Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

40J: SPI CLAIM INVALID FOR TARIFF

MOST TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ONE OR MORE SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE DUTY REQUIRED. THESE ARE CODED AS "SPI" FOR THOSE PROGRAMS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL TARIFF NUMBER HAS BEEN FLAGGED FOR. IF AN ABI FILERS TRANSMITS AN SPI (SUMMARY TRANSACTION 50 REC, POS 3, OR POS 78-79; 70/80/81 REC, POS 13 OR POS 79-80) THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THAT TARIFF NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FILERS SHOULD VERIFY THE SPI FROM THEIR HARMONIZED QUERY OUTPUT (V3 REC, POS 53-72) TO ASCERTAIN THAT THE SELECTED SPI APPLIES TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. NOTE: AS STATED IN ERROR MESSAGE 40L, IF THE TRANSMITTED SPI (50 RECORD OR 70 RECORD) IS ON THE TARIFF FILE FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER, IT MUST NONETHELESS AGREE WITH THE C/O CODE (EITHER "MX" OR "CA"). IF THE C/O IS "CA", AN SPI OF "MX" WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
962: TAX MAY NOT BE DEFERRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE HAS BEEN FOUND TO OCCUR WHEN A TAX DEFERRED INDICATOR IS SENT FOR AN INFORMAL ENTRY (ENTRY TYPE 11). WHEN THE ENTRY TYPE IS CHANGED TO A FORMAL ENTRY TYPE THE ENTRY PROCESSES ERROR FREE.
VHZ: DT HS7: V ELIGIBILITY NBR REQ'D

IF BOX 03 IS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT01 REC, POS 8-9, A VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 64-69 OF THE DT01 RECORD. 
886: IT QUANTITY MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ABI 'HI' CARGO SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION WHEN AN I.T. IS SENT IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE HA RECORD AND THE I.T. QUANTITY IN POSITIONS 51-58 ARE NOT ALL NUMERICS.
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.
VGZ: FEI NOT FOUND ON ACS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER QUERIES ABI TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT NUMBER (FEI) IS ON FILE. ALL TWELVE NUMBERS MUST BE USED INCLUDING LEADING ZEROS. THE FILER USES THE FDPP-10 RECORD SHOWN ON PAGE OGQ-14 OF THE CATAIR WITH A "Q" IN THE ACTION CODE. THIS MESSAGE IS RETURNED WHEN THE FEI NUMBER QUERIED IS NOT FOUND IN ACS. A COMMON REASON IS BECAUSE THE FILER IS NOT QUERYING ALL 12 NUMBERS. THEY SHOULD RESEND THE QUERY USING ALL NUMBERS INCLUDING LEADING ZEROS.
SG3: SUGAR CERT SENT FOR NON-CANADA

CANADIAN SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA WAS PROVIDED ON-LINE AND EITHER/BOTH THE C/O AND/OR C/E IS NOT CANADA. 
VAM: FILER MUST PAY BY ACH FOR QTA ENT

IF THE FILER OF THE ENTRY IS NOT ACH OPERATIONAL AS OF THE DATE AND TIME OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY, ENTRY TYPE 02 CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED WITH A PAYMENT TYPE AND PAYMENT DUE DATE IN THE 30 REC (POS 53-59). THE ACH STATUS OF THE FILER WILL BE VERIFIED FROM THE FILER PROFILE RECORD IF THE FILER SENDS A LIVE ENTRY INDICATOR OF "1" IN POS 44 OF THE 10 RECORD. FURTHER, THE PRESENCE OF THE LIVE ENTRY INDICATOR WILL TRIGGER A SEARCH OF THE ACH UNIT PAYOR CROSS-REFERENCE FILE TO VERIFY THAT THE FILER, OR IMPORTER, HAS A VALID PAYER UNIT NUMBER RECORD. IF ANY OF THE HEADER DATA IS MISSING, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
361: IT CHECK DIGIT ERROR

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF AN AIR WAYBILL NUMBER OR A CONVENTIONAL INBOND NUMBER (9 NUMERIC) IS TRANSMITTED WITH AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRANSMITTING FILER TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE ERROR IS IN THE CHECK DIGIT ITSELF OR IN ONE OF THE PRECEDING DIGITS. NOTE: IF THE CHECK DIGIT ERROR OCCURS ON A PAPERLESS MASTER INBOND NUMBER (THOSE STARTING WITH "V"), ERROR MESSAGE 2CI WILL BE GENERATED. THE AMS SYSTEM WILL ACCEPT A TRANSMISSION WITH AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT. CHECK AMS FOR THE BILL OF LADING OR IN-BOND NUMBER. IF IT IS IN AMS, YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE CAN RUN THE NUMBER THROUGH THE CHECK DIGIT CALCULATOR. IF AMS HAS THE INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT, ADVISE THE AMS CARRIER TO CORRECT AND RE-TRANSMIT WITH THE PROPER CHECK DIGIT.
452: CHARGES AMOUNT INVALID

IF THERE ARE NO CHARGES, OR CHARGES ARE LESS THAN $ 1 AN "X" WILL BE LISTED AS VALUE OF CHARGES. IN CASE OF OVERLAND SHIPMENTS ARRIVING FROM MEXICO OR CANADA "X" IS ALWAYS SHOWN. IF AGGREGATE CHARGES COVER MERCHANDISE ENTERED UNDER SEVERAL ITEM NUMBERS, AND EXACT BREAKDOWN IS UNKNOWN, CHARGES SHALL BE PRORATED BY VALUE. THE ABOVE DOES NOT APPLY TO ABI TRANSMISSIONS. CHARGES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT (EI) IN THE 40 REC, POS 48-57. CHARGES ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL MOT'S EXCEPT 60 (HAND-CARRIED) AND FOR ALL ENTRIES EXCEPT INFORMAL ENTRIES. AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE DOLLAR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS FIELD. ABI WILL NOT ACCEPT "X" FOR CHARGES FOR SHIPMENTS FROM EITHER MEXICO OR CANADA. LINE VALUES LESS THAN $2,000 ($250 FOR SOME TEXTILE PRODUCTS) DO NOT REQUIRE CHARGES TO BE TRANSMITTED.
Q41: STMT PAID, TO DELETE, NEGATE COLL

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN ABI FILER ATTEMPTS TO REMOVE AN ENTRY FROM STATEMENT (APPLICATION HP) AND THE STATEMENT HAS ALREADY HAD AN ACH AUTHORIZATION TRANSMITTED TO ABI (APPLICATION QN). THE SOLUTION IS FOR THE FILER TO CONTACT A CLIENT  REP WHO CAN PERFORM THE PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION DELETE FUNCTION, IF THE PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION WAS TRANSMITTED ON THE SAME DAY AS THE REQUEST IS MADE.
ASA: ENTRY LIST NOT APPLICABLE

ENTRY LIST IS NOT APPLICABLE. THIS MESSAGE MAY BE RETURNED IF AN AMENDMENT OR ADDENDA TRANSACTION IS TRANSMITTED LISTING ENTRIES WITH NO ACTION CODE. 
4F8: COUNTRY CODE INVALID

COUNTRY CODE MUST BE VALID, ALPHABETIC ISO CODE OR 99 FOR A GLOBAL QUOTA. 99 MAY ONLY BE USED BY HEADQUARTERS QUOTA. IF THE FIELD CONTAINS NUMBERS OTHER THAN 99, IS LEFT BLANK, OR IS NOT A VALID ISO CODE, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE PROVIDED.
AFU: PIRP NUMBER INVALID FOR 'D' TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A PIRP NUMBER IS SENT IN THE EI 43 RECORD, POSITIONS 3-8 AND A 'D' FOR COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IS SENT IN POSITION 9. AS OF 7/98 THERE ARE NO 'D' TYPE PIRPS.
VBR: OGA DATA IGNORED

THIS MESSAGE IS NOT AN ERROR MESSAGE BUT RATHER AN INFORMATIONAL WARNING MESSAGE. IT OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO CERTIFY A SUMMARY WHICH HAS OGA INFORMATION WHEN CARGO SELECTIVITY HAS ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED PREVIOUSLY. IF THE FILER IS RECERTIFYING INADVERTENTLY, THE WARNING MESSAGE MAY BE IGNORED. IF THE FILER IS CHANGING SUMMARY DATA THAT AFFECTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FDA DATA, THE FILER SHOULD CONTACT THE APPROPRIATE CUSTOMS OFFICE TO REQUEST A DELETE OF SELECTIVITY. THE APPROPRIATE CUSTOMS OFFICE WILL APPROVE OR DENY THE REQUEST. IF APPROVED, THE FILER SHOULD RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY AND CERTIFY FOR CARGO.
13M: MANIFEST QTY MUST BE > ZERO

THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY IS REPORTED BY THE ENTRY FILER IN THE CARGO RELEASE APPLICATION (HI) IN THE HA REC, POS 51-58. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS ZERO AS THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY, THE ABOVE ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
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).
EI5: UNIT PRICE BASIS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE UNIT PRICE BASIS IS THE ELEMENT WHICH INDICATES HOW MANY ITEMS CONSTITUTE THE BASIS FOR THE UNIT PRICE OF THE ITEM LISTED ON THE C31 RECORD FOR THE INVOICE. THE UNIT PRICE BASIS IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C33 REC, POS 52-60. IT MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS SENT BY THE FILER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
Q18: PAYOR UNIT # NOT ON FILE

PAYOR UNIT # NOT DEFINED ON DATABASE - THE PAYOR UNIT NUMBER PROVIDED IN THE 'QT' RECORD IS NOT ASSIGNED TO THAT IMPORTER ON THE DATA FILE.
B16: MID INVALID - LESS THAN 7 CHARACT

MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER CODE CONTAINS LESS THAN SEVEN CHARACTERS.
828: REFERENCE NUMBER VOIDED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE REFERENCE CF 4811# USED IN A DRAWBACK TRANSACTION IS VOIDED IN THE IMPORTER FILE. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS FOR RECONCILIATION WHEN THE REFERENCE CF 4811# IS VOIDED.
IN4: NO EXISTING ENTRY FOUND

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ABI 'IN' "SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY" TRANSACTION WHEN THE ENTRY NUMBER QUERIED IN THE R1 RECORD, POSITIONS 7-18, DOES NOT EXIST IN THE SELECTIVITY FILE. 
VM9: ENTRY NOT WAREHOUSE

AN ENTRY NUMBER WAS GIVEN AS BEING WAREHOUSE FOR ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, OR 38 BUT THE ENTRY TYPE WAS NOT 21 OR 22. 
506: CALC. DUTY DOES NOT MATCH EST.

THE TOTAL DUTY CALCULATED FROM THE ENTRY LINE ITEMS DOES NOT MATCH THE ESTIMATED DUTY FOR THE ENTRY. EACH LINE ON A MULTI-LINE SUMMARY SHOULD REFLECT THE EXACT DUTY AMOUNT DUE, BASED ON THE DUTY RATES APPLICABLE TO THE TARIFF NUMBER. HOWEVER, ABI WILL ALLOW A DIFFERENCE, PER LINE, OF UP TO $2.99 (PLUS OR MINUS) BETWEEN THE ACTUAL CALCULATED DUTY AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT TRANSMITTED BY THE ABI FILER. THIS $2.99 DIFFERENCE ALSO APPLIES TO THE ENTRY, AS A WHOLE. THUS, WHILE INDIVIDUAL LINES MAY BE ALLOWED WITH THE DUTY DISCREPANCY CITED ABOVE, THE ENTRY MAY STILL BE REJECTED IF THE TOTAL DUTY AMOUNT TRANSMITTED (90 REC, POS 3-13) IS MORE THAN $2.99 ABOVE OR BELOW THE AMOUNT CALCULATED BY ABI AS BEING THE ACTUAL DUTY FOR ALL LINES ON THE SUMMARY. 
2LC: BOND NOT FILED IN YOUR DISTRICT

A DISTRICT BOND IS ON FILE FOR THIS IMPORTER, BUT THE BOND DOES NOT COVER YOUR DISTRICT. 

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