Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

EJ7: CNTRY INCONSISTENT W MANUF/SUB CD

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE ISO COUNTRY CODE FOR THE PARTY IDENTIFIED IN THE C08 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C11 REC, POS 57-58. IF THE ISO CODE IS "CA", AND THE PARTY TYPE CODE TRANSMITTED IN THE C08 RECORD IS EITHER "SU", "II", OR "MF", A VALID MID MUST BE TRANSMITTED (STARTING WITH ONE OF THE 10 VALID PROVINCE CODES FOR CANADIAN ORIGIN CARGO). CONVERSELY, IF THE PARTY CODE IS "SU", "II", OR "MF", AND THE MID STARTS WITH "XN" (WHERE "N" EQUALS ONE OF THE TEN PROVINCE CODE IDENTIFIERS), THE ISO COUNTRY CODE TRANSMITTED IN THE C11 RECORD MUST BE "CA".
4NF: NAME/ADDRESS RECORD NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'KN' IMPORTER ADDRESS QUERY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NAME AND ADDRESS THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE. A COMMON MISTAKE IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CITY NAME (E.G. LAS VEGASAS).
"4FR: HTS REQUIRES FORMAL ENTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI QUOTA QUERY INPUT. IF THE CATEGORY AND COUNTRY IDENTIFIED BY THE TRANSMITTING FILER DO NOT RESULT IN A MATCH OF VISA FILES IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE SENT TO THE FILER AS A RESPONSE
VAS: TEAM NOT EQUAL TO ACS TEAM

THIS MESSAGE IS NOT A REJECTION, BUT MERELY A WARNING. THE IMPORT SPECIALIST TEAM IS AN OPTIONAL RECORD IN THE SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (EI). IT IS SENT IN THE 30 REC, POS 77-79. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS THIS ELEMENT AND IT DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE IMPORT SPECIALIST TEAM ASSIGNMENT DESIGNATED BY ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. IN SOME CASES, THE FILER MAY NOT KNOW WHICH TEAM WILL BE ASSIGNED BY ACS, ESPECIALLY IF THE ENTRY CONTAINS SEVERAL LINES. ACS WILL RESPOND TO THE INPUT WITH THIS WARNING MESSAGE AND WITH THE ACTUAL ASSIGNED TEAM NUMBER IN THE E0 OR E90 RECORD OUTPUT. THE FILER HAS THE OPTION OF RETRANSMITTING THE SUMMARY WITH THE CORRECT TEAM NUMBER (RARELY DONE) OR OF PRINTING THE SUMMARY DOCUMENTS WITH THE CORRECT TEAM NUMBER SHOWN.
4D6: CALL HQ QUOTA BR- CHAIN BROKEN

A PROBLEM EXISTS IN THE QUOTA MASTER FILE. HEADQUARTERS QUOTA NEEDS TO BE INFORMED OF THE DATA INPUT IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.  CALL YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.
0LL: VISA NUMBER INVALID

MANY COUNTRIES ADHERE TO A STANDARD CONVENTION IN CREATING VISA NUMBERS. THE CURRENT CONVENTION IS: 9 CHARACTERS, WITH THE FIRST CHARACTER A NUMERIC TO REPRESENT THE LAST DIGIT OF THE CALENDAR YEAR; THE SECOND AND THIRD CHARACTERS ARE ALPHA AND REPRESENT THE ISO CODE OF THE COUNTRY WHERE THE VISA WAS ISSUED. THE LAST SIX CHARACTERS ARE NUMERIC AND REPRESENT THE ACTUAL VISA NUMBER. FOR COUNTRIES WHICH USE THE STANDARD VISA NUMBERING SYSTEM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY TO THE TRANSMITTED VISA NUMBER: - THE FIRST DIGIT IS BLANK OR DOES NOT EQUAL THE YEAR OF EXPORT. - THE ISO CODE IS INVALID (NOT LISTED ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE), IS MISSING OR DOES NOT EQUAL THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS FOR HK) - THE NUMERIC PART (LAST SIX CHARACTERS) IS NOT EXACTLY SIX CHARACTERS. - THE LAST SIX CHARACTERS DO NOT REPRESENT THE ACTUAL VISA NUMBER THAT WAS TRANSMITTED BY THE ISSUING COUNTRY. THESE ARE ELECTRONICALLY REPORTED (ELVIS) TO U.S. CUSTOMS AND, IF NOT ON FILE WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS HIS DATA, WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE TO BE INVOKED.
AD7: SUPPLIER/MFG INVALID

PLEASE REFER TO CUSTOMS DIRECTIVE 3500-13, DATED NOVEMBER 24, 1987 FOR COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON DETERMINING A VALID MANUFACTURER OR SUPPLIER CODE. 
VMO: WHSE FINALLED; WITHDRAWAL INVALID

THE WAREHOUSE SUMMARY CITED ON AN EI'S 30 REC INDICATES THE FINAL WITHDRAWAL HAS ALREADY BEEN PROCESSED AGAINST IT.
293: INVALID TARIFF FORMAT

TARIFF IN REFERENCE BOUND IS IN INVALID FORMAT .  
VNA: FD 701:FORM MAY BE REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE FILER SENDS A TARIFF LINE WHERE THE HARMONIZED NUMBER IS CODED FD1(FDA MAY BE REQUIRED) IN THE TARIFF FILE BUT NEITHER FDA INFORMATION (RECS FD01-FD05) NOR A DISCLAIM (FD0 IN REC OA, POS 5-7) WAS SENT.
RB0: ENTRY FEE TRAILER # OUT OF SEQ

FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MEANS THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THE 'R21' FEE TRAILER RECORDS FOR THE IMPORT ENTRIES IS OUT OF ORDER. 
10Y: V/F/T REQUIRED FOR AIR CARRIER

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS FROM AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (EI) WHEN THE FILER HAS REQUESTED CARGO CERTIFICATION AND THE MOT IS 40 (AIR). IF THE 20 RECORD, POS 61-66 DOES NOT CONTAIN A FLIGHT NUMBER, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED AND WILL PREVENT PROVISIONAL CARGO SELECTIVITY RESULTS FROM BEING ISSUED. THIS MESSAGE WILL NOT REJECT THE SUMMARY; IT WILL ONLY PREVENT CARGO CERTIFICATION FROM OCCURRING.
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.
BRQ: EARLIEST IMPORT DATE MISMATCH

WHEN THE RECONCILIATION SUMMARY ISSUE CODE ON THE 'RA' TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD = 'NF', THE EARLIEST IMPORT DATE MUST BE GIVEN AND MUST MATCH THE EARLIEST IMPORT DATE IN ACS OF ANY OF THE ASSOCIATED IMPORTS GIVEN IN THE 'R20' RECORDS.
AGB: SUMMARY NOT CERTIFIED

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER, WHO IS SET TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR AII, SENDS AN 'E' IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD BUT DOES NOT SEND A 1' IN POSITION 37 OF THE 30 RECORD, WHICH IS A CERTIFICATION OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY (ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE). THIS MESSAGE WAS CORRECT WHEN WRITTEN, BUT IT NOW (APR 2000) MEANS THAT THE CARGO CERTIFICATION (30 REC, POS 38) WAS OMITTED.
J02: AWB PREFIX NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). THE AIR CARRIER PREFIX IS FOUND ON THE CARL 3/ FILE. IF THE THREE POSITION NUMERIC CODE, TRANSMITTED IN THE HA RECORD IN POS 15-17 (FIRST THREE CHARACTERS OF THE MASTER AIR WAYBILL) IS NOT ON THE CARRIER FILE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.  
VN3: CERT MFGR UOM INVALID

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE IF A UNIT OF MEASURE IS GIVEN ON THE CM (CERT MFGR), MUST BE A VALID 3 ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTER CODE (E.G. BBL, CWT, PCS). ALSO, IT MEANS THAT IF A QUANTITY IS GIVEN, A UNIT OF MEASURE MUST BE REPORTED.
AFV: PIRP NUMBER CANNOT FOLLOW DESC

IF FILERS USE THE 43 RECORD TO TRANSMIT "INVREQ", NO COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION DATA IS PERMITTED IN POS 11-80 OF THE 43 REC. ANY DATA IN THIS FIELD WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
VQQ: MISSING PRIV DATE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE INDICATOR IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITION 4 IS A '2' (FTZ) AND THE ZONE STATUS IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITION 39 IS 'P' (PRIVILEGED), THEN THE PRIVILEGED STATUS FILING DATE IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 4-45 CANNOT BE SPACES.
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.
VHP: DT HS7: INVAL CONTRACT/STMNT CERT

ONLY A "Y" IS PERMITTED IN REC DT01, POS 36 TO INDICATE THE PRESENCE OF THE IMPORTERS SUBSTANTIATING STATEMENT/CONTRACT/OR MANUFACTURER'S CONFIRMATION LETTER. ANY OTHER CHARACTER WILL RESULT IN THIS ERROR MESSAGE.  
8WS: INVALID CHG: AMS TO NON AMS CAR

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION REFLECTS AN AMS CARRIER CODE, A CHANGE TO A NON-AMS CARRIER IS NOT PERMITTED. THE CARRIER CODE (SCAC) IN THE L1 RECORD MUST BE FOUND ON THE DATABASE FOR THE PORT OF ARRIVAL ON THE ENTRY RECORD. IF THE DATABASE FILE DOES NOT SHOW THE SCAC FOR THE ARRIVAL PORT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED, EVEN IF THE INTENDED NEW CARRIER CODE IS AN AMS CODE IN OTHER PORTS.
VMA: HLO: SORT PARAMETER MUST BE A/U

THE SORT PARAMETER IS REQUIRED AND MUST BE A=ALL OR U=UNIQUE VALUES ONLY. 
VHU: DT HS7: INVALID YEAR

THE DT02 REC, POS 35-38 MUST REFLECT THE FOUR-DIGIT YEAR. ANY YEAR NOT IN THE RANGE FROM 1901 THROUGH 2099, INCLUSIVE, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.
RB5: R89, R21 FEE CLASSES INCONSISTENT

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THE FEE CLASS CODES GIVEN IN THE 'R89' RECORD(S) OF THE 'RA' RECON TRANSACTION DOES NOT EXIST ON ANY OF THE GIVEN 'R21' RECORDS VIA ABI.

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