION (AND QUALIFIER, IF APPLICABLE) APPLIES THEY ARE SENT IN SEPARATE FD05 RECORDS, POS 5-7. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF A DUPLICATE AFFIRMATION CODE IS SENT IN AN FD05 RECORD THAT MATCHES WHAT WAS SENT IN THE FD01 RECORD.
ACU: LOWER CASE ALPHABETIC INVALID

THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN IMPORTER ADD TRANSACTION, APPLICATION IDENTIFIER TI. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS LOWER CASE ALPHA CHARACTER IN HIS INPUT, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VNF: FD 701: NO BASE UNIT REPORTED

IF A FILER SENDS QUANTITY/UOM (UNIT OF MEASURE) INFORMATION (REC FD02) FOR AN FDA LINE, THE UOM MUST BE ONE OF THE FDA BASE UNITS LISTED ON PAGE OG-31 OF THE CATAIR IF ONLY ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT. IF MORE THAN ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT, THE LAST ONE MUST BE A BASE UNIT AND MUST BE A VALID ONE.
ABX: BROKER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR REQUEST

A BROKER HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION THAT MAY BE ON FILE, BUT IS NOT ASSIGNED ITS FILER CODE. FOR RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER IS NOT A STATEMENT FILER IN THE PORT OF PROCESS. RECONCILIATION ENTRIES MUST BE PAID VIA STATEMENT PROCESSING, THUS THE FILER WILL GET THIS REJECT MESSAGE UNTIL HIS PROFILE RECORD REFLECTS OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING.
27G: *CENSUS* IMPROBABLE AIR TARIFF 1

THIS MESSAGE IS ONE OF A NUMBER OF CENSUS WARNING MESSAGES. IN THIS CASE, THE MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER (50 REC, POS 4-13) IS ONE THAT IS NOT USUALLY TRANSPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES BY AIR CARRIER. HEAVY MACHINERY, (EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT), PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, ETC. ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF COMMODITIES WHOSE TARIFF NUMBER WILL GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE.
VLG: IMPORT TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE. NOTE THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. IF ONLY 1 CONTRACT IS USED ON A CLAIM, THAT CONTRACT NUMBER SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CLAIM HEADER RECORD. THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS ON A CLAIM. THE CONTRACT TRAILER COUNTER IS NOT A COUNT OF CONTRACTS, BUT IS A COUNT OF THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORDS. IF ONLY ONE CONTRACT IS USED,THE COUNTER SHOULD BE 00, SINCE THERE WILL BE NO TRAILER RECORDS. IF 2 CONTRACTS ARE USED THERE WILL BE ONE CONTRACT TRAILER AND THE COUNT WILL BE 01. THREE CONTRACTS WOULD MEAN TWO TRAILERS AND THE COUNT WOULD BE 02, ETC.. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MEANS THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THE IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS ('R20') IS OUT OF ORDER.
AQD: TARIFF ACT CITATION REQUIRED

THIS FIELD IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE SECTION OF CUSTOMS CODE UNDER WHICH THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS BEING FILED. VALID VALUES ARE: ST. THE ELECTRONIC PROTEST SWITCH MUST BE SET TO 'YES'. PLEASE CONTACT THE POR . R MX' OR 'CA' FOR MEXICAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F'. RANSMITTING 'S'.IF THE PJ OR PREVIOUS QJ OR RJ WAS TRANSMITTED TO UPDATE TO SAMPLE SENT, A SUBSEQUENT QJ OR RJ CANNOT BE USED TO CHANGE THE SAMPLE SENT BACK TO NO SAMPLE. INSTEAD THE FILER MUST CONTACT THE PROTEST PROCESSING TEAM AT THE PORT WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AND REQUEST CUSTOMS MANUALLY UPDATE THE RECORD.
ART: REFUND PARTY TYPE REQUIRED

WHEN LISTING A REFUND CARE/OF PARTY, BOTH AN IRS NUMBER AND PARTY TYPE CODE ARE REQUIRED. THE PARTY TYPE CODE IS MISSING. USE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: B - BROKER D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - SHIP'S MASTER S - SURETY T - ATTORNEY V - VESSEL OWNER/OPERATOR
AQW: FAX INDICATOR REQUIRED

THE FAX INDICATOR CANNOT BE BLANK. 
VPA: IMPORT REF NOT FOUND

THIS REJECT OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE IN THE D01 RECORD IS OTHER THAN A '2' (I.E. 1 OR 3) THEN THE ENTRY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 17-27 AND THE ENTRY MUST BE RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER FILE.
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).
10S: SURETY CODE REVOKED

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN THE ABI FILER'S SURETY CODE HAS BEEN REVOKED. 
ADF: ENTRY IS NOT A STATEMENT ENTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE) IS ATTEMPTED. THIS APPLICATION ALLOWS FILERS TO MOVE THE PAYMENT DUE DATE ON ENTRIES SCHEDULED FOR PAYMENT BY STATEMENT. IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM A STATEMENT BUT THE ENTRY IN QUESTION IS NOT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR PAYMENT BY STATEMENT, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
40T: MX SPI REQUIRED

AN SPI OF 'MX' MUST BE ENTERED FOR TARIFF NUMBER 9802008055 
VDC: INFORMAL FEE REQUIRED

INFORMAL ENTRIES SUBMITTED THROUGH ABI REQUIRE AN ENTRY LEVEL FEE TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 34 RECORD WITH CLASS CODE 311. UNLESS THE IMPORTATION IS EXEMPT (AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED, EXPRESS CONSIGNMENT COURIER FACILITY, LDDC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, ETC), THE FEE IS $2.00 FOR ABI ENTRIES.
VM4: HLN: FIELD OR STRING MUST BE Y

EITHER THE FIELD SELECT OR STRING SELECT MUST BE Y=YES. AT LEAST ONE IS REQUIRED. BOTH CAN BE Y=YES, BUT BOTH CAN NOT BE N=NO. 
VOS: REMOTE ENTRY/RLSE CERT MISSING

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER, SET TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR REMOTE LOCATION FILING, DOES NOT SEND A '1' SIGNIFYING CERTIFICATION FOR CARGO RELEASE, IN POSITION 38 OF THE 30 RECORD. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR REMOTE LOCATION FILING.
10R: INVALID FLIGHT NUMBER FORMAT

THE CORRECT FLIGHT NUMBER FORMAT IS THREE NUMBERS (NNN), FOUR NUMBERS (NNNN), OR ONE OF THE ABOVE FOLLOWED BY AN ALPHA CHARACTER (NNNA OR NNNNA). A FLIGHT NUMBER IS REQUIRED WHEN: A) THE CARRIER ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRY IS AN AUTOMATED CARRIER FOR AIR MANIFEST FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING ON THE ENTRY OR B) THE FIRMS CODE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENTRY (LOCATION OF GOODS) IS AN AUTOMATED CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION FOR AIR MANIFEST.
8XU: ENTRY MUST BE IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES, AT A MINIMUM, TO THE TIB EXTENSION PROCEDURES (APPLICATION XN). IF A FILER ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND A TIB ENTRY, THAT ENTRY MUST FIRST BE IN CUSTOMS-ACCEPTED STATUS. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS ONLY IN 'ABI' STATUS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO THE FILER'S XN INPUT.
508: TOTAL TAX DOES NOT MATCH EST.

THE TOTAL INTERNAL REVENUE TAX (REC 90, POS 14-24) DOES NOT EQUAL THE TOTAL LINE ITEM INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES IN RECS 60, POS 59-68.
99A: INVALID AG LICENSE FORMAT

THE ENTERED AGRICULTURE LICENSE MUST BE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS: 'N-AA-NNN-N' OR'N-A -NNN-N' WHERE 'N' =NUMERIC, 'A'=ALPHA, AND ' '=SPACE.  1. OR SUNDAY.
8VX: BILL RESULTS REQUEST ACCEPTED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE 'LN' TRANSACTION. IT OCCURS WHEN A FILER INDICATES THAT THEY WANT TO RECEIVE BILL OF LADING RESULTS BY SENDING A 'Y' IN POSITION 19 OF THE L1 RECORD.
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.

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