Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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.
4L0: TARIFF (2) INVALID

TARIFF NUMBER TWO IS INVALID 
VO2: PREPARER SITE INVALID/MISSING

HP TRANSACTION WAS REJECTED BECAUSE THE EI WAS ORIGINALLY FILED WITH A PREPARER INDICATOR IN THE "B" RECORD AND A VALID PREPARER SITE, BUT THE "B" RECORD OF THE HP DOES NOT CONTAIN THE SAME PREPARER DATA. 
029: INVALID FOREIGN PORT CODE

THE FOREIGN PORT CODE (AKA SCHEDULE K) NUMBER HAS BEEN OMITTED, IS IN IMPROPER FORMAT OR NOT ON THE FOREIGN PORT CODE FILE. CHECK THE RFDL FILE USING THE THREE DIGIT COUNTRY CODE FOUND IN THE RFJL FILE. THE PROPER FORMAT IS A FIVE-DIGIT NUMERIC. IF MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS 12, THEN THE FOREIGN PORT CODE MUST BE FROM A PORT IN EITHER MEXICO OR CANADA.
0FJ: RECORD NOT ON FILE

THIS ERROR WILL OCCUR IF THE FILER TRIES TO PERFORM A DELETE OF A DRAWBACK CLAIM AND THE SYSTEM HAS NO RECORD OF THE CLAIM. BECAUSE THERE IS NO DATA IN THE SYSTEM, THERE IS NOTHING TO DELETE.
B31: MID NOT EQUAL MID ON VISA FILE

IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPRESENTS AN "ELVIS" COUNTRY AND A VISA NUMBER IS REQUIRED THEN, THE MID NUMBER, AS PROVIDED BY THE ABI FILER IN THE EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) APPLICATION (60 RECORD), WILL BE VALIDATED AGAINST THE MID NUMBER ON THE ACS VISA FILE AS TRANSMITTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE ELVIS COUNTRY. IF THE MID'S DO NOT MATCH THEN, THE TRANSACTION WILL BE REJECTED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED ERROR MESSAGE.
ASO: ENTRY LIST INCOMPLETE

ENTRY LIST INCOMPLETE. 
APZ: FAX SENT DATE NOT APPLICABLE

THE CCYYMMDD THAT A FACSIMILE WAS SENT TO CUSTOMS IS REQUIRED AT INITIAL PROTEST, CLAIM AND INTERVENTION FILING WHEN THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX INDICATOR IS 'S'. NO VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX SENT DATE WILL BE ACCEPTED AFT ER INITIAL FILING, OR WHEN THE FAX INDICATOR IS NOT 'S'.
APN: VOIDANCE REQST NOT VALID

A REQUEST FOR VOIDANCE OF DENIAL, INDICATED BY 'R', MAY BE SUBMITTED WITHIN 90 DAYS AFTER PROTEST HAS BEEN DENIED BY CUSTOMS. THE VOIDANCE REQUEST INDICATOR IS ALREADY SET AT 'R' (AFFIRMATIVE FOR REQUEST), OR THE PROTEST IS NOT IN DENIED STATUS. 
EI6: NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C33 REC, POS 64-72, REQUIRES THE NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS TO BE TRANSMITTED. THIS FIELD MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VBS: INV CLARIFICATION CODE FOR BOX

THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF A CLARIFICATION CODE (REC DT01, POS 37) OTHER THAN "V" IS USED FOR HS7 BOX NUMBERS 03, 06, OR 12 (REC DT01, POS 8-9).
ASF: DUPLICATE ENTRY NUMBER

AN ENTRY CAN BE CITED ON A PROTEST, PETITION, OR INTERVENTION ONLY ONE TIME WHEN AN ENTRY IS CITED MORE THAN ONE TIME, THIS MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED. 
VON: ENTRY FLR MUST=PREPARER FLR

THE REMOTE PREPARER FILER CODE SENT IN POSITIONS 51-53 OF THE EI 'B' RECORD MUST BE THE SAME AS THE PROCESSING (ENTRY) FILER CODE, POSITIONS 59-61.
84N: US ADDR SHOULD HAVE IR NBR OR SSN

BROKER CANNOT REQUEST CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER FOR U.S. ADDRESS. 
EI0: INVOICE LINE CAN'T BE ZERO

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). EACH ITEM ON AN INVOICE IS DESCRIBED IN THE C31 THROUGH C39 RECORDS. THE C31 RECORD CONTAINS A COUNTER CALLED THE INVOICE LINE NUMBER IN POS 4-7. THE FIRST SUCH RECORD TRANSMITTED ON AN INVOICE INPUT WOULD BE "001", ETC. "000" IS NOT A VALID INVOICE LINE NUMBER AND WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE IF USED.
4GP: ONLY COUNTRY VALID FOR OPTION C

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN REPLY TO AN ABI QUOTA QUERY. IF THE FILER REQUESTS ALL VISA RECORDS FOR A GIVEN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (OPTION C IN POS 25 OF THE U1 INPUT RECORD), THE INPUT RECORD CANNOT ALSO REQUEST INFORMATION FOR A GIVEN VISA NUMBER, TARIFF NUMBER OR CATEGORY NUMBER IN THE SAME U1 INPUT RECORD
Q06: STATEMENT NOT ON FILE

EITHER THE STATEMENT NUMBER GIVEN IN POSITIONS 15 THROUGH 24 OF THE QT RECORD CANNOT BE FOUND ON THE DSA FILE OR THE STATEMENT NUMBER WAS NOT RIGHT JUSTIFIED WITH A ZERO IN POSITION 14. WHEN CUSTOMS BILLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT THROUGH ACH, POSITION 14 WILL BE CHANGED TO ACCEPT OTHER NUMBERS. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS MESSAGE IS THAT ALL ENTRIES ORIGINALLY LISTED ON THE STATEMENT HAVE BEEN DELETED, EITHER BY THE FILER OR BY CUSTOMS. ONCE ALL ENTRIES ARE REMOVED FROM THE STATEMENT, THE STATEMENT NUMBER DROPS OUT OF THE SYSTEM AND CANNOT BE USED IN AN ACH PAYMENT TRANSACTION.
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.
ED0: SYSTEM PROBLEM - CALL CLIENT REP

THIS "GENERIC" MESSAGE WILL SHOW UP PERIODICALLY, USUALLY WITH DATABASE ERRORS. AS OF JULY 1999, THIS MESSAGE IS BEING ASSIGNED TO ENTRIES IN WHICH THE FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO USE SPI "E" WITH HTS 9802008015 (WHICH IS ELIGIBLE FOR CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE FILING UNDER SPI "E") WITH A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT CBI ELIGIBLE. IN THIS CASE, THE FILER MAY NOT CLAIM "E" FOR THE CUSTOMS LINE IN QUESTION. AS STATED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN CHANGE MEANINGS AS DATABASE PROBLEMS WARRANT.
ADH: ISSUER CODE/MOT CONFLICT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE MOT IS 40 OR 41 AND THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73, IS NOT BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR. ISSUER CODES ARE RESERVED FOR OCEAN-BORNE CARGO. IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK FOR MOT 10 OR 11, ERROR MSG ADJ WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS IN A MAIL MOT (MOT = 50) WHEN AN ISSUER CODE WAS SENT.
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. 
40K: SPI INVALID FOR EXP COUNTRY

SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATORS, LISTED IN THE CATAIR ON PAGES ENS-48 AND 49 MAY NOT BE VALID FOR ALL PROGRAMS FOR ALL COUNTRIES. FOR EXAMPLE, ECUADOR IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE ANDEAN PREFERENCE PROGRAM (SPI "J"), BUT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE CARRIBEAN PREFERENCE PROGRAM (SPI "E"). THEREFORE, AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION THAT USED CODE "E" WITH ISO CODE "EC" AS THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT WOULD RECEIVE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
628: MISSING/INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS DURING THE CREATION OF LINE RELEASE OUTPUT RECORDS. THE IMPORTER OF RECORD MUST BE IN ONE OF THREE VALID FORMATS, WHICH ARE OUTLINED ON PAGE LRL-5 OF THE CATAIR. IF ONE OF THE VALID FORMATS IS NOT USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
API: AFR REQUEST IND. INVALID

AN APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW, INDICATED BY 'R', APPLIES ONLY TO TYPE 514 PROTESTS, AND MUST BE REQUESTED DURING FILING AND AMENDMENT PERIOD, EITHER INITIAL FILING OR BY AN AMENDMENT FILING. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE AFR REQUEST FIELD IS NOT 'R'. 
EI1: ARTICLE A NEEDED FOR ARTICLE B

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C31 RECORD ENABLES FILERS TO REPORT SPECIFIC DATA ON ITEM NUMBERS FOR AN INVOICE LINE. POS 8-42 ARE USED TO PROVIDE AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE ITEM ON THE INVOICE LINE (PART NUMBER, CATALOG NUMBER, ETC). A FURTHER DEFINITION (BUYER'S PART NUMBER, ETC) IS PERMITTED IN POS 43-77. THESE TWO FIELDS ARE IDENTIFED AS "ITEM A" AND "ITEM B". IF DATA APPEARS IN THE "ITEM B" FIELD, DATA MUST ALSO APPEAR IN THE "ITEM A" FIELD. IF NOT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATE.

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