Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VAT: PAPERLESS/PAID MUST CONTAIN 'E'

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE ENVIRONMENT WHEN A FILER RESENDS AN AII ENTRY SUMMARY, AFTER IT HAS BEEN PAID THEN SUBSEQUENTLY REJECTED BY CUSTOMS, WITHOUT SENDING AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE ABI 10 RECORD.
52Z: ENTRY/LINE SEQUENCE REJECTED

REFER TO ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 98-0236, DATED 032098. IN SOME CASES THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS APPLICATION (IJ) WAS CAUSING DATA BASE ERRORS WHEN THE NUMBER OF (I7) ENTRY NUMBER/LINE ITEM SEQUENCE RECORDS EXCEEDED THE LIMIT SET BY THE PROGRAM FOR A PARTICULAR NAME & ADDRESS I3 AND I4 RECORD SET. ALSO, IN SOME REJECT SITUATIONS THE ERROR MESSAGE "524 TRANSACTION DATA REJECTED" WAS DISPLAYING ERRONEOUSLY IN THE IB OUTPUT MESSAGES WHEN THE ENTIRE (IJ) APPLICATION WAS NOT REJECTED. TO ELIMINATE THE ABOVE SITUATIONS AND TO PROVIDE MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION WHEN ERRORS ARE DETECTED IN THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS APPLICATION (IJ) TRANSMISSIONS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND 52Y "MAXIMUM (I7) RECORDS EXCEEDED" ARE GENERATED. BOTH THE 52Y AND 52Z MESSAGES WILL APPEAR AS (IB) OUTPUT RECORDS WHEN CUSTOMS DETERMINES THAT THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED CANNOT BE ADDED TO THE DATABASE AS REQUESTED BY AN ABI FILER.
ARG: PROTESTANT TYPE REQUIRED

A VALID VALUE IS REQUIRED IN THE PROTESTANT TYPE FIELD VALID VALUES ARE: D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT F - FOREIGN MAUFACTURER/PRODUCER/EXPORTER I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - MASTER OF VESSEL S - SURETY V - VESSEL OPERATOR O - OTHER
VHS: DT HS7: MODEL REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A DOT INTERFACE RECORD (DT02). IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A DT02 RECORD WITH THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION DATA, A MODEL NAME IS REQUIRED IN POS 20-34 OF THE DT02 RECORD. IF THE MODEL NAME IS LEFT BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
381: ORIGIN COUNTRY INVALID - UNKNOWN

INVALID COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - NOT ON FILE. FOR THE EI APPLICATION, REC 40,POS 6-7 IS BLANK OR CONTAINS A TWO CHARACTER ISO CODE THAT IS NOT PRESENT IN THE ACS COUNTRY CODE FILE, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
40J: SPI CLAIM INVALID FOR TARIFF

MOST TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE OR MORE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE DUTY REQUIRED. THESE ARE CODED AS "SPI" FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TARIFF NUMBER HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR. IF AN ABI FILERS TRANSMITS AN SPI (SUMMARY TRANSACTION 50 REC, POS 3, OR POS 78-79; 70/80/81 REC, POS 13 OR POS 79-80) THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THAT TARIFF NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FILERS SHOULD VERIFY THE SPI FROM THEIR HARMONIZED QUERY OUTPUT (V3 REC, POS 53-72) TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE SELECTED SPI APPLIES TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. NOTE: AS STATED IN ERROR MESSAGE 40L, IF THE TRANSMITTED SPI (50 RECORD OR 70 RECORD) IS ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER, IT MUST NONETHELESS AGREE WITH THE C/O CODE (EITHER "MX" OR "CA"). IF THE C/O IS "CA", AN SPI OF "MX" WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
RB2: INVALID INCREASE-REFUND IND

THE INCREASE/REFUND INDICATOR IN THE ABI 'RA' RECON TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD MUST = '1', '2', OR '3'.
39B: INVALID DUTY FREE CLAIM

THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A DUTY-FREE CLAIM THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/COUNTRY OF EXPORT COMBINATION. FOR EXAMPLE, INSULAR POSSESSIONS (SPI "Y") ARE ENTITLED TO SHIP CARGO DUTY FREE TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT ONLY IF THE SHIPMENT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE POSSESSION. THEREFORE, IF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT (50 REC, POS 69-70) IS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (40 REC, POS 6-7), AND THE FILER TRANSMITS "Y" IN POS 3 OF THE 50 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF SPI "Y" IS USED FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED PRODUCTS (CHAPT 98010010NN), AS THESE ARTICLES ARE UNCONDITIONALLY FREE OF DUTY AND THEREFORE DO NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CLAIM DUTY-FREE STATUS.
8WB: ENTRY BELONGS TO ANOTHER DD/PP

THIS MESSAGE IS USALLY FOUND IN CONJUNCTION WITH MESSAGE 8WA (NO EXISTING ENTRY FOUND). IT ONLY APPLIES TO THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT A BILL OF LADING UPDATE ACTION AGAINST AN ENTRY FOR WHICH NO PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED VIA ABI, MESSAGE 8WA WILL BE ISSUED, AS WILL THIS MESSAGE.
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.
AH9: PIRP / IMPORTER NBR NOT ON FILE

THE PIRP NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER IN THE 43 REC, POS 3-8.THISNUMBER MUST BE ON FILE IN THE PIRL DATABASE. FURTHER, THE PIRP NUMBER IS ASSIGNED TO ONE OR MORE SPECIFIC IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBERS. UNLESS THE IMPORTER NUMBER, FOUND ON THE 10 REC, POS 8-19, EXACTLY AGREES WITH THE IMPORTER NUMBER FOR THE PIRP NUMBER REPORTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. 
14G: THIS TARIFF NBR ALREADY ENTERED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN A SET PROVISION SITUATION WHEN THE TARIFF NUMBER SENT IN THE 70 RECORD IS THE SAME AS THE SET PROVISION TARIFF NUMBER SENT IN THE 50 RECORD. THE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 70 RECORD MUST BE DIFFERENT AND MUST BE THE NUMBER THAT ESTABLISHES THE CORRECT RATE OF DUTY FOR THE SET. THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN ALSO OCCUR IN NON SET PROVISION LINES IF THE FILER USES THE SAME TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 50 AND 70 RECORDS OR IN THE 70 AND 80 RECORDS.
VNB: FD 701:FORM REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE FILER SENDS A TARIFF NUMBER LINE WHERE THE HARMONIZED NUMBER IS CODED FD2 (FDA DATA IS REQUIRED) IN THE HSA FILE BUT FDA INFORMATION (RECS FD01-FD05) HAS NOT BEEN TRANSMITTED. A DISCLAIM WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
" 8VM: OVER 100 ADD BILL TRANS INPUT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE (LN) TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO PERFORM A BILL OF LADING UPDATE FOR AN ENTRY THAT HAS MORE THAN 100 BILLS OF LADING.
94N: EXPECTED UNG/UNH SEGMENT NOT FND

EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR. THE UNG/UNH (MESSAGE HEADER) SEGMENTS ARE MISSING.
485: REFERENCE # CF4811 NOT ON FILE

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE AND WILL NOT CAUSE, BY ITSELF, A REJECTION OF THE SUMMARY INPUT. THE CF4811 IS A SPECIAL ADDRESS NOTIFICATION FORM THAT IS SUBMITTED IN HARDCOPY TO LOCAL CUSTOMS. (IT IS NOT AN AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR ABI AT THIS TIME). THE CF4811 AUTHORIZES REFUNDS, DRAWBACK PAYMENTS AND LIQUIDATION NOTIFICATIONS TO BE SENT TO AN AGENT OF THE IMPORTER OF RECORD. THE 4811 DATABASE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IMPORTERS AND THEIR AGENTS CREATED BY CF4811 PROCESSING. IF AN ABI FILER TRANSMITS HIS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43, (IN ONE OF THE THREE ACCEPTABLE FORMATS - SEE ERROR MESSAGE 486) AND THERE IS NO PRE-EXISTING CF4811 ON FILE IN THE DATABASE, THIS WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - FOR RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THE ABSENCE OF A CF4811 IS A REJECT CONDITION.
51D: INFORMAL ENTRY IS NOT PERMITTED

SINCE MARCH OF 1994 THE REQUIREMENT FOR MAKING FORMAL ENTRY ON A GIVEN TARIFF NUMBER HAS BEEN INDICATED IN THE ON-LINE HARMONIZED TARIFF RECORD. THE FIELD CONTAINING THIS INFORMATION IS CALLED "MIS-REQ". THERE ARE (3) VALID VALUES FOR THIS FIELD: "0" = FORMAL ENTRY REQUIRED, REGARDLESS OF VALUE "2" = FORMAL ENTRY REQUIRED FOR VALUE GREATER THAN $250 "Z" = TARIFF NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DUTY-FREE TREATMENT UNDER 'FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES' (FAS) PROGRAM. IF A RECORD CONTAINS A "0" AND "2" THE "0" CONDITION APPLIES. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF A TARIFF NUMBER ON THE ENTRY IS CODED "0" AND THE ENTRY TYPE IS INFORMAL. IF THE TARIFF NUMBER IS CODED "2", ERROR MESSAGE Z29 WILL APPLY.
95F: ENTRY SUBJECT TO AD/CVD

THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO IMPORT ENTRIES BEING FLAGGED FOR RECONCILIATION. DURING THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE OF THIS PROGRAM, ONLY ENTRY TYPES 01, 02, AND 06 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RECONCILIATION FLAGGING. IF ENTRY TYPES 03 (AD/CVD) OR 07 (QUOTA/AD/CVD) ARE FLAGGED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VNQ: DRAWBACK CONTRACT NBR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER CHOSE TO GIVE A DRAWBACK CONTRACT NUMBER, BUT THE NUMBER USED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE CONTRACT FILE IN ACS OR IS NOT IN A VALID FORMAT (NN-NNNNN-NNN), AS OUTLINED ON PAGE DRW-9 OF THE CATAIR.
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. 
EJ9: INVALID INVOICE NUMBER FORMAT

INVOICE NUMBERS CAN CONSIST ONLY OF LETTERS, NUMBERS, SLASHES, OR DASHES. TRAILING SPACES ARE ALLOWED, IMBEDDED SPACES ARE NOT. LETTERS MUST BE IN UPPER CASE. NOTE: AS OF MAY 1995, THE SLASH (/) IS NO LONGER PERMITTED AS A VALID CHARACTER IN THE INVOICE NUMBER. THE INVOICE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 REC, POS 20-36.
AAZ: ADD/CVD DUTY COMP MISMATCH

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 3-12) OR ANTIDUMPING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 33-42) DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THE ABI SYSTEM HAS DETERMINED THE DUTY IS. CHECK TO SEE IF A SPECIFIC DEPOSIT VALUE HAS BEEN SENT IN ABI REC 40 POS 28-37 (ANTIDUMPING DUTY) OR POS 38-47(COUNTERVAILING DUTY) THEN CHECK THE CVD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 69-73 OR THE ADD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 74-78. 
098: BROKER INVALID FOR DISTRICT

THE BROKER IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN THE DISTRICT SPECIFIED.
AFO: FILER NOT AII

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF A FILER TRANSMITS AN 'E' INDICATING THAT THE ENTRY SUMMARY IS AN AII SUMMARY IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD AND THE FILER IS NOT SET TO 'Y' FOR AII IN THEIR ABI PROFILE RECORD.
549: INVALID COLLECTION. MODE/PAY TYPE/DATE

THIS MESSAGE ARISES FROM AN ATTEMPT BY A NON-AUTHORIZED FILER TO SCHEDULE AN ENTRY SUMMARY FOR PAYMENT VIA STATEMENT PROCESSING. IF THE FILER IS IN TEST STATUS (OR IN OPERATIONAL SUMMARY STATUS, BUT NOT YET IN OPERATIONAL OR TEST STATUS FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING), AND SENDS AN EI APPLICATION TO ABI WITH THE PAYMENT TYPE (30 REC, POS 53) AND PAYMENT DUE DATE (EI REC, POS 54-59) COMPLETED, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT.

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