Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AQZ: TEST CASE NUMBER NOT ON FILE

A MATCH FOR THE NUMBER ENTERED IN THE TEST SUMMONS NUMBER FIELD MUST BE FOUND IN THE USCS COURT SUMMONS FILE. A MATCH WAS NOT FOUND. ONLY SUMMONSES FILED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES CUSTOMS SERVICE ARE RECORDED IN ACS. SUMMONSES SERVED AGAINST OTHER AGENCIES, SUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, CANNOT BE USED AS TEST CASE NUMBERS. 
487: INVALID REFERENCE NUMBER FORMAT

THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER AND USUALLY REPRESENTS THE FILER'S IRS, OR SSN NUMBER. WHEN A CUSTOMS FORM 4811 HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY LOCAL CUSTOMS, THE AGENT (OWNER OF THE REFERENCE NUMBER) WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS, LIQUIDATION NOTICES, ETC. FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD ON THE ENTRY. THE REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN ACCEPTABLE IRS (NN-NNNNNNNNN) OR SSN (NNN-NN-NNNN) FORMAT IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43. IF THE FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
20U: CITY REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C11 AND C61 RECORDS PROVIDE SPACE IN WHICH TO REPORT THE CITY FOR THE PARTY IDENTIFIED IN THE C09 OR C59 RECORD. IF THE CITY FIELD IS TRANSMITTED WITH BLANKS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FREQUENTLY, THIS ERROR WILL CAUSE ERROR MESSAGE EIK, "NAME/ADDRESS REQUIRED" TO BE GENERATED, AS WELL.
VDT: INVALID FTZ ZONE STATUS

THE FOREIGN TRADE ZONE STATUS (REC 40, POS 63) IS MANDATORY WHEN THE ENTRY TYPE IS 06. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE CODES ARE P, D, N, OR Z. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS WHEN ONE OF THE ACCEPTABLE CODES IS SENT,BUT ON A NON-FTZ (TYPE 06) ENTRY.
AEO: ERROR IN A32 REC; RLSE 2

THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWS A MORE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE (I.E. 1F5 RELEASE NOT ON FILE) IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION. IT NOTIFIES THE FILER THAT THE ERROR IS IN THE SECOND RELEASE IN THE 32 RECORD. 
VGF: FD 701: AFFRM/CMPLNCE QUALFYR REQ

THE FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE MAY APPLY TO CERTAIN FDA LINES. SOME OF THE AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE ARE SHOWN IN THE THE FDA AFFIRMATIONS OF COMPLIANCE FILE AS QUALIFIER - "Y" (YES). THIS QUALIFIER CAN TAKE MANY FORMS. IT MAY BE A FORM, STATEMENT OR LICENSE NUMBER. IF THE FILER USES AN FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE AND IT HAS A "Y" FOR QUALIFIER REQUIRED THEN THE QUALIFIER MUST BE SENT IN REC FD01, POS 23-47.
EJ5: UNIT PRC/PYMNT TERMS INCONSISTENT

CONCERNING ABI CI, IF THE PAYMENT TERMS TYPE ON THE C02 RECORD IS '15' (NO CHARGE), THE UNIT PRICE ON THE C33 RECORD MUST BE ZERO. IF OTHER PAYMENT TERMS ARE USED ON THE C02 RECORD, THE UNIT PRICE MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. THIS MESSAGE IS ALMOST ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ERROR MESSAGE EJ4.
VAT: PAPERLESS/PAID MUST CONTAIN 'E'

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ELECTRONIC INVOICE ENVIRONMENT WHEN A FILER RESENDS AN AII ENTRY SUMMARY, AFTER IT HAS BEEN PAID THEN SUBSEQUENTLY REJECTED BY CUSTOMS, WITHOUT SENDING AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE ABI 10 RECORD.
2J0: SURETY INVALID OR NOT ON FILE

THIS REJECT MESSAGE REFERS TO THE SURETY REPORTED, IF ANY, FOR ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY TRANSACTIONS. (MESSAGE 2AL IS THE EQUIVALENT ERROR MESSAGE FOR INVALID SURETY CODES REPORTED IN THE 10 RECORD). ADA OR CVD SURETY CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE 35 REC, POS 49-51. SURETY CODES ARE REQUIRED ONLY WHEN THE BONDED INDICATOR FOR THE CASE NUMBER BEING REPORTED IS "1" (REPORTED IN POS 14 OF THE 35 REC). FOR ENTRIES WITH MULTIPLE ADD/CVD LINES, IF AT LEAST ONE LINE IS A BONDED CASE, THE SURETY CODE IN THE 35 RECORD IS REQUIRED. "000" IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED INCORRECT SURETY CODE AND WILL CAUSE THIS MESSAGE TO BE ISSUED BY ACS. IF BLANKS ARE TRANSMITTED FOR THIS ELEMENT, MESSAGE 2AL WILL BE ISSUED.
28N: *CENSUS* IMPROBABLE MFR/SHPER ID

AN ENTRY WITH A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OR COUNTRY OF EXPORT OF 'CA' IS ENTERED AND THE FIRST TWO BYTES OF THE MANUFACTURER IS OTHER THAN 'XA" 'XC' 'XM' 'XB' 'XW' 'XN' 'XO' 'XP' 'XQ' 'XS'. 
B16: MID INVALID - LESS THAN 7 CHARACT

MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER CODE CONTAINS LESS THAN SEVEN CHARACTERS.
BRA: EXPECTED R17 AMT(S) = ZEROES

IF THE RESULT OF SUBTRACTING THE R90 ORIGINAL DUTY/TAX/FREE AMOUNT FROM THE RECON DUTY/TAX/FREE AMOUNT EQUALS ZERO OR LESS THAN ZERO, THE PAYABLE AMOUNTS FOR THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE MUST ALSO EQUAL ZERO IN THE R17 RECORD. IF THE R17 RECORD IS GREATER THAN ZERO, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. AS ALL THREE AMOUNTS (DUTY, TAXES, OR FEES) APPEAR IN BOTH THE R90 AND R17 RECORDS, MAKE SURE TO CHECK ALL THREE ELEMENTS IF THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED FOR AN ENTRY.
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.
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.
PNS: PROTESTANT NOT ON SRE FILE

PROTESTANT NUMBERS (EXCEPT WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F' (FOREIGN) 'O' (OTHER) OR 'S' (SURETY), MUST BE IN IRS, EIN, SOCIAL SECURITY OR CUSTOM-ASSIGNED (NEW) FORMAT. A MATCH FOR THE NUMBER USED MUST BE FOUND ON THE US IMPORTER (CF5106) FILE DATABASE. 
EIW: CURRENCY/EXCH RATE INCONSISTENT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C01 RECORD. THE CURRENCY CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 45-47. IF THIS CODE IS "USD", THEN THE FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INDICATOR (POS 48) MUST BE BLANK AND THE RATE OF EXCHANGE (POS 49-55) MUST BE ZEROS. IF THE CURRENCY CODE IS OTHER THAN "USD", THEN THE FIXED EXCHANGE RATE INDICATOR MUST BE EITHER "1" (FOR A FIXED RATE PROVIDED BY THE TRANSMITTER) OR "0" (WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CURRENCY RATE IS NOT FIXED AND WILL COME FROM THE RATE IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THE INVOICE) WILL BE USED TO COVNERT THE REPORTED VALUES TO U.S. DOLLARS. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THE C18 RECORD.
VD1: INVALID SUMMRY CERTIFICATION CODE

THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF ANYTHING OTHER THAN A '1', '0' OR A BLANK IS SENT IN THE EI 30 RECORD, POSITION 37 (SUMMARY CERTIFICATION CODE).
VAL: FW 3-177: LICENSE NOT ON FILE

THE LICENSE NUMBER WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE FW02 RECORD, POS 45-50 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWL FILE. THE LICENSE NUMBER IS ISSUED BY FSW TO IMPORTERS IMPORT OVER $25,000 ANNUALLY OF MERCHANDISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO FWS. CUSTOMS DOES NOT TRACK CUMULATIVE VALUES. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FWS. FWS UP- LOADS THE U.S. LICENSE INFORMATION TO ACS ONCE A WEEK. IF A FILER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A U.S. LICENSE NUMBER AND ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT IT PRIOR TO THE UPLOAD, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL FWS OFFICE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON CLEARING MERCHANDISE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS RESIDENT IN OUR DATA BASE. THERE ARE NO EDITS TO REQUIRE THE USER TO TRANSMIT THE LICENSE NUMBER, BUT IF A LICENSE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED, THERE MUST BE AN EXACT MATCH WITH ONE OF THE LICENSE NUMBERS IN THE FWL FILE.
929: DUTY DOES NOT MATCH

THE DUTY AMOUNT INPUT DOES NOT MATCH THE TOTAL OF ALL PAID DUTY AMOUNTS FOR THIS ENTRY. 
VPA: IMPORT REF NOT FOUND

THIS REJECT OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE IN THE D01 RECORD IS OTHER THAN A '2' (I.E. 1 OR 3) THEN THE ENTRY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 17-27 AND THE ENTRY MUST BE RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER FILE.
641: INVALID CVD OR ADD ENTRY

THE ENTRY TYPE IN RECORD 10, POS 71-72 MUST BE AN 03 (AD/CVD) OR 07 (AD/CVD QUOTA/VISA) IF AD/CVD DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 60 RECORD.  
VKE: HLT:DBID REQUIRED

DBID IS REQUIRED TO CREATE A TABLE/LOCATE INQUIRY DEFINITION. 
46D: SCH PAY DATE INVALID FOR QUOTA

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A STATEMENT ADD/DELETE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HP). ENTRIES WITH QUOTA MERCHANDISE THAT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE QUOTA MODULE MUST BE PAID WITHIN 10 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RELEASE OF THE CARGO. IF THE ABI FILER ATTEMPTS TO MOVE THE PAYMENT DUE DATE BEYOND 10 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RELEASE, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VHE: FC 740:INV PUBLIC W/HOLD IND

A CODE OF 'W' (WITHHOLD) IS SENT IN THE FC02 RECORD, POSITION 17, IF THE IMPORTER REQUESTS FCC 740 DATA BE WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION. ANY OTHER CODE WILL BE REJECTED. 
AFD: 30 REC REQUIRED FOR CONSOL RLSE

IF A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS SENT, A 30 RECORD MUST BE SENT IF THERE IS A 32 RECORD PRESENT.

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