ABI Error Message

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.

AQ6:	HARDCOPY INDICATOR REQUIRED

THIS DATA FIELD IS MANDATORY FOR THE INITIAL FILING TRANSACTION. THE ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS ARE 'N' (NO HARDCOPY) AND 'S' (HARDCOPY SENT). THIS DATA FIELD IS CONDITIONAL FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT QJ AMENDMENT OR RJ ADDENDA TRANSACTION. IN A QJ OR RJ THE PROTEST RECORD CAN BE UPDATED TO CHANGE NO HARDCOPY TO HARDCOPY SENT BY TRANSMITTING 'S'. IF THE PJ OR PREVIOUS QJ OR RJ WAS TRANSMITTED TO UPDATE TO HARDCOPY SENT, A SUBSEQUENT QJ OR RJ CANNOT BE USED TO CHANGE THE HARDCOPY SENT BACK TO NO HARDCOPY. INSTEAD THE FILER MUST CONTACT THE PROTEST PROCESSING TEAM AT THE PORT WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AND REQUEST CUSTOMS MANUALLY UPDATE THE RECORD.

SBO:	MUST BE A "Y" OR "N"

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF AN ABI TRANSACTION IS SENT WITH A FIELD THAT REQUIRES A YES (Y) OR NO (N) INDICATOR FOR THE AFFECTED FIELD. AN EXAMPLE IS A RECONCILIATION ENTRY (TYPE 09) FOR WHICH THE FILER MUST INDICATE IF THE ENTRY IS AN AGGREGATE ENTRY (AGGREGATE INDICATOR = Y) OR AN ENTRY BY ENTRY RECONCILIATION (AGGREGATE INDICATOR =N). IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS USED IN SUCH A FIELD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT

VNH:	FD 701: BASE UNIT MUST BE LAST

IN THE FDA INTERFACE, UP TO SIX QUANTITIES AND UNITS OF MEASURE (UOM) CAN BE TRANSMITTED. FIVE QUANTITIES/UOM CAN BE SENT IN REC FD02, POS 5-18, 19-32, 33-46, 47-60 AND 61-74 (CATAIR, PAGE OGA-30). THE SIXTH, IF APPLICABLE, IS SENT IN REC FD04, POS 5-18 (CATAIR, PAGE OGA-35). IF QUANTITIES/UOM'S ARE SENT THEN AT LEAST ONE OF THEM MUST BE A "BASE UNIT" AND IF MORE THAN ONE IS SENT THE BASE UNIT MUST BE IN THE LAST POSITION. IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THREE QUANTITIES/UOM'S ARE SENT THE BASE QUANTITY MUST BE IN THE "UNIT 3 QUANTITY AND MEASURE BLOCK (REC FD01, POS 33-46). IF ONLY ONE QUANTITY/UOM IS SENT IT MUST BE A BASE UNIT AND SENT IN THE UNIT 1 QUANTITY AND MEASURE BLOCK (REC FD01, POS 1-18). FDA BASE UNITS ARE SHOWN IN THE CATAIR, PAGES OGA-31.

961:	TOT EST DUTY NOT=TOT EST LINE DUTY

THE ESTIMATED DUTY TOTAL FROM ALL LINES ON THE SUMMARY TRANSMISSION DOES NOT EQUAL THE AMOUNT SHOWN AS THE TOTAL DUTY. THE 90 REC, POS 3-13, REFLECTS THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DUTY AMOUNT AND MUST EQUAL, TO THE PENNY, THE TOTAL OF ALL THE LINE ITEM DUTY AMOUNTS. UNLIKE THE LINE AMOUNTS, WHICH MAY HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL FLUCTUATION OF UP TO $2.99 PER LINE (SEE MESSAGE 506), THERE IS NO FLUCTUATION PERMITTED BETWEEN THE 90 RECORD FIGURE AND THE TOTAL OF THE LINE AMOUNTS.

" J04:

LAST 8 CHARACTERS MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE PERTAINS TO AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS. MASTER AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS ARE ALL NUMERIC IN FORMAT. HOUSE AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS ARE PERMITTED TO REFLECT ALPHA CHARACTERS. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A MASTER AIR WAYBILL NUMBER THAT INCLUDES ALPHA CHARACTERS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

EIA:	INVALID INVOICE TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C01 REC, POS 43-44, PROVIDES A FIELD TO DESCRIBE WHICH ONE OF FIVE POSSIBLE TYPES OF INVOICE IS BEING REPORTED. THE TRANSMISSION OF EITHER A BLANK FIELD OR ANY OTHER INVOICE TYPE THAN IS SHOWN ON PAGE AII-6 OF THE CATAIR WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.

04G:	PC: MOT=AIR BUT V/F/T MISSING

ENTRY IS PAIRED CITIES, CARRIER CODE IS INVALID, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS AIR, BUT V/F/T IS MISSING.

03N:	B/L NBR.REQD W/MAS MIB MVMNT

THE USER IS REQUIRED TO ENTER A BILL OF LADING NUMBER FOR ANY ACTIVITY INVOICED AGAINST AN AUTOMATED MANIFEST - MANIFEST INBOND ITEM.

42B:	LINE RELEASE ENTRY ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE "REVISED FILER DATE" (DN) TRANSACTION WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS A REVISED ENTRY DATE IN THE DN01 RECORD, POSITIONS 19-24,WHEN THE ENTRY HAS BEEN RELEASED VIA LINE RELEASE. LINE RELEASE SETS THE ENTRY DATE AND CANNOT BE REVISED.

0DJ:	PRESENT DATE < ARRIVAL DATE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF THE DATE OF PRESENTATION IS ELECTED AS THE ENTRY DATE, A "P" IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 23 OF THE H2 RECORD. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE FILER MUST SEND A "PRESENTATION DATE" IN POS 50-55 OF THE H1 RECORD. THIS DATE CANNOT BE PRIOR TO THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE, TRANSMITTED IN POS 34-39 OF THE H1 RECORD. IF IT IS, THIS ERROR WILL BE GENERATED.

DKT:	IMPORT DATE TOO OLD FOR NAFTA

THE CANADIAN IMPORT ENTRY DATE CANNOT BE EARLIER THAN JANUARY 1, 1996, BECAUSE NAFTA DRAWBACK ONLY APPLIES FOR EXPORTS TO CANADA ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1996.

382:	ORIGIN COUNTRY: IMPRTS RESTRICTED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN THE HI/HN TRANSACTION WHEN A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN TRANSMITTED THAT IS IN THE COUNTRY CODE FILE AS A RESTRICTED COUNTRY. NO IMPORTS ARE ALLOWED. THE MESSAGE IN THE EI TRANSACTION IS '38N'.

46G:	MISSING PAYMENT DUE DATE

PAYMENT DUE DATE

BRM:	POSSIBLE FEE MISMATCH

THE ORIGINAL FEE AMOUNT FOR A GIVEN FEE CLASS CODE IN THE RECON'S 'R21' RECORD DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT USCS SHOWS AS BEING THE FEE AMOUNT FOR THAT CLASS CODE ON THE ORIGINAL IMPORT ENTRY. THIS MESSAGE USUALLY RESULTS WHEN ABI ATTEMPTS TO VERIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL FEE CLASS AMOUNTS ON THE IMPORT ENTRY AGREE WITH THE AMOUNTS REPORTED IN THE RECON ENTRY (R21 RECORD). IF THE IMPORT ENTRY HAS BEEN RED-LINED DURING THE LIQUIDATION PROCESS, THE USFI RECORD (WHERE FEES ARE DISPLAYED BY CLASS CODE AND AMOUNT) WILL BE BLANK AND THE LNLI RECORDS (ENTRY LINE DATA FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY) IS ALSO LIKELY TO BE BLANK. THUS ABI HAS NO FILE TO SEARCH TO VERIFY THE HMF OR MPF AMOUNT CLAIMED BY THE RECON FILER IN ITS R21 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE IS A WARNING, HOWEVER, AND WILL NOT, IN AND OF ITSELF, CAUSE A RECON ENTRY TO BE REJECTED.

0JN:	FIRMS CODE REQUIRED

ENTRIES WHICH REQUEST CARGO SELECTIVITY PROVISIONAL RESULTS MUST CONTAIN A FIRMS CODE WHICH IS "ACTIVE" AND WHICH REPRESENTS A VALID CARGO EXAMINATION SITE. (NOT A CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIVE SITE). IF THE FIRMS CODE, FROM THE FIRMS FILE DATABASE, IS NOT ACTIVE, THE INPUT TRANSACTION WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS ERROR MESSAGE.

VKM:	HLT: SUBS. ORDER MUST BE O/D/N

THE SUBSEQUENT SORT ORDER SWITCH MUST BE O=OVERRIDE, D=DEFAULT OR N=NONE.

327:	INVALID DP-SITE DISTRICT/PORT

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER SENDS AN 'A' RECORD DISTRICT/PORT/FILER SITE THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE BROKER PROFILE IN ACS. A BROKER PROFILE RECORD MUST EXIST FOR THE TRANSMITTED DP-SITE DISTRICT/PORT. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, FOR FILERS WHO HAVE OFFICE CODES IN THEIR BROKER PROFILE RECORDS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE PORT CODE IN THE 10 RECORD OF THE EI APPLICATION DOES NOT AGREE EXACTLY WITH THE PORT CODE IN THE "B" RECORD. (NOTE 1 ON PAGE APL-6 OF THE CATAIR INDICATES THAT AGREEMENT BETWEEN APPLICATION DETAIL RECORDS AND THE "B" RECORD MUST BE AT THE DISTRICT CODE LEVEL. THIS IS TRUE EXCEPT FOR OFFICE CODE SITUATIONS, WHICH REQUIRES AGREEMENT AT THE FOUR-DIGIT DDPP LEVEL).

79L:	QUOTA-ENTRY SUMMARY REQUIRED

A MATCHING QUOTA RECORD EXISTS WITHOUT THE QM-TYPE = S

EJ4:	DUTIABLE ADJ REQUIRED FOR NO CHG

FOR ABI CI TRANSMISSION, IF C02 OR C42 PAYMENT TERMS IS NO CHARGE ('15'), A DUTIABLE ADJUSTMENT (CODE "D") MUST BE PROVIDED IN THE C17 OR C53 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALMOST ALWAYS BE ACCOMPANIED BY ERROR MESSAGE EJ5.

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.

94M:	EXPECTED UNB SEGMENT NOT FND

EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR. THE UNB (INTERCHANGE HEADER) SEGMENT IS MISSING.

2C0:	BOND NOT IN EFFECT

A VALID BOND IS ON FILE, BUT IS NOT EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF THE QUOTA ENTRY. OR, IF NOT ABI, CHECK BOND TYPE ON ENTRY HEADER MASTER RECORD. IF (9), MUST "X" 'S.E.B.' ACS WILL NOT CHECK CONTINUOUS (301) BOND FILE.

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.

VGQ:	FD 701: ESTBLSMNT ID NOT ON FILE

AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER (FEI) NUMBER IS A TWELVE-DIGIT NUMBER THAT IDENTIFIES A DOMESTIC LOCATION (ADDRESS) OF AN FDA IMPORTER OR DOMESTIC CLIENT. THESE NUMBERS ARE CREATED IN THE FDA INTERFACE BY FILERS REQUESTING, THROUGH ABI TO FDA, A NUMBER FOR A DOMESTIC LOCATION. THE REQUEST IS MOST OFTEN MADE WHEN THE FILER HAS SENT A FOREIGN-BASED CONSIGNEE AND HAS RECEIVED AN FDA REJECT. THE FEI NUMBER, IF USED, IS SENT IN REC FD03, POS 15-26 AND MUST CONTAIN 12 NUMERIC CHARACTERS. THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE IS TO OMIT THE FIRST TWO ZEROS AND TRANSMIT ONLY TEN NUMBERS.

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