Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

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.
VF3: OGA DISCLAIMER NOT ALLOWED

OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY REQUIREMENTS ARE STIPULATED IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF FILE. A DISCLAIMER IS ALLOWED ONLY ON THOSE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT ARE CODED WITH AN INDICATOR "MAY BE REQUIRED". AN EXAMPLE IS A TARIFF NUMBER CODED "FD1" OR "FW1". TARIFF NUMBERS CODED WITH AN INDICATOR "IS REQUIRED" (E.G. FD2, FW2) CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED. FILER SHOULD QUERY THE HARMONIZED NUMBER AND UPDATE THEIR DATABASE IF NECESSARY.
AQQ: BASE DATE QUALIFIER INVALID

WHEN A FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD BASE DATE IS SUBMITTED, FILER MUST DECLARE THE LIFECYCLE EVENT ASSOCIATED TO THE DATE. VALID VALUES ARE: 1 - DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF CUSTOMS DECISION ADVERSE TO PROTESTANT 2 - DATE OF NOTIFICAITON OF ADVERSE COUNTRY MARKING DECISION UNDER NAFTA 3 - DATE OF EXACTION 4 - DATE OF NOTIFICATION OF DEMAND FOR PAYMENT AGAINST A BOND IN THE CASE OF A SURETY
VPH: CANADIAN ENTRY NBR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE NAFTA CTRY ENTRY NUMBER SENT IN POSITIONS 4-17 OF THE D20 RECORD MUST BE A VALID ENTRY NUMBER.
27Q: *CENSUS* MAXIMUM CHARGES EXCEEDED

THE AGGREGATE CHARGES FOR THE LINE EXCEEDS 5,000,000 FOR VESSEL OR 1,000,000 FOR AIR. THIS MAY BE NECESSARY WHEN THE CRITERIA MUST BE DIFFERENT FOR ACS/ABI THAN THE STATISTICAL EDITS AT CENSUS.
ADI: INVALID ISSUER CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73 IS NOT A VALID STANDARD CARRIER ALPHA CODE (SCAC), AND THE MOT IS 10,20 OR 30, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THIS FIELD IS MANDATORY WHEN THE MOT IS 10 OR 11 IF THE SCAC IS OMITTED ENTIRELY WITH MOT 10 OR 11, ERROR CODE ADJ WILL BE GENERATED. HOWEVER, IF THE FIELD IS SPACES AND THE MOT IS 20 OR 30, NO ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.  NOTE: IF AN ENTRY SUMMARY HAS MOT 40 (AIR) AND THE ISSUER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 22 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL ALSO RESULT, AS ISSUER CODES DO NOT PERTAIN TO AIR SHIPMENTS.
EIV: UNIT, PERCENT, OR QUANTITY REQ

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF AN ALLOWANCE OR CHARGE (DUTIABLE OR NONDUTIABLE) IS INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF ONE OF THE SIX VALID INDICATORS IN THE C17 REC, POS 4, THE FILER MUST SPECIFY THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE ALLOWANCE OR CHARGE IS MADE. THE C17 RECORD MUST, THEREFORE, HAVE ONE, AND ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COMBINATION OF FIELDS PRESENT: 1) RATE/UNIT + UNIT PRICE BASIS + UNIT OF MEASURE OR 2) ALLOWANCE/CHARGE PERCENT OR 3) UNIT OF MEASURE + ALLOWANCE/CHARGE QUANTITY. IF ONE OF THE ABOVE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS IS NOT TRANSMITTED IN THE C17 RECORD, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO THE C51 RECORD.
Q20: 'QT' REC PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED

IF A PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN SENDING AN ACH AUTHORIZATION FOR THE STATEMENT NUMBER IN THE INSTANT TRANSACTION, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE PREVIOUS TRANSMISSION DID NOT HAVE TO OCCUR ON THE SAME DAY AS THE TRANSMISSION BEING REJECTED. 
BRB: INTERES AMOUNT MISMATCH (R17:R91)

THE PAYABLE INTEREST AMOUNT IN THE R17 RECORD MUST = THE INTEREST AMOUNT IN THE R91 RECORD. IF NO INTEREST IS PAYABLE, BOTH THE R17 AND R91 RECORDS MUST INDICATE ZEROES FOR THE INTEREST AMOUNT. 
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.
AR5: REFUND PARTY DATA REJECTED

IF A REFUND C/O PARTY WAS NOT NAMED AT THE TIME OF INITIAL FILING, AN AMEND- MENT QJ OR ADDENDA RJ TRANSACTION CAN BE SUBMITTED TO ADD THE REFUND C/O PARTY TO THE PROTEST RECORD. WHEN A REFUND C/O PARTY IS ALREADY LISTED ON THE PROTEST RECORD, THE FILER CAN CHANGE IT USING THE AMEND OR ADDENDA TRANSACTION. IT IS MANDATORY THAT THE FILER INDICATE THE TYPE OF ACTION HE INTENDS TO PERFORM, 'A' = ADD REFUND C/O WHEREAS 'R' = REPLACE. THIS IS A 'HIGH LEVEL' ERROR MESSAGE RELATING TO SPECIFIC ERRORS IN THE P40 RECORD WHICH SHOULD ALSO BE INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF ONE OR MORE ERROR MESSAGES. A COMMON EXAMPLE WOULD BE "ARW: REFUND PARTY NBR NOT ON FILE," WHICH COULD RESULT FROM THE USE OF IMPROPER FORMAT OF THE IRS, SOC, OR USCS NUMBER.
VNZ: CLAIM TAX CANNOT EXCEED PAID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE AMOUNT OF TAX CLAIMED AGAINST THE IMPORT FOR THIS DRAWBACK CLAIM EXCEEDS THE TOTAL TAX ORIGINALLY AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTRY. THESE ERRORS WILL OCCUR IF THE IMPORT ENTRY IS BEING DESIGNATED FOR DRAWBACK FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THE CLAIMED TAX AMOUNT EXCEEDS THE ORIGINAL AVAILABLE AMOUNT, OR IF THE CLAIM IS A TYPE '46' AND THE CLAIMED DRAWBACK EXCEEDS THE CURRENT AVAILABLE TAX. NOTE: THERE ARE OTHER ODD CONDITIONS WHERE THE MESSAGE WILL OCCUR DUE TO NO FAULT OF THE FILER. IF THE FILER INDICATES THAT MORE MONIES WERE PAID THAN ARE REFLECTED IN ACS (E.G. SUPPLEMENTAL DUTIES ON A VOULUNTARY TENDER FOR ASSISTS WAS TENDERED, BUT THE COLLECTION WAS NOT POSTED TO THE ENTRY),THE FILER SHOULD BE INSTRUCTED TO DESIGNATE THE ADDITIONAL MONIES ON CM 999999/9900. THIS CM WAS CREATED JUST FOR THIS TYPE OF CONDITION
VKG: HLT:TABLE NOT IN DATA DICT (IDH)

THE TABLE-NAME/DBID/DBMS-FILE-TYPE/ENVIRONMENT/PLATFORM COMBINATION DOES NOT EXIST ON THE USCS CORPORATE DATA DICTIONARY IDH DB.
J11: I.T. AWB PREFIX NOT ON FILE

THE FIRST THREE DIGITS OF THE IT NUMBER SENT IN AN AIR ENVIRONMENT (MOT = 40) ENTRY, EI RECORD, POSITIONS 3-5; HI RECORD HA, POSITIONS 3-5 MUST BE A VALID AWB PREFIX IN THE CARRIER FILE. ALSO: IF A FILER SENDS AN IN-BOND NUMBER WITH 10 DIGITS (EVEN THOUGH ALL OTHER INDICATORS REFLECT THAT THE MOT IS NOT AN AIR SHIPMENT) ABI INTERPRET THE I.T. AS AN INCOMPLETE AIR WAYBILL AND GENERATES THIS MESSAGE. 
AAZ: ADD/CVD DUTY COMP MISMATCH

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 3-12) OR ANTIDUMPING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 33-42) DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THE ABI SYSTEM HAS DETERMINED THE DUTY IS. CHECK TO SEE IF A SPECIFIC DEPOSIT VALUE HAS BEEN SENT IN ABI REC 40 POS 28-37 (ANTIDUMPING DUTY) OR POS 38-47(COUNTERVAILING DUTY) THEN CHECK THE CVD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 69-73 OR THE ADD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 74-78. 
VP8: TOT OWED U.S. MUST = ZERO

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF A "SPACE" IS SENT IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITION 68, IT INDICATES THAT THE ASSOCIATED CANADIAN ENTRY DATA WILL BE PROVIDED. THE SYSTEM THEN LOOKS AT THE TOTAL ESTIMATED DUTY (US) IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 15-25, AND THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE DUTY IS NOT EQUAL TO ZERO.
AS5: WRN: ENTRY PORT NOT IN DISTRICT

THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE DISTRICT PORT CODE OF THE ENTRY MUST MATCH THE FIRST TWO DIGITS OF THE DISTRICT PORT CODE OF THE PROTEST FILING LOCATION. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, THE PROTEST OR PETITION MUST BE FILED WITHIN THE BOUNDOF THE OLD DISTRICTS. ENTRIES FOR CHICAGO (3901) CANNOT BE PROTESTED IN LOS ANGELES (2704), BUT DENVER ENTRIES CAN BE PROTESTED IN SAN FRANCISCO. THE OPERATIONAL RULES FOR ENTRIES PROCESSED UNDER TARIFF SHARING DO NOT ABIDE BY THIS AND THIS WARNING CONDITION SHOULD BE IGNORED.
EII: PARTY NUMBER REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C08 RECORD IDENTIFIES THE PARTY TYPE BEING REPORTED IF THE PARTY TYPE IS "IM" OR "UC", A VALID PARTY NUMBER IS REQUIRED IN ONE OF THE THREE ACCEPTABLE FORMATS (IRS NUMBER, SSN, OR USCS ASSIGNED NUMBER). IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
2C1: BOND EXPIRED

A VALID BOND WAS ON FILE FOR IMPORTER, BUT IT HAS EXPIRED. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO OCCUR IF THE FILER USES A VALID BOND THAT IS NOT A TYPE 1 OR 1A1 (THE ONLY VALID BOND TYPES FOR IMPORTATIONS BY IMPORTERS). CLIENT REPS CAN CHECK THE BOND FILE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE BOND IS ON FILE FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD NUMBER. NOTE: IF THE PORT PROCESSING THE BOND DOES NOT COMPLETE THE UPDATE ACTION, AN ABI FILER TRANSMITTING AN ENTRY SUMMARY THAT REFERENCES AN 'INCOMPLETE' BOND WILL RECEIVE THIS ERROR MESSAGE AS WELL.
VBF: FW 3-177: INVLD COMN NAME SPECIFC

IF XXXX IS USED FOR THE SPECIES CODE (FW01 REC POS 5-8), THE COMMON NAME SPECIFIC (REC FW02, POS 5-22) IS MANDATORY. NOTE: WHEN XXXX IS USED AS THE SPECIES CODE, THE SCIENTIFIC NAME GENUS (REC FW01, POS 9-26) AND THE COMMON NAME GENERAL (REC FW02, POS 23-40) ARE ALSO MANDATORY.
070: INVALID OBJECT CLASS

1 TO 3 DIGIT CODE IS NOT FOUND WHEN VALIDATED AGAINST THE CAMIS OBJECT CLASS CODE FILE. OBJECT CLASS CODE IS NOT NUMERIC. EXCEPTION: MAY BE NON-NUMERIC FOR CLASS CODES 060,061,062,063,069 OR 071. LEFT-JUSTIFIED ZEROS ARE NOT REQUIRED INPUT.
DKL: INVALID CANADIAN ENTRY NBR FORMAT

CANADIAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST CONSIST OF 14 NUMERIC CHARACTERS, WITH NO ALPHA OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS. MEXICAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST BE 14 CHARACTERS, BUT MAY BE ALPHA-NUMERIC.
DKF: CLAIM TOTAL MUST EXCEED $0.00

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE MESSAGE MEANS THAT, ALTHOUGH A CLAIM FOR $0.00 MAY BE AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL IMPORT ENTRY OR CM (TO COVER THOSE CASES WHERE THE DRAWBACK AMOUNT DUE IS LESS THAN $0.01) THE TOTAL DRAWBACK CLAIM MUST BE > $0.00 IN THE 'CT' CLAIM TRAILER RECORDS OR ABI 'D90' RECORD. 
95B: BOND AMOUNT MISSING/INVALID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). IF A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND IS OBLIGATED (A "9" IN POS 49 OF THE 10 REC), A 21 RECORD IS REQUIRED WITH A DOLLAR AMOUNT TRANSMITTED IN POS 3-12 OF THE 21 RECORD. IF THIS FIELD IS LEFT BLANK OR CONTAINS ANY CHARACTERS OTHER THAN NUMERIC ONES, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. [NOTE - AS OF NOV 18, 1998, AN AMOUNT OF ZERO DOLLARS WAS ACCEPTED BY ABI IN THIS FIELD]
RB7: R89 AND R21 ORIG AMTS DIFFER

TTHIS MEANS THAT THE ORIGINAL FEE AMOUNTS GIVEN FOR AN ENTRY-BY-ENTRY RECON IN THE 'R21' RECORDS FOR A GIVEN CLASS CODE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE 'R89' TOTAL ORIGINAL FEE AMOUNT FOR THAT CLASS CODE GIVEN IN THE 'R89' RECORD(S).

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