Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

EJY: UNIT OF MEASURE REQUIRED

IF THE FILER SENDS A QUANTITY IN THE SUMMARY INPUT (EI APPLICATION, REC 22, POS 51-58) AND DOES NOT ALSO INCLUDE A UNIT OF MEASURE (REC 22, POS 51-58) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO THE CARGO RELEASE INPUT (HI APPLICATION, REC HA, POS 51-58 FOR THE UNIT OF MEASURE). IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI), THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING. IF THE C34 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, THE FIRST QUANTITY FIELD, POS 4-18, MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THE FIRST UNIT OF MEASURE IN POS 19-21 IS OPTIONAL. IF THE SECOND UNIT OF MEASURE, POS 37-39, IS TRANSMITTED WITHOUT A SECOND QUANTITY IN POS 22-26, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED. A BETTER MESSAGE WOULD BE "UOM NOT ALLOWED WITH QUANTITY."
CC7: DESCRIPTION REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE CB1 RECORD IS USED TO REPORT ADDITIONAL MARKS AND NUMBERS AT THE INVOICE HEADER LEVEL WHEN THE CA1 RECORD DOES NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT SPACE TO COMPLETELY REPORT THE SHIPPING MARKS AND NUMBERS. IF THE CB1 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, IT CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
A02: DDPP UNLADING REQUIRED FOR CERT

THE DISTRICT/PORT (DDPP) OF UNLADING IS REQUIRED FOR CARGO RELEASE CERTIFICATION.
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.
EJA: QUANTITY DISPATCHED REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C39 RECORD IS USED TO REPORT VARIATIONS FROM THE QUANTITIES REPORTED IN THE C33 RECORD. IF THE "QUANTITY DISPATCHED" BY THE INVOICING PARTY DIFFERS FROM THE QUANTITY REPORTED IN THE C33 RECORD, THAT DIFFERENCE IS REPORTED ON THIS RECORD. THE "QUANTITY DISPATCHED" FIELD IN POS 4-18 MUST CONTAIN A NUMBER GREATER THAN ZERO, OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
04H: ENTRY DISTRICT/PORT NOT NUMERIC

THE ENTRY DISTRICT/PORT, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 'DDPP', IS USED IN MANY APPLICATIONS IN ABI. IT MUST CONSIST OF 4 NUMERICS. THE MOST COMMON ERROR IS TO PUT A DASH (-) BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND THE PORT.
RBS: RECONCILIATION IMPRTR ID INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FORMAT OF THE RECON IMPORTER ID IS NOT A VALID IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER FORMAT. VALID IRS FORMAT IS NN-NNNNNNNXX (WHERE 'XX'=SUFFIX); SS IS NNN-NN-NNNN; CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER IS YYDDPP-NNNNN.
VNM: WAIVER INVALID FOR BOND OR CLAIM

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THE WAIVER INDICATOR MAY ONLY BE 'Y' ('1' IF ABI) IF THE BOND TYPE CODE IS NOT '0' (WOULD BE EITHER '8' OR '9'), AND THE CLAIM TYPE IS NOT '41' OR '44 (MANUFACTURING DRAWBACK). IF 'Y' ('1' IF ABI) IS USED AND THE CONDITION IS NOT CORRECT THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED. ALSO, WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE IS NOT VALID FOR TYPE '43' DRAWBACK CLAIMS.
VLP: DRAWBACK GOVT CLAIM INVALID

THIS MEANS THE DRAWBACK FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' ("YES") OR 'N' ("NO" ) FOR WHETHER THIS IS A GOVERNMENT CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR A SPACE ("NO") OR '1' ("YES") FOR ABI.
RBN: RCN FLR NOT PERMIITED IN LOCATION

FOR RECONCILIATION, THE FILER IS A LICENSED BROKER AND IS NOT PERMITTED IN LOCATION WHERE THE RECON IS BEING FILED. 
AI5: CASE NUMBER/COUNTRY MISMATCH

ADA/CVD QUERY INPUT CONTAINS A CASE NUMBER AND A COUNTRY ISO CODE THAT ARE RELATED. CASE NUMBER IS NOT VALID FOR GIVEN COUNTRY OR VICE VERSA. 
EI4: INVALID ALLOWANCE CHARGE AMOUNT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C17 AND C18 RECORDS PROVIDE FOR THE REPORTING OF HEADER LEVEL CHARGES/ALLOWANCES. (THE C51/C53 RECORDS REPORT THESE ELEMENTS AT THE LINE LEVEL, BUT THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE RECORDS). THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IN POS 4-18 OF THE C18 RECORD MUST VARY BY NO MORE THAN ONE CENT, PLUS OR MINUS, WHEN COMPARED TO THE DOLLAR AMOUNT PRODUCED FROM THE APPROPRIATE CALCULATION THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS TRANSMITTED ON THE C17 RECORD. THE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS IN THE C17 RECORD THAT ARE USED IN THE CALCULATION IS: - RATE/PER UNIT X UNIT PRICE BASIS /NBR OF PRICING UNITS (FROM ALL THE PRECEDING C33 RECORDS.) (IF C51/53 RECORDS ARE USED, ONLY THE C33 RECORD IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE C51/53 RECORDS IS USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS).
VLW: DRAWBACK ACCELERATED CODE INVALID

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE MEANS THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) IF VIA DISKETTE OR 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) IF ABI FOR WHETHER THIS IS AN ACCELERATED CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' ('Y' IF ABI) OR 'N'('N' IF ABI) AND CANNOT LEAVE A SPACE IN THE FIELD.
487: INVALID REFERENCE NUMBER FORMAT

THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER AND USUALLY REPRESENTS THE FILER'S IRS, OR SSN NUMBER. WHEN A CUSTOMS FORM 4811 HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY LOCAL CUSTOMS, THE AGENT (OWNER OF THE REFERENCE NUMBER) WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS, LIQUIDATION NOTICES, ETC. FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD ON THE ENTRY. THE REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN ACCEPTABLE IRS (NN-NNNNNNNNN) OR SSN (NNN-NN-NNNN) FORMAT IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43. IF THE FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VC6: FW 3-177: VALUE MUST BE >0

IN THE FISH & WILDLIFE INTERFACE THE FWS VALUE (FW01 RECORD, POSITIONS 63-72) IS A MANDATORY RECORD. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE DATA ELEMENT CONTAINS ALL ZEROES OR BLANKS.
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.
552: ENTRY DELETE NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY DELETE INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE FILER HAS PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED AN ENTRY SUMMARY THAT WAS REJECTED, AND THE SUMMARY IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN PAID IN OR OTHERWISE FILED WITH A LOCAL CUSTOMS OFFICE, THE ABI REJECT WILL ERASE PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED ABI ENTRY SUMMARY DATA. IN SUCH A CASE, THE TRANSMISSION OF AN ENTRY SUMMARY DELETE TRANSACTION (ACTION CODE "D" IN POS 3 OF THE 10 REC) WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
8RA: CLAIM AMOUNT MUST BE < PD/LIQ AMT

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE WILL APPEAR FOR CLAIM TYPES '41' THRU '45' IF THE CLAIMED AMOUNT FOR AN IMPORT ENTRY OR CM EQUALS THE FULL AVAILABLE DUTY/TAX AMOUNT, SINCE THE MAXIMUM CLAIMED AMOUNT CANNOT EXCEED 99 PERCENT THEREOF. BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHERE THE CLAIMED DRAWBACK MAY BE EQUAL TO THE FULL DUTY/TAX PAID (E.G. MERCHANDISE EXPORTED FROM CUSTOMS CUSTODY ON WHICH DUTIES WERE ALREADY PAID), CUSTOMS ALLOWS FOR THIS THROUGH THE USE OF CLAIM '46' FOR CLAIMS COVERING THESE OBSCURE CONDITIONS.
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.
EIG: PART PACKAGE INDICATOR NOT 0 OR 1

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE PART PACKAGE INDICATOR IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C06 REC, POS 21 (OR THE LINE LEVEL C49 REC, POS 21). THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE VALUES FOR THIS ELEMENT ARE "0" (INDICATING THAT THE SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFIED IN THE C06 RECORD IS ENTIRELY COVERED BY THE INVOICE) OR "1" (INDICATING THAT THE SHIPPING UNIT IN THE C06 RECORD IS NOT ENTIRELY COVERED BY THE INVOICE). ANY OTHER VALUE IN THIS FIELD, INCLUDING SPACES, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
VBY: HS7:CODE/MFR MUST BE ALPHANUMERIC

THE FIELD FOR THE TIRE MANUFACTURER CODE (RECORD DT01, POS 38-40) OR THE TIRE MANUFACTURER BRAND NAME (RECORD DT01, POS 41-60) WILL ACCEPT ONLY LETTERS AND NUMBERS. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS TRANSMITTED IN EITHER FIELD, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. SLASHES, DASHES, PERIODS, ETC. WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN THESE ELEMENTS.
VDE: INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF SURCHRG

THE CORRECT MPF SURCHARGE FEE IS $3.00 USING COLLECTION CLASS CODE "500".THIS FEE IS REPORTED IN ABI RECORDS 34, 89 AND 90. 
2DF: CARR CODE REQ FOR MOT 10,11,40

ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS FOR CARGO ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES BY AIR OR OCEAN (MOT 10, 11, 40, 41) MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE CODE REPRESENTING THE IMPORTING AIR OR OCEAN CARRIER. THE CARRIER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-76 (FOR THE FOUR CHARACTER OCEAN CARRIER CODE) AND IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-74 (FOR THE TWO CHARACTER AIR CARRIER CODE). THIS CODE IS REQUIRED WHETHER OR NOT THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION REQUEST FLAG. IF THE FILER DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE CARRIER CODE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE CARRIER CODE IS OMITTED FROM THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER HI) FOR AIR OR OCEAN MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
DLD: WARNING-NO ACCEL APPV'D-CHK PRIVS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. IT IS A 'WARNING', NOT A FATAL ERROR, THAT APPEARS IF THE CLAIMANT HAS APPLIED FOR THE ACCELERATED PRIVILEGE, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED. MESSAGE DLD WILL CONTINUE TO BE A WARNING ONLY AFTER 4/6/1999.
VMU: MOT NOT REQUIRED FOR WHSE WITHDRL

MOT CANNOT BE SUPPLIED FOR ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, AND 38.

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