Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VNW: IMPORT MUST BE IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY IS STILL IN ABI STATUS AND HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED BY CUSTOMS. 
169: INVALID COUNTRY CODE

THE COUNTRY CODE IS NOT ON FILE. IN ABI, THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN RESULT WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS APPLICATION EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) AND INCLUDES A 42 RECORD BUT OMITS THE SUPPLIER ID NUMBER. THE FIRST TWO CHARACTERS OF THIS RECORD REPRESENT THE ISO COUNTRY CODE. IF THE SUPPLIER ID IS BLANK, ABI INTERPRETS THIS AS AN INVALID ISO CODE AND GENERATES THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
1ED: EST'D ARRIVAL DATE: NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER CERTIFIES AN ENTRY SUMMARY FOR CARGO RELEASE BY SENDING A '1' IN POSITION 38 OF THE EI 30 RECORD BUT SENDS BLANKS FOR THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IN POSITION  66-71 OF THE EI 20 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IS INCORRECT IN THE L1 RECORD OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE FEATURE.
AQI: ASSOC. PROTEST NBR REQUIRED

UNDER CFR 181.115, THE FOREIGN EXPORTER OR PRODUCER OF THE MERCHANDISE SUBJECT TO AN ADVERSE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN MARKING DECISION, MAY INTERVENE IN THE IMPORTER'S 514 PROTEST. TO MAKE SUCH A FILING, THE FOREIGN EXPORTER'S INTERVENTION MUST CITE THE IMPORTER'S 514 PROTEST NUMBER. THE PROTEST NUMBER IS MISSING.
104: CUSTOMS PROCESSED SUM ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING BORDER CARGO RELEASE (HN) TRANSACTIONS. THE ENTRY MAY BE MODIFIED UP UNTIL THE TIME OF SUCCESSFUL ON LINE CUSTOMS PROCESSING. IF THE ENTRY SUMMARY HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND IS ON FILE WITH CUSTOMS THIS MESSAGE WILL GENERATE. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN CARGO SELECTIVITY FROM EITHER THE HI APPLICATION OR FROM A RETRANSMISSION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY IN A NON-BORDER LOCATION.
AFX: STATEMENT REQD FOR ELEC SUMMARY

STATEMENT PROCESSING IS REQUIRED FOR AII / EDIFACT AND REMOTE LOCATION FILING THIS MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER SENDS AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 REC AND SENDS A '1' (NON-STATEMENT) INDICATOR IN POSITION 53 OF THE 30 RECORD.  
2AI: INVALID BOND TYPE

A SHORT LISTING OF CURRENT BOND TYPES AND THEIR CORRESPONDING ACTIVITY CODES CAN BE FOUND IN THE CATAIR ON PAGE QIB-8. NOTE: ABI FILERS WHO DO BOND QUERIES WILL RECEIVE A SINGLE ALPHA CHARACTER CODE DESIGNATING WHICH TYPE OF BOND IS ON FILE, IF ANY, FOR THE IMPORTER BEING QUERIED. THE FILER'S SOFTWARE SHOULD TRANSLATE THE CODE INTO THE APPROPRIATE BOND TYPE AND DESCRIPTION.
APY: FAX SENT DATE INVALID

THE CCYYMMDD THAT A FACSIMILE WAS SENT TO CUSTOMS IS REQUIRED AT INITIAL PROTEST, CLAIM AND INTERVENTION FILING WHEN THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX INDICATOR IS 'S'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN FAX SENT DATE IS NOT A VALID DATE IN CCYYMMDD FORMAT. 
VKY: HLT;POS REQUIRED W/ OPTIONAL LEN

A POSITION VALUE MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR THE OPTIONAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER WHEN A LENGTH IS SPECIFIED. 
27I: *CENSUS* MAXIMUM WEIGHT EXCEEDED

GROSS SHIPPING WEIGHT TOO GREAT FOR ENTERED MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (PER CENSUS)
VML: WARNING-WHSE/WTHDR FLR MISMATCH

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY. IT OCCURS WHEN THE FILER CODE OF THE ASSOCIATED WAREHOUSE ENTRY, SENT IN POSITIONS 21-23 OF THE 30 RECORD, DOES NOT MATCH THE FILER CODE OF THE WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL ENTRY SENT IN POSITIONS 59-61 OF THE 10 RECORD.
SUR: WARNING - SURETY NOW REVOKED

FOR RECONCILIATION, THE SURETY CODE ORIGINALLY USED ON THE IMPORT ENTRIES IS NOW REVOKED.  (THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY AND WILL NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CAUSE THE RA INPUT TO REJECT).
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.
ARV: REFUND PARTY ID NBR REQUIRED

A VALID IRS OR USCS ASSIGNED ID NUMBER PRESENT ON THE USCS IMPORTER DATABASIS REQUIRED FOR ALL REFUND C/O PARTY TYPES. 
B13: WARNING - TRANSMITTED MID INVALID

INPUT ISO COUNTRY CODE OR PROVINCE CODE FIELD DOES NOT EXIST ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE. ALSO, IF THE FILER'S TRANSMITTED MID, $4 REC, POS 57-71, IS INCORRECT (LESS THAN 7 CHARACTERS, MORE THAN 8 ALPHA CHARACTERS WITHOUT A NUMBER), THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
Q08: 'QT' AMT PAID NOT = STATEMENT AMT

THE "PAYMENT AMOUNT" SUBMITTED ON THE QT RECORD (POS 25-34) DOES NOT EQUAL "AMT DUE" COLUMN ON THE DATA FILE FOR THE STATEMENT NUMBER TRANSMITTED. IN MOST CASES, THIS RESULTS WHEN THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO PAY A STATEMENT WITH AN AMOUNT THAT IS LOWER THAN THE ACTUAL AMOUNT BECAUSE THE FILER ASSUMED THAT HIS REMOVAL OF ONE OR MORE ENTRIES FROM THE STATEMENT WAS SUCCESSFULLY TRANSMITTED TO ABI VIA APPLICATION HP (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE). IF THE ACH PAYMENT REJECTS, THE FILER SHOULD RETRANSMIT THE HP FOR THE ENTRY(S) TO BE REMOVED AND ONLY WHEN A SUCCESSFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS RECEIVED FROM ABI SHOULD THE ACH PAYMENT BE TRANSMITTED.
EJI: NO. OF SHIPPING/PACKING UNITS REQ

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE NUMBER OF EXTERIOR SHIPPING UNITS MUST BE REPORTED (FOR CONTAINERIZED CARGO) IN THE C5 REC, POS 4-18.IF THIS FIELD IS BLANK OR REFLECTS A ZERO QUANTITY, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THE C47 RECORD. 
VAW: PRELIMINARY STMT ALREADY PRODUCED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS AN ENTRY SUMMARY WITH A PAYMENT DUE DATE THAT IS THE SAME DATE AS THE CALENDAR DATE OF THE STATEMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE FILER SENDS, ON DECEMBER 28, AN ENTRY SUMMARY WITH A PAYMENT DUE OF DECEMBER 28, THIS MESSSAGE WILL RESULT, BECAUSE ALL THE PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS FOR DECEMBER 28 WILL HAVE BEEN PRODUCED PRIOR TO THE FILER TRANSMITTING HIS DATA. PAYMENT DUE DATES MUST ALWAYS BE AT LEAST ONE CALENDAR DAY IN THE FUTURE WHEN COMPARED TO THE TRANSMISSION DATE. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IT HAS OCCURRED WHEN A FILER SENT A PAYMENT INDICATOR OF '2' '3' OR '5' IN POSITION 59 OF THE D30 RECORD AND DID NOT SEND AT LEAST ONE D20 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS FOR RECONCILIATION ('RA' TRANSACTION) IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A RECON SUMMARY WITH A PAYMENT DUE DATE AFTER STATEMENT GENERATION (SEE FIRST PARAGRAPH ABOVE).
VME: WHSE PERIOD EXPIRED

THE ENTRY DATE ON A WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL WAS MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE IMPORT DATE OF THE ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE ENTRY SUMMARY. 
364: CHECK DIGIT INVALID OR MISSING

ENTRY NUMBER ASSIGNMENT: YOU MAY NOT UPDATE THE ENTRY NUMBER ASSIGNMENT FILE FOR THIS DISTRICT. THIS DISTRICT IS NOT ONE OF YOUR ASSIGNED LOCATIONS. CHECK THE CHECK DIGIT IN THE TSUS/HSUS NUMBER
VA2: UNKNOWN AGY IN 'OA' DECLARATION

THE OA DECLARATION IS A RECORD IN AN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY DATA SET IN AN AUTOMATED TRANSACTION. IT IS THE RECORD WHERE A FILER CAN "DISCLAIM" A TARIFF NUMBER FROM OGA DATA. AS OF 5/99 THE PERMITTED OTHER AGENCIES ARE FDA (FD0), FWS (FW0), DOT (DT0) AND FCC (FC0). IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (EI) THE OA RECORD FOLLOWS THE 50 RECORD. IN A CARGO SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION (HI) THE OA RECORD FOLLOWS THE H5 RECORD (FDA, FWS AND DOT). IN A BORDER CARGO SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION (HN) THE OA RECORD FOLLOWS THE 02 RECORD (FDA,FWS,DOT). THE OGA DISCLAIMER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 5-7 OF THE OA RECORD. SUBSEQUENT DISCLAIMERS ARE SENT IN POSITIONS 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 AND 17-19, WHEN APPLICABLE . THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE OTHER AGENCY SENT IN POSITIONS 5-6 (OR 8-9, 11-12, 14-15, 17-18) IS NOT A VALID OGA INTERFACE AGENCY.
2BU: INVALID STATE CODE

ACS REQUIRES THE ABI FILER TO REPORT THE STATE OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR THE IMPORTED CARGO. THIS CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 10 REC, POS 78-79. ONLY THE TWO CHARACTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION FOR ONE OF THE 50 STATES WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THIS ELEMENT. IF ANY OTHER CODE IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IF THE ADD 5106 APPLICATION (CODE TI) IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE STATE CODE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. NOTE THAT ERROR MESSAGE 2B8 IS IDENTICAL TO THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND MAY BE THE ONE BEING CALLED FOR 5106 INPUT ERRORS. THAT APPLICATIION IS NOT RETURNING ERROR CODES AS OF MAY 1998.
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.
95A: 21 REC REQ'D FOR SINGLE ENT BOND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999, ENTRY SUMMARIES WHICH REFLECT A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND TYPE (CODE = 9) MUST ALSO CONTAIN A 21 RECORD TO REPORT THE BOND AMOUNT AND THE BOND PRODUCER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER. UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1999, FILERS MAY TRANSMIT SUMMARY DATA WITHOUT THIS RECORD, HOWEVER.
AQP: BASE DATE QUALIFIER REQUIRED

WHEN A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE IS SUBMITTED, FILER MUST DECLARE THE LIFECYCLE EVENT ASSOCIATED TO THE DATE. VALID VALUES ARE: 1 - DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF CUSTOMS DECISION ADVERSE TO PROTESTANT 2 - DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF ADVERSE COUNTRY MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA 3 - DATE OF EXACTION 4 - DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF DEMAND FOR PAYMENT AGAINST A BOND IN THE CASE OF A SURETY

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