Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

ASP: ENTRY LIST REJECTED

THIS IS A SUMMARY TYPE MESSAGE INDICATING THAT ONE OR MORE ERRORS IN THE P60 RECORDS HAS OCCURRED. IT MIGHT BE RETURNED WITH ERR ASG, ASH, OR ASF. 
EJW: PACKING OR SUBLEVEL UNIT REQUIRED

ON THE C07 AND C49 ABI INVOICE TRANSACTIONS. AT LEAST 1 OCCURRENCE OF C07 PACKAGING UNIT ID OR C49 SUBLEVEL UNIT ID IS REQUIRED. 
8WG: NO UPDATE ACTION REQUESTED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). GENERALLY, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER HAS TRANSMITTED ONLY AN L1 RECORD WITH NO DATA ELEMENTS THAT WARRANT A CHANGE TO THE EXISTING DATA ELEMENTS ON THE PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED SELECTIVITY RECORD. THIS COULD BE THAT EITHER THE L1 RECORD WAS SENT WITH ONLY THE ENTRY NUMBER, OR WITH DATA ELEMENTS THAT ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE FROM THE ORIGINAL INPUT (SAME CARRIER CODE, VOYAGE NUMBER, ETC).
977: TEXTILE CATEGORY INVALID

THIS MESSAGE APPEARS WHEN A SUMMARY THAT HAS QUOTA MERCHANDISE IS TRANSMITTED TO ABI WITH A LINE THAT IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA/VISA REPORTING, BUT FOR WHICH NO 51 RECORD IS ALSO INCLUDED. THIS MESSAGE SHOULD BE DISTINGUISHED FROM ERROR MESSAGE 0LK, WHICH  WILL RESULT FROM THE TRANSMISSION OF THE WRONG CATEGORY NUMBER (FROM THE TARIFF FILE).
27A: CENSUS IMPROBABLE COUNTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS AN ABI REPLY TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) INPUT TRANSACTION. IT INDICATES THAT THE DATA COLLECTED BY CENSUS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE LINE IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FROM THE TRANSMITTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. THE FILER SHOULD VERIFY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR TARIFF NUMBER AND, IF NECESSARY, MAKE CORRECTIONS. IF THE DATA IS ACCURATE AS TRANSMITTED, NO FURTHER ACTION VIA ABI IS NECESSARY.
486: INVALID CONSIGNEE NUMBER FORMAT

CONSIGNEE NUMBERS TRANSMITTED TO ABI MUST BE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:  IRS OR EIN NUMBER: NN-NNNNNNNXX SSN: NNN-NN-NNNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER: YYDDPP-NNNNN N = NUMERIC CHARACTER; X = ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER (EXCEPT FOR THE LETTERS "O", "I", "Z"); YY= LAST TWO DIGITS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE NUMBER WAS ASSIGNED. ANY OTHER FORMAT THAN ONE OF THE ABOVE WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS MESSAGE.
EJL: TOTAL SUBJECT TO US DUTY WRONG

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C81 RECORD, POS 53-67 (WITH TWO DECIMAL PLACES OCCUPYING THE LAST TWO POSITIONS) DISPLAYS THE TOTAL VALUE SUBJECT TO DUTY FOR THE INVOICE. THIS FIGURE IS THE SUM OF THE VARIOUS C33 RECORD INVOICE AMOUNTS, WITH ADJUSTMENTS FOR VARIOUS ALLOWANCES AND CHARGES, AS OUTLINED ON PAGE AII-57, NOTE 2. IF THE TOTAL OF ALL C33 AND RELATED RECORDS, ROUNDED TO TWO DECIMAL PLACES, DOES NOT EXACTLY AGREE WITH THE FIGURE REPORTED IN POS 53-67 OF THE C81 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. GENERALLY, THIS FIGURE WILL MATCH THE "TOTAL INVOICE VALUE" REPORTED IN POS 8-22 OF THE C81 RECORD, BUT WILL ALSO INCLUDE ANY VALUE REPORTED ON THE C84 RECORD, POS 50-64, "PREPAYMENT TOTAL".
4BA: REL PROCESSING NOT TEST/OPER

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY FOUND WHEN FILERS ARE FIRST TESTING ABI. NORMAL PROCEDURES ARE TO TEST ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT FIRST. DURING SUMMARY TESTING, FILERS MAY NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY BE SET UP FOR CARGO RELEASE TESTING. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A CARGO RELEASE INPUT WHILE IN SUMMARY TEST STATUS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO OCCUR WHEN THE PORT (AND FILER) ARE NOT SET UP FOR BORDER CARGO SELECTIVITY BUT THE FILER IS OPERATIONAL FOR ENTRY SUMMARY AND REGULARY CARGO SELECTIVITY.
VN4: D41 RECORD MUST CONTAIN DATA

THIS ERROR MESSAGE COULD BE THE RESULT OF A DRAWBACK OR ABI DRAWBACK PROBLEM. IT IS SAYING THEN WHEN CUSTOMS FORMATTED THE RECORDS FROM THE DISKETTE OR WHEN THE DATA WAS SENT VIA ABI, NO DATA WAS PRESENT IN THE GIVEN RECORD. IF THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE HAS NO DATA, THE PC PROGRAM SHOULD STOP IT BEFORE TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN DATA THERE, BUT IT WAS BAD DATA.
VDH: INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF MINIMUM

CLASS CODE 499 SHOULD INDICATE THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES (MPF) FROM ALL LINE-ITEM "62" RECORDS. IF THE ACTUAL TOTAL IS LESS THAN $25.00, USE $25.00 IN THE "89" RECORD. IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION INVOLES NAFTA, THE MINIMUM MPF IS $21.00 UNLESS ONE OR MORE LINES DO NOT CLAIM NAFTA. IF THE FILER DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE APPROPRIATE MINIMUM MPF FOR A NAFTA ENTRY, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
ARU: REFUND PARTY TYPE INVALID

WHEN LISTING A REFUND CARE/OF PARTY, BOTH AN IRS NUMBER AND PARTY TYPE CODE ARE REQUIRED. ONLY THE FOLLOWING LETTERS ARE VALID PARTY TYPE CODES: B - BROKER D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - SHIP'S MASTER S - SURETY T - ATTORNEY V - VESSEL OWNER/OPERATOR THE LETTER USED IN THE REFUND CARE/OF DATA FIELD IS NOT VALID.
DDA: NAFTA RECONCILIATION NOT FILED

A DRAWBACK CLAIM CANNOT BE FILED AGAINST AN IMPORT ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR RECONCILIATION UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY HAS BEEN FILED AND PAID. AT THE TIME OF LIQUIDATION, THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO USED TO ALERT THE USER THAT A NAFTA RECONCILIATION IS DUE ON A TYPE '01', '02', OR '06' ENTRY, BUT HAS NOT YET BEEN FILED. THIS MESSAGE IS OVERRIDEABLE AT LIQUIDATION.
460: EST ARRIVAL DATE INVALID

IF THE ARRIVAL DATE (HI APPLICATION, REC H1, POS 34-39 OR THE EI APPLICATION, REC 20, POS 66-71) IS OLDER THAN 90 DAYS AS MEASURED FROM THE DATE OF TRANSMISSION, CARGO CERTIFICATION IS NOT PERMITTED. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE PART OF THE ABI REJECTION MESSAGE IN SUCH A CASE. IF THE ARRIVAL DATE IS MORE THAN 60 DAYS IN THE FUTURE, AS COMPARED TO THE SYSTEM TRANSMISSION DATE, THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT.
VQJ: CVD BONDED AMOUNT INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL BONDED COUNTERVAILING DUTY IS SENT IN THE D31 RECORD, POSITIONS 37-47. IF THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY BONDED INDICATOR IN THE D11 RECORD, POSITION 75 IS '1' (CVD IS BONDED) THEN THE TOTAL BONDED COUNTERVAILING DUTY AMOUNT CANNOT BE SPACES.
VEH: FC 740 INV LINE #/SEQ

FCC DATA IS REPORTED IN THE FC01 AND FC02 RECORDS. THE FC01 RECORD MUST BE INCREMENTED FOR EACH SEPARATE MODEL/UNIT, ETC REPORTED IN THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE. IF THE FCC LINE NUMBER (FC01 REC, POS 8-10) IS NOT CORRECTLY INCREMENTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
EIL: INVALID CURRENCY CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). CURRENCY CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 REC, POS 45-4 VALID CURRENCY CODES ARE LISTED IN THE CATAIR IN APPENDIX B. THE USE OF ANY CURRENCY CODE NOT LISTED IN APPENDIX B, OR A BLANK FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
46F: PAYMENT TYPE/DUE DATE CONFLICT

WHEN CHANGING PAY BASIS INDICATOR FROM 2,3, OR 5 TO 1 (SINGLE PAYMENT) THE SCHEDULE PAY DATE MUST BE SPACES. NO OTHER DATES, ALPHA OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS CAN BE TRANSMITTED IN THIS FIELD WHEN THE PAYMENT TYPE IS 1.   
DKZ: TARIFF NOT ONFILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. THE MESSAGE SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE NUMBER, AT THE 6, 8, OR 10 DIGIT LEVEL DOES NOT EXIST ON THE TARIFF FILE. NORMALLY, THIS OCCURS WHEN THE FILER HAS GIVEN 10 DIGITS ON OLDER RECORDS. FOR OLDER RECORDS, IF THE FILER USES 6 DIGITS (OR 8 IF PETROLEUM) THE PROBLEM IS MINIMIZED. 
EIT: LOCATION CODE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 11-15, PROVIDES A FIELD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF A CODED LOCATION. THE DATA IN THIS ELEMENT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION CODE IDENTIFIER, TRANSMITTED IN THE C13 REC, POS 9-10.IF THERE IS A VALID LOCATION CODE IDENTIFIER TRANSMITTED IN POS 9-10, THE CODED LOCATION CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
89J: TOT COMP FEE NOT = TOTAL EST

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). LINE ITEM FEES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE 62 RECORD. THE FEE AMOUNTS TRANSMITTED ARE COMPARED TO THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS AS CALCULATED BY ABI. IF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ESTIMATED (TRANSMITTED) FEE AND THE CALCULATED FEE IS $3.00 OR LESS (PLUS OR MINUS), THE LINE ITEM FEE AMOUNT WILL BE ACCEPTED. THE AGGREGATE TOTAL OF ALL FEES IS SENT IN THE 90 REC, POS 49-59. THIS RECORD SUMMARIZES THE FEE TOTALS AND HAS THE SAME $3.00/FEE FLUCTUATION LIMIT. THEREFORE, IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ALL FEES REPORTED IN THE 90 RECORD VARIES BY MORE THAN $3.00 PER FEE, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED (THUS, AN ENTRY WITH TWO FEES, REGARDLESS OF TYPE OF FEE, CAN HAVE A 90 RECORD TOTAL THAT IS UP TO $6.00 PLUS OR MINUS FROM THE ABI CALCULATED FEE. IF THE ENTRY HAD 3 FEES, THE FLUCTUATION ALLOWED IS UP TO $9.00, ETC.).
VMK: INVALID DIST/PORT ON WHSE ENTRY

THE DISTRICT PORT ON 30 RECORD OF EI APPLICATION DID NOT MATCH THE DISTRICT/PORT OF THE WITHDRAWAL SUMMARY.
46H: SINGLE PAY REJ FOR WHSE WTHDR

AUTOMATED WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL TYPES 31, 32, 34 AND 38 MUST BE PAID VIA ABI STATEMENT PROCESSING. SEE ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 94-0197. 
AEL: RLSE ENT #=CONSL ENT #

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION APPLICATION IDENTIFIER EI. IF ANY OF THE ENTRY NUMBERS IDENTIFIED IN THE 32 RECORD ARE IDENTICAL TO THE ENTRY NUMBER IN THE 10 RECORD, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY MUST USE AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL RELEASE ENTRIES LISTED IN THE 32 RECORD.
ACX: IMP TYPE REQUIRED FOR US ADDRESS

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI 5106 UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION TI). FOR IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS BEING ADDED TO ABI, IF THE ADDRESS IS IN THE UNITED STATES, THE IMPORTER MUST HAVE ONE OF FOUR IDENTIFICATION TYPES INCLUDED IN THE T1 REC, POS 80.THEVALID TYPES ARE: "C" (CORPORATION), "P" (PARTNERSHIP), "I" (INDIVIDUAL), OR "S" (SOLE PROPRIETOR).  ANY OTHER INDICATOR, INCLUDING A BLANK SPACE, WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE. NOTE: AS OF MAY 1998, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED WITHOUT THE ACCOMPANYING ERROR CODE "ACX".
VHC: FD 701:PHONE NBR MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN NON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE INPUT INTO THE "CONTACT PHONE NUMBER" FIELD, REC FD04, POS 29-38. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FIELD. A COMMON PROBLEM IS THAT THE USER WILL SEND A "CONTACT NAME" (REC FD04 POS 19-28) THAT IS LONGER THAN 10 CHARACTERS AND THE FILER'S PROGRAM ALLOWS THE EXTRA CHARACTERS TO SPILL OVER INTO THE PHONE NUMBER FIELD. ALSO, PHONE NUMBERS MUST INCLUDE THE AREA CODE. IF THIS PART OF THE PHONE NUMBER ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, ERROR VHC ALSO RESULTS.

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