ABI Error Message

ARD:	SURETY CERTIFICATION N/A

EITHER THE PROTESTANT IS NOT A SURETY, THE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED WAS A LETTER OR CHARACTER OTHER THAN "Y", OR THE SURETY CERTIFICATION WAS INCORRECTLY USED AS PART OF AN AMENDMENT, ADDENDA, OR SERVICE REQUEST TRANSMISSION.

4KQ:	CERTIFICATE NUMBER NOT REQUIRED

THE COTTON EXEMPTION NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 48-56 OF THE 51 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER IS SENT FOR A TARIFF NUMBER ON A LINE WHEN IT DOES NOT REQUIRE IT.

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.

EJZ:	REASON FOR DIFFERENCE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IN THE C39 RECORD, POS 24-58 IS PROVIDED TO ENABLE THE FILER TO PROVIDE A FREE FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE IN THE QUANTITY OF CARGO SHIPPED BY THE INVOICING PARTY AND THE QUANTITY REPORTED ON THE C33 RECORD. THIS FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

14I:	QUANTITY/UNIT OF MEASURE MISMATCH

MISMATCH CONDITION BETWEEN ENTERED QUANTITY AND ENTERED UNIT OF MEASURE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.

AQ1:	FILING PERIOD BASE DATE REJECTED

THE FILING PERIOD BASE DATE MUST BE IN CCYYMMDD FORMAT, OR DOES NOT APPLY.

1MB:	INVALID DIST/PORT ENTERED

A DISTRICT/PORT MUST BE ENTERED FOR PORT AUTHORITY ONLY. THEY ARE VALIDATED AGAINST THE REGION-DISTRICT-PORT FILE. THE ENTERED DISTRICT/PORT IS NOT ON THE FILE.

4KN:	TARIFF (1) INVALID FOR COUNTRY

ONE POSSIBLE REASON FOR THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS WHEN A NON-CBI COUNTRY IS USE THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (REC 50, POS 6-7) FOR HS NUMBER 9802008040 (REC 50,POS 4-13) SINCE THIS HS NUMBER IS RESTRICTED TO CBI COUNTRIES.

VLF:	GREATER THAN 9,999 ITEMS SENT

THE TOTAL OF ALL IMPORT ENTRY AND CM RECORDS IN A DRAWBACK TRANSACTION CANNOT EXCEED THE MAXIMUM OF 9,999. THAT NUMBER IS THE MAXIMUM ACS CAN HANDLE. FOR RECONCILAITION, THIS MEANS THAT MORE THAN 9,999 IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS WERE TRANSMITTED.

VL2:	DBK IMPORT ENTRY CANNOT = CLAIM #

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS ERRONEOUSLY ATTEMPTED TO DESIGNATE AN IMPORT ENTRY WITH THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER AS THE DRAWBACK CLAIM BEING MADE.

8WI:	TRANSACTION DATA REJECTED

THIS IS THE STANDARD REJECTION MESSAGE THAT WILL BE GENERATED WHEN A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION INPUT HAS FATAL ERRORS.

822:	ULT CONSIGNEE NUMBER VOIDED

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN THE NUMBER CITED IN THE 10 REC, POS 20-30 HAS BEEN FLAGGED AS "VOID" IN THE IMPORTER DATABASE. THE NATIONAL FINANCE CENTER USUALLY VOIDS ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE  NUMBERS. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR A NUMBER TO BE VOIDED IS THAT IT IS A DUPLICATE FOR THE SAME IMPORTER OR CONSIGNEE. WHEN LOCAL PORTS DISCOVER SUCH DUPLICATIONS, THEY CAN CONTACT THE NFC TO HAVE ONE OF THE NUMBERS VOIDED. ONLY THE NFC CAN REACTIVATE A VOIDED CONSIGNEE NUMBER. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THE HI (CARGO RELEASE) AND CI (AUTOMATED INVOICE) APPLICATIONS.

1DB:	VESSEL NAME REQUIRED

FOR OCEAN SHIPMENTS, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION 10 OR 11, THE NAME OF THE IMPORTING VESSEL IS REQUIRED. THIS IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, POS 18-27 IN THE SUMMARY INPUT DATA (APPLICATION EI). IF THE VESSEL NAME IS NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR  MESSAGE WILL RESULT. UNLIKE THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION, USE OF THE VESSEL CODE (20 REC, POS 3-7) IS NOT BE PERMITTED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE VESSEL NAME IN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSMISSIONS.

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.

AQ5:	INTERVENTION ALREADY FILED

AN INTERVENTION HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED AGAINST THE PROTEST. ONLY ONE INTERVENTION MAY BE FILED AGAINST ANY GIVEN 514 NAFTA PROTEST.

VHM:	DT HS7: DATA FOR BOX# NOT ALLOWED

CERTAIN ELEMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR EACH BOX NUMBER ON THE HS7 FORM (REFERENCE APPENDIX J OF THE CATAIR). CONVERSELY, IF AN ELEMENT IS NOT NEEDED BY DOT, ABI WILL NOT PERMIT THOSE ELEMENTS TO BE TRANSMITTED. CONSULT ADMIN MESSAGE 96-0608 TO SEE WHICH ELEMENTS GO WITH WHICH BOX NUMBERS.

AFE:	BOND TYPE INVALID FOR ELEC INV.

ELECTRONIC INVOICE SUMMARY FILINGS ARE INVALID WITH SINGLE-ENTRY BONDS THIS ERROR CODE FORMERLY REFERRED TO 'PRODUCT ANALYSIS CODE', BUT BOTH THE P/A CODE AND THE FORMER MEANING/USE OF ERROR 'AFE' HAVE BEEN 'ARCHIVED'.

VEM:	FC 740:QTY EXCEEDS 03 ALLOWANCE

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL. IF QUANTITY EXCEEDS 200, REPORT PRIOR APPROVAL BY SENDING A "Y" IN POSITION 7 OF THE FC01 RECORD, DATA ELEMENT "03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER QUANTITY APPROVAL".

AQ7:	SAMPLE INDICATOR REQUIRED

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

" 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.

Q02:	'QT' PAYORS UNIT # INVALID

INPUT RECORD HAS EITHER SPACES, ALL ZEROS OR NON NUMERIC DATA IN POSITIONS "3" THROUGH "8".

89E:	FEE CODE ENTERED/NOT REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF A FEE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 62 RECORD FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN A FLAG FOR THAT FEE ON THE TARIFF FILE. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE IS THE TRANSMISSION OF A COTTON FEE, CLASS CODE 056, FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT DOES NOT HAVE A COTTON FEE ON ITS CURRENT RECORD. FILERS SHOULD VERIFY THE APPLICABILITY OF THE FEE FROM THE TARIFF FILES. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF CERTAIN FEES ARE TRANSMITTED INCORRECTLY ON A SET ENTRY. IN THIS CASE, THE MPF FEE (499) AND THE HMF (501) FEES MUST ONLY BE TRANSMITTED WITH THE "X" LINES. OTHER TARIFF SPECIFIC FEES CAN ONLY BE TRANSMITTED WITH THE APPROPRIATE "V" LINES. THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED IF THE AMOUNT OF THE COTTON FEE, CALCULATED BY ACS, IS LESS THAN $2.01, USING THE CORRECT RATE. ACS WILL NOT DISPUTE THE FILER'S AMOUNT OF COTTON FEE IN SUCH A SITUATION. IT WILL MERELY ADVISE THE FILER THAT NO FEE IS REQUIRED.

10N:	I.T. FOR IMMEDIATE EXPORTATION

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ABI EI AND HI TRANSACTIONS WHEN AN I.T. IS SENT IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE EI 22 RECORD OR IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE HI HA RECORD THAT HAS BEEN INPUT IN THE IN-BOND SYSTEM AS A CODE 63, I.T. FOR IMMEDIATE EXPORTATION. THE TYPE MUST BE CHANGED TO A NON-EXPORT TYPE BEFORE THE ENTRY CAN BE RESENT.

DKB:	CONTRACT TRAILER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE CONTRACT TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE. NOTE: THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. IF ONLY 1 CONTRACT IS USED ON A CLAIM, THAT CONTRACT NUMBER SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CLAIM HEADER RECORD. THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS ON A CLAIM. THE CONTRACT TRAILER COUNTER IS NOT A COUNT OF CONTRACTS, BUT IS A COUNT OF THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORDS. IF ONLY ONE CONTRACT IS USED,THE COUNTER SHOULD BE 00, SINCE THERE WILL BE NO TRAILER RECORDS. IF 2 CONTRACTS ARE USED THERE WILL BE ONE CONTRACT TRAILER AND THE COUNT WILL BE 01. THREE CONTRACTS WOULD MEAN TWO TRAILERS AND THE COUNT WOULD BE 02, ETC.

4DA:	IMPORTER NOT ON FILE

THE IMPORTER NUMBER IS IN CORRECT FORMAT, BUT THE NUMBER IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE.

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