Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

662: IMPORTER NUMBER IS VOIDED

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
2BU: INVALID STATE CODE

ACS REQUIRES THE ABI FILER TO REPORT THE STATE OF ULTIMATE DESTINATION FOR THE IMPORTED CARGO. THIS CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 10 REC, POS 78-79. ONLY THE TWO CHARACTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION FOR ONE OF THE 50 STATES WILL BE ACCEPTED IN THIS ELEMENT. IF ANY OTHER CODE IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IF THE ADD 5106 APPLICATION (CODE TI) IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE STATE CODE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. NOTE THAT ERROR MESSAGE 2B8 IS IDENTICAL TO THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND MAY BE THE ONE BEING CALLED FOR 5106 INPUT ERRORS. THAT APPLICATIION IS NOT RETURNING ERROR CODES AS OF MAY 1998.
ASO: ENTRY LIST INCOMPLETE

ENTRY LIST INCOMPLETE. 
8VO: INVALID QUANTITY

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE L3 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED, AT A MINIMUM, THE BILL OF LADING (OR AIR WAYBILL) NUMBER IS REQUIRED, ALONG WITH THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY AND UNIT OF MEASURE. THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. IF EITHER THE MANIFEST QUANTITY OR UNIT OF MEASURE FIELDS ARE LEFT BLANK, ERROR MESSAGE 8VH WILL RESULT. NOTE: THE QUANTITY FIELD IN THE LN APPLICATION IS A NUMERIC FIELD AND MUST CONTAIN LEADING ZEROS. IF THE FIELD IS SPACE FILLED EXCEPT FOR THE ACTUAL QUANTITY, THIS REJECT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED.
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".
DK0: SCHED B NUMBER NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE. THE MESSAGE SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE SCHEDULE B NUMBER, AT THE 6, 8, OR 10 DIGIT LEVEL DOES NOT EXIST IN THE FILE. NORMALLY, THIS OCCURS WHEN THE FILER HAS GIVEN 10 DIGIT ON OLDER RECORDS. FOR OLDER RECORDS, IF THE FILER USES 6 DIGITS (OR 8 IF PETROLEUM) THE PROBLEM IS MINIMIZED. 
4FO: VISA NUMBER NOT REQUIRED

A VISA NUMBER WAS ENTERED ON A LINE BUT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS TARIFF FROM THIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN -- OR AN ABI LINE WAS TRANSMITTED WITH A RECORD 51 INCLUDING A VISA NUMBER BUT A VISA NUMBER IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE LINE'S TARIFF FROM THE LINE'S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
DKI: NOT NAFTA CLAIM - D50 NOT ALLOWED

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE FOR THE DISKETTE, THE NAFTA INDICATOR WAS SET TO 'N' IN THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD, OR FOR ABI IT WAS SET TO SPACE FILL IN THE 'D50' RECORD. EITHER WOULD INDICATE THAT THIS CLAIM IS NOT A NAFTA CLAIM SUBJECT TO THE "LESSER OF" RULE. ACCORDINGLY, WE DO NOT WANT THE CANADIAN IMPORT ENTRY DATA. 
AQ5: INTERVENTION ALREADY FILED

AN INTERVENTION HAS ALREADY BEEN FILED AGAINST THE PROTEST. ONLY ONE INTERVENTION MAY BE FILED AGAINST ANY GIVEN 514 NAFTA PROTEST. 
VBA: BRANCH CODE INVALID W/O STMT IND

REMOVE BRANCH CODE FOR 20REC WHEN PAYMENT INDICATOR IS NOT EQUAL TO 2, 3 OR 5 IN ADDITION, A VALID PAY DATE MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 54-59, WHENEVER A PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 53. IF THE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS PRESENT, BUT THE PAYMENT DUE DATE IS BLANK OR ZEROES, AND A BRANCH CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
LU2: INVALID LUMBER PERMIT TYPE

THE SOFTWOOD LUMBER PERMIT TYPE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 40 REC, POS 70-72. IT IS MANDATORY FOR MERCHANDISE ENTERED UNDER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TARIFF NUMBER SUBHEADINGS OF 44071000, 44091020, OR 44091090 WITH PROVINCE OF ORIGIN CODES: XA, XC, XO, OR XQ. POS 70 OF THE 40 REC MUST CONTAIN EITHER "A", "B", "C", OR "D." IF POS 70 CONTAINS "A", "B", OR "C", THEN POS 71-72 MUST CONTAIN ZEROES OR SPACES. IF POS 70 CONTAINS "D", THEN POS 71-72 MUST CONTAIN A TWO-CHARACTER NUMERIC CODE THAT FALLS WITHIN THE RANGE OF 01 THROUGH 20, DEPENDING ON THE CALENDAR QUARTER DURING WHICH THE PERMIT IS ISSUED. SEE ADMIN MESSAGE 97-0579 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON LUMBER PERMITS.
VNJ: DCMCI IMPORTER/FILER INVALID

DCMCI ENTRIES FOR EMERGENCY WAR MATERIAL MAY BE ENTERED BY ANY FILER WHO USES ENTRY TYPE 01. IF ENTRY TYPE 51 IS USED, HOWEVER, THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE FILER CODE AND IMPORTER NUMBER MUST BELONG TO DCMCI. THE CURRENT VALID FILER CODE IS P99. IF A DIFFERENT FILER CODE IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
186: MANUFACTURER NAME REQUIRED

THE MANUFACTURER NAME MAY BE LEFT BLANK BY SUMMARY LINE ENTRY PROCESSING. UPDATED MANUALLY, HOWEVER, THE FIELD IS REQUIRED. 
8WT: INVALID CHG: AMS TO NON AMS FIRMS

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERALLY USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). IF THE ENTRY IN QUESTION REFLECTS A FIRMS CODE FOR A LOCATION THAT IS AN AIR AMS PARTICIPANT, THE FILER OF THE ENTRY MAY NOT USE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION TO REQUEST A NEW FIRMS CODE, IF THAT INTENDED FIRMS CODE IS NOT ALSO AN AIR AMS FACILITY. IN SUCH A CASE, CHANGES OF THIS TYPE MUST BE MADE BY AN INSPECTOR A A SELECTIVITY SITE.
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.
EIQ: INVALID LOCATION CODE INDICATOR

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 9-10, IS USED TO REPORT ONE OF THREE LOCATION CODE INDICATORS. THE VALID INDICATORS ARE "25" (WHICH INDICATES THE LOCATION CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL BE A CENSUS SCHEDULE K FIVE-NUMERIC FOREIGN PORT OF LADING CODE), "26" (WHICH INDICATES THAT THE CODE IN POS 11-15 WILL A U.S. PORT OF ENTRY FROM CENSUS SCHEDULE D), OR "66" (WHICH INDICATES THAT T LOCATION IN POS 11-15 WILL BE AN ISO COUNTRY CODE). IF ANY OTHER CODE IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
VNT: DBK IMPORT ENTRY NOT ON FILE

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE DESIGNATED IMPORT ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AS GIVEN. ACS DOES A MATCH ON THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER AND THE PORT OF ENTRY GIVEN ON THE DISKETTE BY THE FILER. IF THE FILER USES AN IMPORT ENTRY/PORT COMBINATION THAT IS NOT VALID IN ACS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THEREFORE, EITHER THE ENTRY DOES NOT EXIST AT ALL, OR IT DOES NOT EXIST FOR THE PORT INDICATED. NOTE: THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE VALID ENTRIES ARE NOT IN ACS (E.G. INFORMALS THAT WERE JUST DONE ON CASH RECEIPTS). FOR THESE, A SPECIAL CM NUMBER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ACS. IF THE FILER INDICATES THAT THIS IS THE CASE, THE FILER MAY DESIGNATE THE MONIES FROM CM888888/9900. THIS CM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED JUST FOR THIS CASE WHERE EITHER AN INFORMAL OR MAIL ENTRY WAS DONE ON A CASH RECEIPT WITH NO ACS ENTRY RECORD CREATED.
VQA: TOT D20 PAID NOT = TOT CAN PAID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR EQUALS 2, 3, OR 5 IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITION59, THEN AT LEAST ONE VALID D20 RECORD MUST BE PRESENT. THE TOTAL NAFTA CTRY PAID DUTY IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 58-69 MUST EQUAL THE TOTAL NAFTA CTRY PAID DUTY IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 26-36 (AND VICE-VERSA) OR THIS REJECT WILL RESULT.
VBH: FW 3-177: INVLD US IMPORT PERMIT#

IF THE PERMIT # IS TRANSMITTED IN REC FW02, POS 53-60, IT MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF SIX CHARACTERS AND NO MORE THAN 8 CHARACTERS. (NOTE: THIS PERMIT IS ISSUED BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE HEADQUARTERS OFFICE FOR THE IMPORTATION OF THREATENED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES FOR WHICH COMMERCIAL TRADE IS PROHIBITED.)
VLS: DRAWBACK INSPECTION IND INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' ("YES") OR 'N' ("NO") FOR WHETHER THIS IS AN INSPECTION CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR SPACE ("NO") OR '1' ("YES") FOR ABI.
12Q: FIRMS LOC. IS A DEACTIVATED FCLTY

THE RECORD STATUS OF THE FIRMS CODE TRANSACTION FOR THAT ENTRY WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN 'D' - WHICH MEANS FACILITY IS DEACTIVATED. 
BRY: POSSIBLE DUTY MISMATCH

R20 ORIGINAL DUTY DOES NOT MATCH PAID / LIQ DUTY THIS MESSAGE IS RETURNED IF THE R20 REC, POS 23-33, AMOUNT DOES NOT EXACTLY AGREE WITH THE PAID DUTY ON THE ENAI RECORD FOR THE IMPORT ENTRY LISTED IN THE R20 RECORD, POS 8-18.THERE CAN BE SEVERAL CAUSES FOR THIS ERROR, BUT THE MOST COMMON ONE IS THAT THE FILER WILL SEND ALL ZEROS IN THE R20 FOR AN IMPORT ENTRY THAT HAD DUTY PAID. ANOTHER POSSIBLE REASON IS WHEN TWO OR MORE COLLECTIONS WERE DEPOSITED ON THE SAME IMPORT ENTRY AND THE FILER HAS NOT KEPT ACCURATE RECORDS REFLECTING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF DUTY PAID. 
Q16: QT UNIT # NOT FOR 'QT' FILER

IF THE STATEMENT IS A BROKER STATEMENT, THE PAYOR'S UNIT NUMBER (REC QT, PO3-8) IS NOT IDENTIFIED ON THE DATA FILE AS BEING ASSIGNED TO THE FILER CITED THE QT REC, POS 11-13. 
ADH: ISSUER CODE/MOT CONFLICT

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE MOT IS 40 OR 41 AND THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73, IS NOT BLANK, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR. ISSUER CODES ARE RESERVED FOR OCEAN-BORNE CARGO. IF THE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK FOR MOT 10 OR 11, ERROR MSG ADJ WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURS IN A MAIL MOT (MOT = 50) WHEN AN ISSUER CODE WAS SENT.
AQ6: HARDCOPY INDICATOR REQUIRED

THIS DATA FIELD IS MANDATORY FOR THE INITIAL FILING TRANSACTION. THE ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS ARE 'N' (NO HARDCOPY) AND 'S' (HARDCOPY SENT). THIS DATA FIELD IS CONDITIONAL FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT QJ AMENDMENT OR RJ ADDENDA TRANSACTION. IN A QJ OR RJ THE PROTEST RECORD CAN BE UPDATED TO CHANGE NO HARDCOPY TO HARDCOPY SENT BY TRANSMITTING 'S'. IF THE PJ OR PREVIOUS QJ OR RJ WAS TRANSMITTED TO UPDATE TO HARDCOPY SENT, A SUBSEQUENT QJ OR RJ CANNOT BE USED TO CHANGE THE HARDCOPY SENT BACK TO NO HARDCOPY. INSTEAD THE FILER MUST CONTACT THE PROTEST PROCESSING TEAM AT THE PORT WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AND REQUEST CUSTOMS MANUALLY UPDATE THE RECORD.

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