Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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.
327: INVALID DP-SITE DISTRICT/PORT

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER SENDS AN 'A' RECORD DISTRICT/PORT/FILER SITE THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE BROKER PROFILE IN ACS. A BROKER PROFILE RECORD MUST EXIST FOR THE TRANSMITTED DP-SITE DISTRICT/PORT. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, FOR FILERS WHO HAVE OFFICE CODES IN THEIR BROKER PROFILE RECORDS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE PORT CODE IN THE 10 RECORD OF THE EI APPLICATION DOES NOT AGREE EXACTLY WITH THE PORT CODE IN THE "B" RECORD. (NOTE 1 ON PAGE APL-6 OF THE CATAIR INDICATES THAT AGREEMENT BETWEEN APPLICATION DETAIL RECORDS AND THE "B" RECORD MUST BE AT THE DISTRICT CODE LEVEL. THIS IS TRUE EXCEPT FOR OFFICE CODE SITUATIONS, WHICH REQUIRES AGREEMENT AT THE FOUR-DIGIT DDPP LEVEL).
B99: ACH TRANS TYPE = 24; AMT MUST = 0

ACH TRANS TYPE (IN 6 RECORD) = 24 WHICH INDICATES $0.00 STATEMENTS. HOWEVER ADDENDA AMT (IN 7 REC) DOES NOT = $0.00.THIS IS PART OF THE ACH CREDIT PROCESS.
AR9: PROTESTANT ADDRESS INVALID

PROTESTANT TYPE "F" (FOREIGN) REQUIRES FOREIGN ADDRESS; PROTESTANT TYPE "O" (OTHER) REQUIRES DOMESTIC ADDRESS. DOMESTIC AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES AND ZIP CODES ARE VALIDATED AGAINST "CODE-1", ANY INVALID ADDRESSES OR ZIP CODES ARE REJECTED. U.S. ADDRESSES REQUIRE ABBREVIATED POSTAL CODE FOR STATE AND THE ISO CODE "US". CANADIAN ADDRESSES REQUIRE CANADIAN PROVINCE CODE AND THE ISO CODE "CA". THE CANADIAN POSTAL ZIP CODE IS ALSO REQUIRED. MEXICAN ADDRESSES REQUIRED THE CODE "FN" (FOREIGN) IN PLACE OF A STATE CODE AND THE IOS CODE "MX". POSTAL ZIP CODES ARE NOT USED FOR MEXICAN ADDRESSES.
VH5: DT HS7: DUPLICATE VIN ENCOUNTERED

IF TWO SETS OF DOT DATA ARE TRANSMITTED FOR THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE ON AN ENTRY, THE VIN NUMBERS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT02 RECORD CANNOT BE THE SAME. IF THEY ARE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. (NOTE: IF THE FILER NEEDS TO REPORT MORE THAN ONE VIN NUMBER FOR MULTIPLE IMPORTS ON THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE, A SEPARATE SET OF DT01/DT02 RECORDS IS REQUIRED FOR EACH VIN. THE DT03, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SPACE TO REPORT MULTIPLE VINS, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY ABI IF A DT02 IS ALSO TRANSMITTED. FOR BOX 2A ONLY, A DT03 CAN BE TRANSMITTED WITH VIN DATA IN LIEU OF A DT02. ALL OTHER BOX NUMBERS REQUIRE A DT02 TO REPORT VEHICLE DATA.)
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.
2A7: CARGO RELEASE DATA NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE GENERALLY INDICATES A PROBLEM IN THE CREATION OF CARGO SELECTIVITY RECORDS FROM FILER'S INPUT. EXAMPLE: A FILER SENT IN SEVERAL ENTRIES USING BORDER CARGO RELEASE (APPLICATION HN). BEFORE ABI COULD COMPLETE THE PROCESSING OF THE ENTRIES, THE FILER'S SYSTEM SENT THE SAME ENTRIES AGAIN (WITHIN 12 SECONDS OF THE FIRST TRANSMISSION). THIS DUPLICATION CAUSED DATABASE (DB) ERRORS ON THOSE ENTRIES THAT WERE BEING PROCESSED AT THE INSTANT THE SECOND ITERATION OF THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER REACHED THE MAINFRAME. THE SECOND SET OF ENTRIES HAD PROCESSING DONE, BUT NO ON-LINE RECORDS WERE CREATED. THE ERROR MESSAGE ABOVE WAS CREATED AND ATTACHED TO THE SECOND SET OF ENTRY NUMBERS. THE SOLUTION, IN ALMOST ALL CASES, IS FOR THE FILER TO TRANSMIT ONLY ONCE AND TO WAIT FOR RESULTS BEFORE RE-SUBMITTING DATA FOR THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER.   
14M: QTY/RANGE ERROR FOR TARIFF NBR

ENTERED QUANTITY IS NOT IN RANGE FOR THE TARIFF NBR IN THE TARIFF DATABASE. THIS ERROR MESSAGE GENERATES IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC QUANTITY EDITS EXISTING ON THE TARIFF FILE. THE TARIFF NUMBERS QTY1/QTY2 VALUES REPORTED VIA ABI FALL OUT OF RANGE FOR THE EXISTING TARIFF QTY LO/HI BOUNDS. TO CALCULATE THE QUANTITY RATIO, USE THE QTY EDIT CODES LOCATED ON THE TARIFF DATABASE. FOR EXAMPLE, SEE HTS 5208521000. THE QTY EDIT CODES ARE 211. USE THE SECOND REPORTED QUANTITY (KG) AS THE NUMERATOR AND THE FIRST REPORTED QUANTITY (M2) AS THE DENOMINATOR TO DERIVE THE QUANTITY RATIO (SEE HTS USER'S GUIDE APPENDIX D, PAGES D-3 & D-4). FOR THIS HTS, THE QTY RATIO MUST FALL BETWEEN THE LO/HI/ QTY VALUES OR THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. TO CORRECT THE ERROR, THE FILER CAN 1) VERIFY THE QUANTITIES, 2) CONSULT THE HARMONIZED TARIFF FOR A BETTER CLASSIFICATION OR 3) CONTACT AN IMPORT SPECIALIST. ERROR MSG 15K, "DUTY COMPUTATION NOT PERFORMED" WILL ALSO BE GENERATED WITH MSG 14M.
EJM: INVOICE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WRONG

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C84 REC, POS 19-33, IS USED TO REPORT ANY ALLOWANCE OR CHARGES THAT SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE INVOICE AMOUNT TO REFLECT THE PROPER INVOICE TOTALS. THE C17 REC PROVIDES SIX TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS (SEE PAGE AII-23 FOR THE VALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATORS). IF ANY OF THESE TYPES EXCEPT "N" OR "D" ARE USED, THE AMOUNTS OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS, WHETHER ADDITIONS OR SUBTRACTIONS TO THE DUTIABLE TOTAL AMOUNT, ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C18 RECORD. THE TOTAL OF THESE UPS OR DOWNS ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C84 RECORD IN POS 19-33. IF THE TOTAL ADJUSTMENTS IS A NEGATIVE NUMBER, POS 34 OF THE C84 RECORD MUST BE AN "N". **NOTE** - THIS IS A HEADER LEVEL MESSAGE. IF ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE AT THE INVOICE LINE LEVEL, THOSE TOTALS ARE NOT CARRIED FORWARD TO THE C84 RECORD.
39B: INVALID DUTY FREE CLAIM

THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A DUTY-FREE CLAIM THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/COUNTRY OF EXPORT COMBINATION. FOR EXAMPLE, INSULAR POSSESSIONS (SPI "Y") ARE ENTITLED TO SHIP CARGO DUTY FREE TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT ONLY IF THE SHIPMENT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE POSSESSION. THEREFORE, IF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT (50 REC, POS 69-70) IS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (40 REC, POS 6-7), AND THE FILER TRANSMITS "Y" IN POS 3 OF THE 50 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF SPI "Y" IS USED FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED PRODUCTS (CHAPT 98010010NN), AS THESE ARTICLES ARE UNCONDITIONALLY FREE OF DUTY AND THEREFORE DO NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CLAIM DUTY-FREE STATUS.
EJJ: DUPLICATE INVOICE LINES

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). EACH INVOICE LINE IS INCREMENTED BY ONE IN THE C31 RECORD THE FIRST C31 REC, POS 4-7, MUST START WITH "0001".DUPLICATE LINE NUMBER ARE NOT PERMITTED. THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE SAME LINE NUMBER APPEARS IN THE CI TRANSMISSION FOR THE INVOICE. .
VQK: CVD PAYABLE AMOUNT INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCUURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE TOTAL PAYABLE COUNTERVAILING DUTY IS SENT IN THE D31 RECORD, POSITIONS 48-58. IF SPACES ARE SENT THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
400: GSP CLAIM INVALID FOR THIS TARIFF

IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A GSP INDICATOR "A" (50 REC, POS 3, OR 70/80/81 REC, POS 79), FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR GSP, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
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.
7BD: BOX NUMBER SHOULD BE INCLUDED

THIS WARNING MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'IJ' APPLICATION WHEN A FILER SENDS AN ADDRESS IN THE I3 RECORD THAT CONTAINS 'RT', 'RTE' OR 'ROUTE'. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTING A BOX NUMBER BUT THIS MESSAGE IS ONLY A WARNING.
VMM: INVALID WHSE ENTRY SUMMARY

   THE WHSE SUMMARY CITED ON THE 30 REC EITHER 1) DOES NOT EXIST, 2) IS NOT A TYPE 21 OR 22 OR 3) IS LIQUIDATED, RELIQUIDATED, OR CANCELLED.
3A0: INVALID PASSWORD

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER'S SIX CHARACTER PASSWORD, TRANSMITTED IN THE "A" RECORD, POS 9-14, IS EITHER MISSING OR DOES NOT EXACTLY MATCH THE PASSWORD ON THE FILER PROFILE RECORD. 
FD3: AFFIRMATION COMPLI TYPE INVALID

COMPLIANCE TYPE HAS TO BE ALPHANUMERIC WITH NO SPACES. 
DKW: DUPLICATE TARIFF

IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE EACH TARIFF NUMBER GIVEN ON A CLAIM CAN ONLY APPEAR ONCE. THIS ERROR WILL OCCUR IF A NUMBER HAS BEEN USED MORE THAN ONCE ON THE CLAIM AS SENT IN THE ABI 'D20' RECORDS. 
B24: LOWER CASE LETTERS FIRM/ADDR/CITY

FIRM NAME FIELD, ADDRESS FIELD, OR CITY NAME FIELD CONTAINS LOWER CASE ETTERS. IN ABI TRANSACTIONS, FILERS SHOULD ALWAYS SUBMIT UPPER CASE ALPHA CHARACTERS. IF THEIR SYSTEM SENDS LOWER CASE LETTERS IN EITHER THE FIRM NAME OR CITY FIELDS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VPL: IMPRT ENTRY NOT IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER, SENT IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 20-27 MUST BE RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER FILE.
VA8: FW 3-177: INVLD COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (FW01, POS 73-74) CANNOT BE BLANK. IT MUST BE A VALID ISO CODE. THE FWS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN DOES NOT HAVE TO MATCH THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES. I.E. IF SNAKESKIN FROM AUSTRALIA WAS USED AS TRIM IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FOOTWARE FROM ITALY, THE ISO CODE IN THE HI APPLICATION (RECORD H5, POS 6-7) OR THE EI APPLICATION (RECORD 40, POS 6-7) WOULD BE IT AND THE ISO CODE IN THE FW01 RECORD, POS 73-74, WOULD BE AU.
35C: INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER FORMAT

ENTERED IMPORTER NUMBER DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE IRS, SSN OR CUSTOMS-ASSIGNED NUMBER.  NOTE: ALPHA CHARACTERS "O" (OH) "I" (EYE) AND "Z" (ZEE) ARE NOT PERMITTED.
AP2: HEADER/DETAIL DATA REQUIRED

ONE OR MORE REQUIRED RECORDS IS MISSING. A P10 IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL, AMENDMENT, ADDENDA, AND SERVICE REQUESTS. THE P11 IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL FILING. THE P11 SHOULD BE USED AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT OR ADDENDA ONLY TO CHANGE A 'N' (NO) SAMPLE AND/OR 'N' (NO) HARDCOPY INDICATOR TO 'S' (SENT). THE P15 RECORD IS REQUIRED FOR INITIAL FILING. THE P16 RECORD IS REQUIRED WHEN FURTHER REVIEW IS REQUESTED IN THE ACCOMPANYING P10 OF THE INITIAL FILING OR AMENDMENT TRANSACTION.
VHX: DT HS7: NHTSA RI NBR NOT ON FILE

IF A REGISTERED IMPORTER NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT02 RECORD, POS 56-63, IT MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT: R-YY-NNN. THE NUMBER TRANSMITTED MUST ALSO RESIDE ON THE DTRL DATABASE. IF THE NUMBER IS NOT ON THE DTRL FILE OR IS NOT TRANSMITTED IN THE PROPER FORMAT, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

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