Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

387: WARNING! GSP MAY APPLY

REFER TO THE COUNTRY TARIFF GSP EXCEPTION LIST IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SYSTEM OF THE UNITED STATES BOOK.  THIS TYPE ERROR IS NOT BEING COUNTED IN THE ERROR TALLIES IN THE SYSTEM
ARA: PROTESTANT DATA REQUIRED

PROTESTANT IDENTIFICATION DATA IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION FILING. WHEN PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F' (FOREIGN EXPORTER/PRODUCER) OR 'O' (OTHER), PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS DATA MAY BE CORRECTED BY FILING AN AMEND- MENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD OR BY FILING AN ADDENDA AFTER THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED.
48A: CONSIGNEE IS FOREIGN BASED

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE THAT OCCURS WHEN A FILER SENDS A FOREIGN BASED CONSIGNEE IN A SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION. IT WARNS THE FILER THAT THE ADDRESS FOR THE CONSIGNEE NUMBER IS NOT A U.S. ADDRESS. IN THE FDA INTERFACE THE FDA'S SYSTEM WILL AUTOMATICALLY REJECT THIS TYPE OF CONSIGNEE AND SEND A 'DT' REJECT BACK TO THE FILER. THE FILER MUST THEN OBTAIN A FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER NUMBER (FEI) FROM FDA THROUGH ABI AND SEND THAT NUMBER IN AN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY CORRECTION TRANSACTION (CP). THIS MESSAGE IS FOLLOWED BY THE INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE 42F "DATA ADDED WITH WARNINGS".
VBZ: DT HS7: INVALID TIRE CODE

IF A TIRE CODE (RECORD DT01, POS 38-40) IS TRANSMITTED WITH A SPACE IN ONE OF THE THREE CHARACTERS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE CODE MUST CONTAIN SOME COMBINATION OF THREE NUMBERS OR LETTERS. SINCE DOT GIVES OUT 2-CHARACTER CODES THE FILER MUST ADD EITHER A LEADING OR TRAILING ZERO.
EIO: INVALID LOCATION QUALIFIER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 7-8, PROVIDES FOR THE REPORTING OF ONE OF FOUR VALID LOCATION QUALIFIER CODES. THE VALID CODES ARE LISTED ON PAGE AII-23 OF THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY OTHER CODE, INCLUDING BLANKS, IN THIS FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. SO REQUIRED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C09-C11 RECORDS. IF THE NAME ELEMENT IN THE C09 REC, POS 4-38, IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VAR: ENT-SUM ACCEPTD-PAPER NOW REQ'D

THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE THAT OCCURS IN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY PROCESSING WHEN A PREVIOUS PAPERLESS ENTRY SUMMARY HAS CHANGED TO A PAPER REQUIRED STATUS. THIS MESSAGE IS AN OLD ONE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY "ACCEPTED, RECORDS REQUIRED".
RB8: R89 AND R21 RECON AMTS DIFFER

THIS MEANS THAT THE RECON FEE AMOUNTS GIVEN FOR AN ENTRY-BY-ENTRY RECON IN THE 'R21' RECORDS FOR A GIVEN CLASS CODE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE 'R89' TOTAL RECON FEE AMOUNT FOR THAT CLASS CODE GIVEN IN THE 'R89' RECORD(S).
EIS: LOCATION OR LOC CODED REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 RECORD REPORTS THE LOCATION OF THE INVOICE DELI TERMS. POS 9-10 AND 11-15 MUST BE REPORTED IN COMBINATION TO REPORT A LOCATION CODE IDENTIFIER AND THE LOCATION CODE. IF THESE ARE NOT TRANSMIT THE ACTUAL LOCATION MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 16-50. IF ALL THREE ELEMENTS ARE BLANK IN THE C13 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
29G: "Z" RECORD MISSING OR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE "Z" RECORD IS MISSING FROM THE INPUT APPLICATION TRANSMISSION. THE ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER USUALLY IS NOT DISPLAY WHEN THIS ERROR OCCURS. 
EIZ: RELATED DOCUMENT NUMBER REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C19 REC, POS 7-41, ALLOWS THE FILER TO DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF RELATED DOCUMENT IDENTIFIED IN POS 4-6 OF THIS RECORD. IF A VALID DOCUMENT IDENTIFIER (SEE APPENDIX B OF THE CATAIR) IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6, POS 7-41 CANNOT BE BLANK.  
VGX: INVALID FORMAT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE FDA INTERFACE WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND A QUERY OR AN ADD REQUEST FOR AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER (FEI) IN THE PP TRANSACTION AND THE FORMAT OF THEIR QUERY IS INCORRECT. THIS CAN TAKE MANY FORMS BUT USUALLY INVOLVES TRYING TO FIT A FOREIGN ADDRESS INTO FIELDS THAT ONLY ACCEPT A US ADDRESS. IN MOST CASES, IT INVOLVES A PROGRAMMING PROBLEM IN THE FILERS SOFTWARE. PROPER FORMAT FOR THE PP TRANSACTION IS SHOWN ON PAGES OGQ 14-20 OF THE CATAIR.
ARN: PROTESTANT DATA INCOMPLETE

PROTESTANT DATA IS INCOMPLETE.
VP9: TOT CANADIAN PAID MUST = ZERO

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL NAFTA CTRY PAID DUTY IS SENT IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 26-36. IT MUST BE ZERO IF IT IS GREATER THAN THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DUTY (U.S.). (JO 081098) THIS MESSAGE IS ALSO GENERATED WHEN POSITION 68 OF THE D30 RECORD IS SPACED FILLED INDICATING THAT THE ASSOCIATED NAFTA CTRY ENTRY DATA WILL BE PROVIDED AND NO D20 RECORD CONTAINING THE DATA IS SENT.
VLU: TOT DRAWBACK TAX AMOUNT INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE TOTAL CLAIMED TAX DOES NOT ADD UP FROM THE DESIGNATED IMPORTS/CM'S. ACS TOTALS ALL IMPORT ENTRY AND CM CLAIMED AMOUNTS AND COMPARES THEM TO THE TOTAL THAT THE FILER GAVE IN THE DISKETTE IN THE 'CT' TRAILER RECORD. NOTE: THERE IS NOW A TOLERANCE OF + OR - $1.00 ALLOWED ON THE TOTAL BEFORE THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
AFL: ADD TOTAL AMT INVALID

THE TOTAL ADD AMOUNT IN THE 90 REC, POS 38-48 DOES NOT EQUAL THE SUM OF THE BONDED ADD DUTY AND THE PAYABLE ADD DUTY TRANSMITTED IN THE 35 RECORD, POS 3-13 AND 15-25 RESPECTIVELY. 
51A: INFORMAL ENTRY HAS TOO HIGH VALUE

VALUE LIMIT FOR ALL INFORMAL ENTRIES IS $2000, EXCEPT FOR 'AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED' IN CHAPTER 98 AND "PERSONAL" SHIPMENTS (INDICATOR "P" IS SENT BY THE FILER IN THE 30 REC, POS 39). SELECTED TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO DOLLAR LIMITATIONS FOR INFORMAL ENTRIES AS LISTED IN APPENDIX K OF THE CATAIR, PAGE K-3. SEE ALSO ERROR MESSAGE 51D. FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED ENTRIES, USING TARIFF 98010010NN ONLY, THE VALUE LIMIT IS $10,000. FOR INFORMAL ENTRIES USING "P", THERE IS NO VALUE LIMIT EXCEPT AS MENTIONED ABOVE IN APPENDIX K FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
AFK: CVD PYBL AMT INVALID; 35 REC

THE PAYABLE COUNTERVAILING DUTY AMOUNT TRANSMITTED IN REC 35, POS 38-48 DOES NOT EQUAL THE SUM OF THE COUNTERVAILING LINE ITEM AMOUNTS TRANSMITTED IN REC 60, POS 3-12. 
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. 
546: EXISTING ENTRY IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS. CUSTOMS STATUS MEANS THAT CUSTOMS HAS "PROCESSED" THE ENTRY. THE MOST COMMON SITUATION FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN A PAYMENT HAS BEEN COLLECTED (BY CHECK, STATEMENT PROCESSING OR ACH) AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY DATA. ANOTHER COMMON CAUSE FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN THE ENTRY NUMBER APPEARS ON A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE SUMMARY DATA WITHOUT FIRST REMOVING THE ENTRY FROM STATEMENT STATUS. IF THE ENAI SCREEN SHOWS "ENT ACP NOT LIQ", THE FILER MAY NOT RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY UNTIL THE SUMMARY IS PUT INTO A REJECTED STATUS. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS A DRAWBACK CLAIM THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS AND THE FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE DATA, THE DISKETTE WILL BE REJECTED AND CUSTOMS WILL MANUALLY PROCESS ANY CHANGES AS INDICATED ON THE PAPER CLAIM. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS NOT A DRAWBACK CLAIM, BOTH THE CLAIM AND DISKETTE WILL BE RETURNED. ACCELERATED DRAWBACK WILL BE PAID UPON CORRECTION (IF NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID). ABI WILL REJECT THE TRANSMISSION.
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.
ASB: SEQUENCE NUMBER REQUIRED

SEQUENCE NUMBER REQUIRED. THE FILER MAY LIST UP TO 9999 ENTRIES AND TRANSMIT UP TO 9999 LINES OF NARRATIVE. EACH ENTRY AND EACH LINE OF NARRATIVE MUST BE PRECEDED BY 4 CHARACTERS REPRESENTING THE ORDER IN WHICH IT APPEARS, THE FIRST PROTESTED ENTRY WOULD BE 0001.
366: ENTRY ALREADY CANCELLED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND A DELETE 'D' ACTION CODE IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY SEND FOR AN ENTRY SUMMARY THAT HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY CUSTOMS. 
8WR: INVALID CONTROL ID / RECORD TYPE

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE APPLICATION IDENTIFIER, WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE "B" REC, POS 11-12 AND THE DETAIL RECORD IDENTIFIERS TRANSMITTED BETWEEN THE "B" AND "Y" RECORDS. EACH SEPARATE ABI APPLICATION HAS DESIGNATED RECORDS THAT CAN BE SENT IN THAT APPLICATION. IF ANY OTHER RECORDS ARE SENT WITH DIFFERENT RECORD IDENTIFIERS NOT ALLOWED BY THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE A TRANSMISSION OF THE TIB EXTENSION APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD HAVE "XN" IN THE "B" RECORD. THE INPUT RECORDS FOR THIS APPLICATION MUST ALL START WITH "XA". ANY OTHER RECORD IDENTIFIERS WILL BE REJECTED.
APR: WITHDRAWAL REQ. NOT APPLIC.

A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION, INDICATED BY 'W', MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME UNTIL THE PROTEST OR PETITION IS ADJUDICATED BY CUSTOMS. THE PROTEST HAS ALREADY BEEN ADJUDICATED, OR THIS IS A DUPLICATE REQUEST TO WITHDRAW. FULL FILE QUERY REQUEST WILL SHOW IF REQUEST ALREADY HAS BEEN MADE. 
J05: AWB MUST BE 8 CHARACTERS

HOUSE AIR WAYBILLS MUST CONTAIN AT LEAST 8 CHARACTERS. IF FEWER THAN 8 CHARACTERS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE INPUT RECORDS (EI, 22 REC, POS 27-38, HI, HA REC, POS 27-38), THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE "8-CHARACTER" AWB NUMBER REFERS TO THE DIGITS FOLLOWING THE AIR CARRIER'S PREFIX (THREE CHARACTER NUMERIC IN POS 15-17 OF THE 22 REC IN EI OR POS 15-17 OF THE HA REC IN HI). IF THE PORT OF UNLADING IS AN AMS AIRPORT, ONLY 11- CHARACTERS (PREFIX + 8 DIGIT AWB) IS PERMITTED. SOME CARRIERS PERIODICALLY USE A 9-CHARACTER AWB FOLLOWING THE PREFIX FOR INTERNAL USES. THIS TYPE OF AWB WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT AIR AMS PORTS, BUT WILL BE ACCEPTED AT A NON-AMS PORT (SUCH AS 2895, THE FEDEX COURIER FACILITY IN OAKLAND, CA).

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