Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

EJH: SIGNATURE INDICATOR MUST BE 'X'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 REC, POS 39, MUST REFLECT AN "X" TO INDICATE THE SIGNATURE FOLLOWS. NO OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, MAY BE TRANSMIT IN THIS POSITION. 
8WM: VOYAGE/FLIGHT NUMBER INVALID

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION LN). THE VOYAGE/FLIGHT NUMBER MUST BE A MINIMUM OF THREE CHARACTERS IN LENGTH. FOR OCEAN SHIPMENTS (MOT 10/11/12), ANY COMBINATION OF NUMBERS AND LETTERS IS PERMITTED FOR THE VOYAGE NUMBER. IF THE VOYAGE NUMBER HAS A LEADING SPACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ELEMENT IN THE L1 REC, POS 36-40, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED EVEN IF THE REMAINING POSITIONS ARE FILLED WITH A MINIMUM OF THREE ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS. **NOTE** - FOR AIR SHIPMENTS, LEADING SPACES OR A FLIGHT NUMBER WITH FEWER THAN 3 NUMERIC CHARACTERS WILL GENERATE ERROR MESSAGE 10R "INVALID FLIGHT NUMBER FORMAT".
VPS: CLAIM LINE TARIFFS EXCEED 8

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE CLAIM LINE TARIFF NUMBER IS SENT IN THE D12 RECORD, POSITIONS 6-15. UP TO EIGHT D12 TARIFF NUMBER RECORDS CAN BE SENT UNDER A SINGLE D10 LINE NUMBER. IF MORE THAN EIGHT ARE SENT THIS REJECT MESSAGE OCCURS.
1M9: IT DATE MORE THAN 2 YEARS OLD

   MORE THAN 2 YEARS OLD
94P: UNABLE TO LOCATE BGM SEGMENT

EDIFACT SYNTAX ERROR. THE BGM (BEGINNING OF MESSAGE) SEGMENT IS MISSING. 
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.
EIP: DELIV TERMS/LOC QUAL INCONSISTENT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). FOR EACH TYPE OF "TERMS OF DELIVERY", A SPECIFIC "LOCATION QUALIFIER" IS PERMITTED IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE INTERFACE PROGRAM. PAGE AII-23, NOTE 2, OF THE CATAIR LISTS THE ACCEPTABLE COMBINATIONS OF TERMS OF DELIVERY AND LOCATION QUALIFIER. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS ONE OF THE TERMS OF DELIVERY CODES WITH A LOCATION QUALIFIER THAT IS NOT LISTED FOR THAT TERMS OF DELIVERY CODE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. 
8Q9: BILL REFUND IND MUST BE A B OR R

BILL REFUND INDICATOR CANNOT BE ANYTHING BUT A "B" OR "R". 
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.
Q09: STATEMENT NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ACH

IF THE PROFILE RECORD FOR THE FILER OF THE QT RECORD IS NOT SET TO "Y" FOR THE ACH ELEMENT, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. THE ABE RECORD FOR THE FILER SHOULD BE CORRECTED. NOTE: EVEN AFTER THE CORRECTION HAS BEEN DONE, THE REJECTED QT CANNOT BE REPROCESSED FOR PAYMENT VIA ACH UNLESS POSITION 555 ON THE STATEMENT FILE IS RESET TO A "1" OR THE FILER CAN PAY BY CHECK OR THE FILER CAN MOVE THE ENTRIES TO A NEW (FUTURE) PAYMENT DUE DATE. NOTE: IF THE STATEMENT IS ELIGIBLE FOR CHECK PAYMENT AND A COLLECTION HAS BEEN STARTED, BUT NOT COMPLETED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT.
VKS: HLO: MAX 15 SORT FIELDS EXCEEDED

A MAXIMUM OF FIFTEEN FIELDS MAY BE SELECTED FOR FORMULATE DEFAULT SORT CRITERIA FOR A TABLE LOCATE DEFINITION. THE FIELD(S) IN ERROR EXCEED THIS LIMIT.
AP4: AFR REQUEST DATA INCOMPLETE

WHEN FURTHER REVIEW IS APPLIED FOR AT TIME OF INITIAL FILING, THREE CRITERIA QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED IN THE P16 RECORD. WHEN FURTHER REVIEW IS APPLIED FOR AT TIME OF INITIAL FILING OR BY AMENDMENT, THE THREE CRITERIA QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED, AND ADDITIONAL NARRATIVE MUST BE SENT JUSTIFYING FURTHER REVIEW ACCORDING TO CFR 174.25(B)(3). 
VGT: FD 701: UOM NOT ALLOWED W/O QTY

IN THE FDA INTERFACE A UOM (UNIT OF MEASURE), REC FD02, POS 15-18, 29-32, 43-46I, 57-60, 71-74 AND REC FD04, POS 15-18 IS NOT ACCEPTED UNLESS IT IS TRANSMITTED WITH A QUANTITY. THE REVERSE IS ALSO TRUE, A QUANTITY IS NOT ALLOWED WITHOUT A UNIT OF MEASURE.
AQD: TARIFF ACT CITATION REQUIRED

THIS FIELD IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE SECTION OF CUSTOMS CODE UNDER WHICH THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS BEING FILED. VALID VALUES ARE: ST. THE ELECTRONIC PROTEST SWITCH MUST BE SET TO 'YES'. PLEASE CONTACT THE POR . R MX' OR 'CA' FOR MEXICAN AND CANADIAN ADDRESSES (USED WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS 'F'. RANSMITTING 'S'.IF THE PJ OR PREVIOUS QJ OR RJ WAS TRANSMITTED TO UPDATE TO SAMPLE SENT, A SUBSEQUENT QJ OR RJ CANNOT BE USED TO CHANGE THE SAMPLE SENT BACK TO NO SAMPLE. INSTEAD THE FILER MUST CONTACT THE PROTEST PROCESSING TEAM AT THE PORT WHERE THE PROTEST WAS FILED AND REQUEST CUSTOMS MANUALLY UPDATE THE RECORD.
16E: VALUE/QUANTITY INVALID

THE UNIT VALUE OF THE ITEM REPORTED UNDER THIS TARIFF NUMBER DOES NOT FALL IN THE RANGE STATED BY THE TARIFF NUMBER'S DESCRIPTION IN THE HARMONIZED TARIFF RECORDS. AS AS EXAMPLE, TARIFF NUMBER 6402195030 IS FOR CERTAIN FOOTWEAR VALUED OVER $3.00 PER PAIR, BUT NOT OVER $6.50 PER PAIR. IF A SHIPMENT REPORTS 100 PAIRS AT A TOTAL VALUE OF $285, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT, AS THE UNIT PRICE PER PAIR OF SHOES WOULD BE $2.85. THE FILER SHOULD REVERIFY THAT THE CORRECT VALUE AND QUANTITY IS BEING REPORTED AND, IF SO, SELECT A TARIFF NUMBER THAT CORRECTLY DESCRIBES THE VALUE/QUANTITY RANGE FOR THE IMPORTATION.
ASD: SEQUENCE NUMBER ERROR

SEQUENCE NUMBER ERROR. ENTRIES AND LINES OF NARRATIVE MUST BE LISTED IN ASCENDING ORDER FROM 0001 TO 9999. THIS MESSAGE MAY BE RETURNED IF AN ENTRY OR LINE OF NARRATIVE WAS ASSIGNED A NUMBER OUT OF SEQUENCE.
0LK: VISA CATEGORY NUMBER INVALID

IF A TARIFF NUMBER IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA REPORTING OR MONITORING, IN MOST CASES A CATEGORY NUMBER WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TARIFF NUMBER. THE CATEGORY NUMBER CAN BE FOUND ON THE TARIFF FILE. WHEN AN ABI FILER TRANSMITS A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS SUBJECT TO QUOTA-CLASS REPORTING, THE CATEGORY NUMBER MUST BE REPORTED IN THE 51 REC, POS 21-23. IF THE CATEGORY NUMBER IS OMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. IN ADDITION, IF THE CATEGORY NUMBER FOR THE TARIFF NUMBER IN QUESTION IS NOT AN EXACT MATCH TO THE CATEGORY NUMBER FOUND ON THE HSA FILE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED. (CATEGORY NUMBERS, AS TRANSMITTED BY ABI FILERS, MUST BE THREE NUMERIC CHARACTERS).
EJW: PACKING OR SUBLEVEL UNIT REQUIRED

ON THE C07 AND C49 ABI INVOICE TRANSACTIONS. AT LEAST 1 OCCURRENCE OF C07 PACKAGING UNIT ID OR C49 SUBLEVEL UNIT ID IS REQUIRED. 
VLG: IMPORT TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT 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 ARE USED 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.. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MEANS THAT THE SEQUENCING OF THE IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS ('R20') IS OUT OF ORDER.
VA6: OGA OI REC MAY NOT BE BLANK

THE "OI" RECORD IS USED IN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY ENTRIES. THE DESCRIPTION IS LOCATED IN THE CATAIR, PAGE OG-11. THIS RECORD IS SENT WHEN THERE IS DATA TO BE SENT (I.E. THE LINE IS NOT "DISCLAIMED"). IF SENT, THE RECORD MUST NOT BE BLANK. THERE MUST BE A COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION SENT (POS 11-80). THE TARIFF DESCRIPTION IS NOT TO BE SENT.
4CQ: FORMAL QUOTA ENTRY REQUIRED

IN VISA EDIT, THE ENTRY TYPE IS OTHER THAN 02, 07, 21 OR 22; A QUOTA ENTRY REQUIRED. 
EJG: INVALID TITLE OF DECLARANT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C95 REC, POS 37-38, MUST CONTAIN A VALID CODE IDENTIFYING THE TITLE OF THE DECLARANT. THE ONLY VALID CODES, AS OF THIS DATE, ARE "IR" (IMPORTER) OR "CB" (CUSTOMS BROKER). AS OF 4/5/95, "IM" (IMPORTER) MAY ALSO BE USED.
2A7: CARGO RELEASE DATA NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE GENERALLY INDICATES A PROBLEM IN THE CREATION OF CARGO SELECTIVITY RECORDS FROM FILER'S INPUT. EXAMPLE: A FILER SENT IN SEVERAL ENTRIES USING BORDER CARGO RELEASE (APPLICATION HN). BEFORE ABI COULD COMPLETE THE PROCESSING OF THE ENTRIES, THE FILER'S SYSTEM SENT THE SAME ENTRIES AGAIN (WITHIN 12 SECONDS OF THE FIRST TRANSMISSION). THIS DUPLICATION CAUSED DATABASE (DB) ERRORS ON THOSE ENTRIES THAT WERE BEING PROCESSED AT THE INSTANT THE SECOND ITERATION OF THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER REACHED THE MAINFRAME. THE SECOND SET OF ENTRIES HAD PROCESSING DONE, BUT NO ON-LINE RECORDS WERE CREATED. THE ERROR MESSAGE ABOVE WAS CREATED AND ATTACHED TO THE SECOND SET OF ENTRY NUMBERS. THE SOLUTION, IN ALMOST ALL CASES, IS FOR THE FILER TO TRANSMIT ONLY ONCE AND TO WAIT FOR RESULTS BEFORE RE-SUBMITTING DATA FOR THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER.   
386: GSP COUNTRY EXP/ORIG CONFLICT

THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (40 RECORD, POS 6-7) AND THE EXPORT COUNTRY (50 REC, POS 69-70) MUST BE THE SAME AND MUST BOTH BE GSP ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM A DUTY EXEMPTION UNDER SPI "A" (REC 50, POS 3). IF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT IS A MEMBER OF AN ASSOCIATION OF COUNTRIES (ASEAN, FOR EXAMPLE), THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT MAY DIFFER FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WITHOUT VIOLATING THE GSP PROVISIONS.
04U: INVALID DDPP UNLADING FOR CENSUS

ERROR OCCURS IN CARGO SELECTIVITY PROCESSING WHEN DDPP OF UNLADING ON SELECTIVITY HAS A CORRESPONDING 'DISTRICT-PORT' RECORD IN WHICH THE FLAG FOR "UNLADING (Y/N)" IS SET TO 'N'.

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