Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

962: TAX MAY NOT BE DEFERRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE HAS BEEN FOUND TO OCCUR WHEN A TAX DEFERRED INDICATOR IS SENT FOR AN INFORMAL ENTRY (ENTRY TYPE 11). WHEN THE ENTRY TYPE IS CHANGED TO A FORMAL ENTRY TYPE THE ENTRY PROCESSES ERROR FREE.
ADV: RELSE DATE EXCEEDS 7-DAY PERIOD

IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY TRANSACTION, THE NUMBER OF DAYS BETWEEN THE EARLIEST ENTRY AND THE LATEST ENTRY CANNOT EXCEED SEVEN DAYS. 
VLH: CERT MFR TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENC

THIS MESAGE MEANS THAT THE CERT MFR (CM) TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE. NOTE THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. IF ONLY 1 CONTRACT IS USED ON A CLAIM, THAT CONTRACT NUMBER SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CLAIM HEADER RECORD. THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS ON A CLAIM. THE CONTRACT TRAILER COUNTER IS NOT A COUNT OF CONTRACTS, BUT IS A COUNT OF THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORDS. IF ONLY ONE CONTRACT IS USED,THE COUNTER SHOULD BE 00,SINCE THERE WILL BE NO TRAILER RECORDS.IF 2 CONTRACTS THEN THERE WILL BE ONE CONTRACT TRAILER AND THE COUNT WILL BE 01. THREE CONTRACTS WOULD MEAN TWO TRAILERS AND THE COUNT WOULD BE 02, ETC.
BRN: RECON PORT/FILER NOT PERMITTED

FOR RECONCILIATION, THE FILER IA A LICENSED BROKER AND IS NOT PERMITTED IN LOCATION WHERE THE RECON IS BEING FILED. 
485: REFERENCE # CF4811 NOT ON FILE

THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE AND WILL NOT CAUSE, BY ITSELF, A REJECTION OF THE SUMMARY INPUT. THE CF4811 IS A SPECIAL ADDRESS NOTIFICATION FORM THAT IS SUBMITTED IN HARDCOPY TO LOCAL CUSTOMS. (IT IS NOT AN AUTOMATED PROCESS FOR ABI AT THIS TIME). THE CF4811 AUTHORIZES REFUNDS, DRAWBACK PAYMENTS AND LIQUIDATION NOTIFICATIONS TO BE SENT TO AN AGENT OF THE IMPORTER OF RECORD. THE 4811 DATABASE SHOWS THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IMPORTERS AND THEIR AGENTS CREATED BY CF4811 PROCESSING. IF AN ABI FILER TRANSMITS HIS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43, (IN ONE OF THE THREE ACCEPTABLE FORMATS - SEE ERROR MESSAGE 486) AND THERE IS NO PRE-EXISTING CF4811 ON FILE IN THE DATABASE, THIS WARNING MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - FOR RECONCILIATION ENTRIES, THE ABSENCE OF A CF4811 IS A REJECT CONDITION.
8WX: INVALID MASTER BL/AWB NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THE MASTER BILL IS REPORTED IN THE L3 REC, POS 20-31. THIS NUMBER MUST BE LEFT JUSTIFIED IF FEWER THAN 12 CHARACTERS LONG. IF ANY LEADING SPACES ARE INCLUDED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BILL NUMBER, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
8WO: ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE FUNCTION (LN). THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO SEND A NEW ESTIMATED ARRIVAL DATE IN POSITIONS 41-46 OF THE L1 RECORD WHEN THERE IS AN ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL POSTED TO THE ENTRY FIL . PAGE BOL-3 OF THE CATAIR STATES "THE ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL CANNOT BE UPDATED IF THE AMS MODULE HAS ALREADY POSTED AN ACTUAL DATE OF ARRIVAL TO THE ENTRY."
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.
AS4: WRN: 520 CLAIM MAYBE UNTIMELY

A 520 PETITION MAY BE FILED WITHIN 1 YEAR OF THE DATE OF NOTICE OF LIQUIDATION OF AN ENTRY. ACS COMPARES THE SYSTEM DATE TO THE DATE OF LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRY (OR OLDEST ENTRY WHEN MULTIPLE ENTRIES ARE CITED), TO DETERMINE IF THE DATE OF FILING HAS OCCURRED AFTER THE 365TH DAY. ACS DOES NOT CALCULATE 365 DAYS FROM DATE OF IMPORTATION FOR 520(D) PETITIONS.
EIX: ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DESCR REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). ALLOWANCE/CHARGE DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C17 AND C18 RECORD. THE FREE-FORM DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARGE DESCRIBED BY THE ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED IN POS 4 OF THE C17 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C18 REC, POS 30-64.THIS FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK. IF NO DATA IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELEMENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
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.
FC4: FCC FORM 740 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 FC4 ON THE TARIFF DATABASE, THE FILER MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE FCC RECORDS TO DESCRIBE THE ITEM. IF THE FCC RECORDS ARE NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
VG7: FEI NUMBER INVALID - NUMERICS REQ

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO QUERY AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIER NUMBER (FEI) USING THE PP TRANSACTION AND HAS SENT CHARACTERS OTHER THAN NUMERICS IN REC FD10, POS 6-17. THE DATA ELEMENT IS DEFINED AS 12 AN (OR 12 NUMERICS.) ALL 12 POSITIONS MUST BE FILLED, INCLUDING ANY LEADING ZEROS.
0AA: ENTRY NOT FOUND

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. ***FOR RECON ENTRIES (09), IF THE FILER USES ACTION CODE 'R' IN THE R10 RECORD WITHOUT HAVING GOTTEN A SUCCESSFUL 'ADD' ON AN EARLIER TRANSMISSION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. OR THE R20 ENTRY # IS NOT IN ACS.
0IJ: ULT CON ENTRY SUMMARY MISMATCH

THE ENTRY ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE DOES NOT MATCH THE SELECTIVITY RECORD. PLEASE CORRECT THE SELECTIVITY RECORD IF IT IS INCORRECT.
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. 
DKO: CANADIAN TRAILER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE NAFTA IMPORT ENTRY TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS (00001-99999) ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE (E.G.:00001,00003,00002 INSTEAD OF 00001, 00002, 00003) (DRAWBACK MODULE).
VC2: DISCLAIMER NOT REQ FOR TARIFF

THE FILER SENT AN FD0 (FDA DISCLAIMER) IN THE OA RECORD FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT FLAGGED FD1 IN THE TARIFF FILE. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IF AN FDA DISCLAIMER IS SENT ON THE 'X' LINE OF AN X-V SET EVEN IF THE X LINE HAS AN FDA FLAG. THE 'V' LINE STILL REQUIRES THE FDA DATA OR DISCLAIMER AS APPROPRIATE. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IN THE FCC INTERFACE IF THE FILER SENDS A FC0 DICLAIMER ON A TARIFF LINE THAT IS CODED FC3 AND THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS 'US'.
VOS: REMOTE ENTRY/RLSE CERT MISSING

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER, SET TO OPERATIONAL STATUS FOR REMOTE LOCATION FILING, DOES NOT SEND A '1' SIGNIFYING CERTIFICATION FOR CARGO RELEASE, IN POSITION 38 OF THE 30 RECORD. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT FOR REMOTE LOCATION FILING.
361: IT CHECK DIGIT ERROR

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF AN AIR WAYBILL NUMBER OR A CONVENTIONAL INBOND NUMBER (9 NUMERIC) IS TRANSMITTED WITH AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRANSMITTING FILER TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE ERROR IS IN THE CHECK DIGIT ITSELF OR IN ONE OF THE PRECEDING DIGITS. NOTE: IF THE CHECK DIGIT ERROR OCCURS ON A PAPERLESS MASTER INBOND NUMBER (THOSE STARTING WITH "V"), ERROR MESSAGE 2CI WILL BE GENERATED. THE AMS SYSTEM WILL ACCEPT A TRANSMISSION WITH AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT. CHECK AMS FOR THE BILL OF LADING OR IN-BOND NUMBER. IF IT IS IN AMS, YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE CAN RUN THE NUMBER THROUGH THE CHECK DIGIT CALCULATOR. IF AMS HAS THE INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT, ADVISE THE AMS CARRIER TO CORRECT AND RE-TRANSMIT WITH THE PROPER CHECK DIGIT.
VME: WHSE PERIOD EXPIRED

THE ENTRY DATE ON A WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL WAS MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE IMPORT DATE OF THE ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE ENTRY SUMMARY. 
VKM: HLT: SUBS. ORDER MUST BE O/D/N

THE SUBSEQUENT SORT ORDER SWITCH MUST BE O=OVERRIDE, D=DEFAULT OR N=NONE. 
VHC: FD 701:PHONE NBR MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN NON-NUMERIC CHARACTERS ARE INPUT INTO THE "CONTACT PHONE NUMBER" FIELD, REC FD04, POS 29-38. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FIELD. A COMMON PROBLEM IS THAT THE USER WILL SEND A "CONTACT NAME" (REC FD04 POS 19-28) THAT IS LONGER THAN 10 CHARACTERS AND THE FILER'S PROGRAM ALLOWS THE EXTRA CHARACTERS TO SPILL OVER INTO THE PHONE NUMBER FIELD. ALSO, PHONE NUMBERS MUST INCLUDE THE AREA CODE. IF THIS PART OF THE PHONE NUMBER ELEMENT IS LEFT BLANK, ERROR VHC ALSO RESULTS.
VAP: FIRMS REQUIRED FOR CERTIFICATION

A FACILITIES INFORMATION AND RESOURCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FIRMS) CODE IS IS REQUIRED FOR ANY ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT THAT REQUESTS CARGO CERTIFICATION IN THE 3O REC, POS 38. THE FIRMS CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, POS 72-75. IF THE FIRMS CODE IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
4KT: CERT NOT REQD/COMPUTED FEE < 2.01

A COTTON FEE EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER WAS ENTERED FOR A LINE WHOSE FEE IS LESS THAN $2.01 AND IS NOT, THEREFORE, PAYABLE. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS ERROR IS THAT THE FILER IS USING OUTDATED COTTON FEE RATES. THIS ERROR ALSO OCCURS WHEN THE COTTON FEE IS LESS THAN $2.01 AND THE FILER SENDS NO COTTON FEE BUT SENDS A DISCLAIMER OF ALL 9'S IN THE 51 RECORD.

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