Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

0GI: VESSEL CODE NOT PERMITTED FOR MOT

THIS MESSAGE WILL GENERATE, IF A VESSEL CODE (REC. 20, POS. 3-7) IS TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION WITH A MODE OF TRANSPORTATION CODE OTHER THAN OCEAN (MOT = 10, 11). 
FC3: FCCFORM 740 MAY BE REQUIRED

 THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE TARIFF NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN THE 50 REC, POS 4-13, IS CODED FC3 ON THE TARIFF DATABASE, THE FILER MUST PROVIDE EITHER AN FCC DISCLAIMER (OA RECORD) OR THE FCC DATA. IF NEITHER RECORDS ARE INCLUDED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
95J: NOT A RECONCILIATION IMPORTER

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE IMPORTER OF RECORD TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT (APPLICATION EI) HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY HQ FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE RECONCILIATION PROGRAM. APPROVED IMPORTERS ARE LISTED IN THE RCIL DATABASE. THIS ERROR MESSAGE ALSO OCCURED IN OCTOBER 1999 WHEN AN IMPORTER NUMBER WAS FROZEN WHEN THE BOND WAS SET TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT. THE NEW BOND TO TAKE EFFECT THE NEXT DAY DID NOT HAVE A RECONCILIATION RIDER. RECONCILIATION CONTACT WAS INFORMED AND COORDINATED SOLUTION.
VDW: EXPORT DATE REQ/FTZ QUOTA PROCESS

BOTH AN EXPORT DATE AND A TEXTILE EXPORT DATE ARE REQUIRED FOR A FOREIGN TRADE ZONE (FTZ) ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF QUOTA TEXTILE MERCHANDISE. IF NON-TEXTILE QUOTA MERCHANDISE, AN EXPORT DATE IS REQUIRED.
AR4: REFUND PARTY DATA INCOMPLETE

EITHER THE ID NUMBER OR THE PARTY TYPE INDICATOR IS MISSING, OR A BLANK RECORD WAS RECEIVED.
ARI: PROTESTANT ID NBR REQUIRED

A VALID IRS OR CUSTOMS ASSIGNED ID NUMBER PRESENT ON THE CUSTOMS IMPORTER DATA BASE IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PROTEST TYPES EXCEPT F=FOREIGN AND O=OTHERS. THESE REQUIRE NUMBERS WHICH WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT VALIDATION.
DK7: TOT TARIFF TRAILER COUNT INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. THE SUM OF THE ABI'D12', 'D20', 'D25', 'D30', 'D40', OR 'D50' RECORDS DOES NOT ADD UP TO WHAT THE COUNT IS IN THE 'CT CLAIM TRAILER' RECORD, OR ABI 'D90' RECORD. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ADD UP, WE CANNOT KNOW WHETHER THE TOTAL COUNT IS SIMPLY WRONG, OR THE TOTAL COUNT IS RIGHT AND WE ARE MISSING RECORDS. 
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.
2B8: INVALID STATE CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI 5106 INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION TI). THE STATE CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 68-69 OF THE T2 RECORD. VALID STATE CODES ARE THOSE LISTED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. THE USE OF ANY CODE IN THIS FIELD THAT IS NOT APPROVED BY THE POSTAL SERVICE WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. NOTE: THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN ERROR MESSAGE NUMBER WHEN TRANSACTION TI IS SENT TO ABI. ERROR MESSAGE 2BU WHICH IS IDENTICAL IN WORDING TO THIS MESSAGE, MAY BE THE ONE BEING USED.
VNM: WAIVER INVALID FOR BOND OR CLAIM

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THE WAIVER INDICATOR MAY ONLY BE 'Y' ('1' IF ABI) IF THE BOND TYPE CODE IS NOT '0' (WOULD BE EITHER '8' OR '9'), AND THE CLAIM TYPE IS NOT '41' OR '44 (MANUFACTURING DRAWBACK). IF 'Y' ('1' IF ABI) IS USED AND THE CONDITION IS NOT CORRECT THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED. ALSO, WAIVER OF PRIOR NOTICE IS NOT VALID FOR TYPE '43' DRAWBACK CLAIMS.
552: ENTRY DELETE NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY DELETE INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF THE FILER HAS PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED AN ENTRY SUMMARY THAT WAS REJECTED, AND THE SUMMARY IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN PAID IN OR OTHERWISE FILED WITH A LOCAL CUSTOMS OFFICE, THE ABI REJECT WILL ERASE PREVIOUSLY TRANSMITTED ABI ENTRY SUMMARY DATA. IN SUCH A CASE, THE TRANSMISSION OF AN ENTRY SUMMARY DELETE TRANSACTION (ACTION CODE "D" IN POS 3 OF THE 10 REC) WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
VPK: CANADIAN/US PAID DUTY CONFLICT

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE NFTA CTRY PAID DUTY (IN FOREIGN CURRENCY) IS SENT IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 46-57. THE NFTA CTY PAID DUTY (IN US DOLLARS) IS SENT IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 58-69. IF THESE ARE IN CONFLICT, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR.
AEM: NO VALID RLSE ENTRIES SUBMITTED

IF A FILER TRANSMITS A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY, THE 32 RECORD (S) MUST CONTAIN VALID RELEASE ENTRY NUMBERS. 
12N: CARRIER CODE/MOT CONFLICT

THE CARRIER CODE IN THE H1 REC, POS 61-64 (HI APPLICATION) IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DISTRICT-PORT FILE FOR THE PORT OF UNLADING IN THE H1 REC, POS 65-68. THE ACCEPTABLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION FOR A GIVEN PORT CODE CAN BE FOUND ON THE DISTRICT-PORT DATABASE. PORTS WHICH ACCEPT EITHER OCEAN OR AIR SHIPMENTS WILL HAVE A "B" IN THE "CARRIER TYPE" FIELD. "V" INDICATES A VESSEL PORT ONLY AND AN "A" INDICATES AN AIRPORT ONLY PORT. IF THE CARRIER CODE REPORTED IS AN AIR CARRIER, THE PORT OF UNLADING CODE MUST BE CODED "A" OR "B". SIMILARLY, IF THE CARRIER CODE REPORTED IS FOR OCEAN, THEN THE PORT OF UNLADING MUST BE CODED "V" OR "B".
EJV: INBOX IND MUST BE 'R' OR SPACE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C01 REC, POS 56, PROVIDES THE FILER AN OPPORTUNITY TO INDICATE IF THE INVOICE BEING TRANSMITTED IS AN INITIAL INPUT (SPACE FILL THE POSITION) OR IS IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI REJECTION FROM CUSTOMS WHICH REQUESTED THE TRANSMISSION OF THE INSTANT INVOICE. IN THE LATTER CASE, THE ACCEPTABLE VALUE FOR THIS FIELD IS "R". ANY OTHER CHARACTER TRANSMITTED IN THIS FIELD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
1C6: DUPLICATE ADD ERROR

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY CITED ON THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE WAS SHOWN MORE THAN ONCE. SINCE THE DISKETTE AND ABI TRANSMISSION ARE CLAIM SUMMARIES, FILERS ARE INSTRUCTED TO ONLY SHOW AN IMPORT ENTRY ONE TIME AND SUMMARIZE THE TOTAL CLAIMED AMOUNT FOR THAT ENTRY. ON THE LEGAL PAPER CLAIM, A SINGLE IMPORT ENTRY MAY BE SHOWN MANY TIMES (FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY BREAK A CLAIM DOWN BY PART NUMBER), BUT ON THE DISKETTE IT CAN ONLY APPEAR ONCE.
EI8: INVALID ID QUALIFIER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). ID QUALIFIERS IN THE C37 RECORD ARE THOSE USED TO FURTHER DESCRIBE ITEMS REPORTED IN THE C31 RECORD IN THE INVOICE. THE MOST COMMON USAGE OF THIS RECORD IS TO REPORT VEHICLE COMPONENTS SUCH AS VINS, ENGINE NUMBERS, ETC. THERE ARE FOUR ACCEPTABLE VALUES FOR THIS RECORD THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 4-6 AND 42-44. THESE ARE LISTED ON PAGE AII-34. ANY OTHER VALUE IN THIS RECORD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
ABX: BROKER NOT AUTHORIZED FOR REQUEST

A BROKER HAS REQUESTED INFORMATION THAT MAY BE ON FILE, BUT IS NOT ASSIGNED ITS FILER CODE. FOR RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FILER IS NOT A STATEMENT FILER IN THE PORT OF PROCESS. RECONCILIATION ENTRIES MUST BE PAID VIA STATEMENT PROCESSING, THUS THE FILER WILL GET THIS REJECT MESSAGE UNTIL HIS PROFILE RECORD REFLECTS OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR STATEMENT PROCESSING.
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.
B05: INVALID RECORD TYPE CODE

INPUT RECORD TYPE CODE FIELD CONTAINS A CHARACTER OTHER THAN '1', '2', '3', '4'. IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THE USE OF A CLAIM TYPE (OR AN ENTRY TYPE) OF OTHER THAN '41', '42', '43', '44', '45' OR '46'. 
EJX: UNITS MUST BE IN ORDER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). SHIPPING UNIT IDENTIFICATIONS CAN BE MADE AT TWO LEVELS, IN THE C06/C07 RECORD AND/OR THE C47/C49 RECORDS. IN EITHER CASE, THE OUTER SHIPPING UNIT (USUALLY A CONTAINER) IS IDENTIFIED IN THE C06 RECORD. IF INTERIOR PACKAGING ENTITIES ARE SEPARATELY IDENTIFIED WITHIN A CONTAINER, THOSE IDENTIFIERS ARE REPORTED IN THE C07/C49 REC. EACH OF THESE RECORDS PROVIDES SPACE TO REPORT ONE OR TWO INTERIOR PACKAGING UNIT IDENTIFIERS (OR A RANGE OF IDENTIFIERS). THE INTERIOR PACKAGING IDENTIFERS MUST BE UNIQUE AND MUST BE REPORTED IN ORDER. THAT IS, THE C07 REC, POS 4-20, IS USED TO REPORT THE FIRST PACKAGING IDENTIFIER. THE NUMBER IN THIS FIELD MUST BE DIFFERENT FROM THE UNIT IDENTIFIER IN POS 21-37. FURTHER, DATA CANNOT BE TRANSMITTED IN POS 21-37 UNLESS POS 4-20 IS USED FIRST. WHEN REPORTING RANGES, THE NUMBER OF DIGITS IN THE HIGHEST RANGE MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR ALL RANGES (USE 0001 TO 0800 IF THE HIGHEST NUMBER IN THE RANGE IS 4000, NOT 1 TO 800, 801 TO 1600, FOR EXAMPLE).
APU: SAMPLE INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A SAMPLE HAS BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT A SAMPLE DOES NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE SAMPLE INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE SAMPLE INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'.
VL5: DRAWBACK TEAM INVALID FOR DDPP

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DDPP/TEAM COMBINATION IS NOT CORRECT. THIS WILL MOST OFTEN APPEAR IN COMBINATION WITH ERROR MESSAGE VL4.THERE IS A DIRECT CODED  LINK BETWEEN THE VALID FILING DDPP CODES AND THE VALID TEAM CODES.
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).
VGC: FD 701: STORAGE STATUS INV

THERE ARE ONLY THREE ACCEPTABLE FDA STORAGE STATUSES (REC FD01, POS 15): "R" FOR REFRIGERATED, "F" FOR FROZEN AND "A" FOR AMBIENT. USE OF ANY OTHER LETTERS, NUMBERS OR CHARACTERS WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.

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