Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

APW: FAX INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A FACSIMILE WAS SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT INITIAL FILING OF PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION. 'N' INDICATES THAT NO FACSIMILE WAS SENT. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE FAX INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'. 
EJE: DECLARATION INDICATOR MUST BE 'X'

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE ONLY CHARACTER THAT MAY BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C95 RECORD, POS 4, IS AN "X". ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL CAUSE THIS ERROR MESSAGE.  ANK FIELD, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. 
17M: TRANSACTION BATCH REJECTED

DUE TO PREVIOUS ERRORS, ALL REMAINING TRANSACTIONS ARE REJECTED. ACTION: CORRECT ORIGINAL PROBLEM AND RESTART. 
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. 
VL9: DRAWBACK CLAIMANTID INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FORMAT OF THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT ID IS NOT A VALID IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER FORMAT. VALID IRS FORMAT IS NN-NNNNNNNXX (WHERE 'XX'=SUFFIX); SS IS NNN-NN-NNNN; CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER IS YYDDPP-NNNNN.
4LV: CN SILK - VISA NBR NOT ALLOWED

SILK ARTICLES EXPORTED FROM CHINA (CN) DO NOT REQUIRE A VISAED DOCUMENT SINCE 1993. IF AN ABI TRANSACTION W/ HARMONIZED TARIFF NUMBERS FOR SILK ARTICLES IN CATEGORY 733 - 759 IS TRANSMITTED, THE ENTRY WILL BE REJECTED WITH ERROR MSG NBR 4LV. *SILK FROM CHINA HAS NOT REQUIRED A VISAED DOCUMENT (VISA) SINCE 1993. **THIS EDITING WILL PREVENT THE USE OF DUMMY VISA NBRS ABOVE DATA ADDED BY HQ QUOTA. ENTRIES USING THESE CATEGORIES MAY BE FILED USING ENTRY TYPE 01, AS WELL AS 02.
APS: HARDCOPY INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS HAVE BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT HARDCOPY MATERIALS DO NOT APPLY. ONCE TO 'S' THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR CAN NOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED HARDCOPY INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE HARDCOPY INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'. 
2J0: SURETY INVALID OR NOT ON FILE

THIS REJECT MESSAGE REFERS TO THE SURETY REPORTED, IF ANY, FOR ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING DUTY TRANSACTIONS. (MESSAGE 2AL IS THE EQUIVALENT ERROR MESSAGE FOR INVALID SURETY CODES REPORTED IN THE 10 RECORD). ADA OR CVD SURETY CODES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE 35 REC, POS 49-51. SURETY CODES ARE REQUIRED ONLY WHEN THE BONDED INDICATOR FOR THE CASE NUMBER BEING REPORTED IS "1" (REPORTED IN POS 14 OF THE 35 REC). FOR ENTRIES WITH MULTIPLE ADD/CVD LINES, IF AT LEAST ONE LINE IS A BONDED CASE, THE SURETY CODE IN THE 35 RECORD IS REQUIRED. "000" IS THE MOST FREQUENTLY REPORTED INCORRECT SURETY CODE AND WILL CAUSE THIS MESSAGE TO BE ISSUED BY ACS. IF BLANKS ARE TRANSMITTED FOR THIS ELEMENT, MESSAGE 2AL WILL BE ISSUED.
VMJ: CANNOT DELETE - WHS/W ASSOCIATED

A REQUEST TO DELETE A WAREHOUSE SUMMARY WAS INVALID BECAUSE WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBJECT SUMMARY. 
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. 
10S: SURETY CODE REVOKED

THIS ERROR OCCURS WHEN THE ABI FILER'S SURETY CODE HAS BEEN REVOKED. 
07I: VESSEL CODE & NAME SUBMITTED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). ABI WILL ACCEPT THE VESSEL NAME, BUT NOT THE VESSEL CODE. IF BOTH ARE TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED. (NOTE - 5-CHARACTER VESSEL CODES ARE NO LONGER USED).
AD8: INVOICE LINES NOT NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN EI 42 RECORD IS SENT WITH INVOICE LINES THAT ARE NOT ALL NUMERIC (E.G. A001).  
VPQ: EXPORT DT MUST BE > 12/31/95

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE EXPORT DATE IS SENT IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITIONS 22-27. IN THIS MODULE THE EXPORT DATE MUST BE GREATER THAN DECEMBER 31, 1995.
52Z: ENTRY/LINE SEQUENCE REJECTED

REFER TO ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE 98-0236, DATED 032098. IN SOME CASES THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS APPLICATION (IJ) WAS CAUSING DATA BASE ERRORS WHEN THE NUMBER OF (I7) ENTRY NUMBER/LINE ITEM SEQUENCE RECORDS EXCEEDED THE LIMIT SET BY THE PROGRAM FOR A PARTICULAR NAME & ADDRESS I3 AND I4 RECORD SET. ALSO, IN SOME REJECT SITUATIONS THE ERROR MESSAGE "524 TRANSACTION DATA REJECTED" WAS DISPLAYING ERRONEOUSLY IN THE IB OUTPUT MESSAGES WHEN THE ENTIRE (IJ) APPLICATION WAS NOT REJECTED. TO ELIMINATE THE ABOVE SITUATIONS AND TO PROVIDE MORE ACCURATE INFORMATION WHEN ERRORS ARE DETECTED IN THE ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE NAME AND ADDRESS APPLICATION (IJ) TRANSMISSIONS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE AND 52Y "MAXIMUM (I7) RECORDS EXCEEDED" ARE GENERATED. BOTH THE 52Y AND 52Z MESSAGES WILL APPEAR AS (IB) OUTPUT RECORDS WHEN CUSTOMS DETERMINES THAT THE INFORMATION TRANSMITTED CANNOT BE ADDED TO THE DATABASE AS REQUESTED BY AN ABI FILER.
4BH: ENTRY TYPE CHANGE INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE ABI FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY SUMMARY WITH A DIFFERENT ENTRY TYPE THAN EXISTS ON THE ENTRY SUMMARY HEADER FILE FOR THE ENTRY NUMBER. IF THE ENTRY IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS, SUCH A CHANGE IS NOT PERMITTED. IF THE ENTRY IS STILL IN ABI STATUS, THIS CHANGE CAN USUALLY BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE MOST COMMON CHANGE IS FROM TYPE 11 TO TYPE 01 (OR VICE VERSA IN SOME CASES). FOR RECONCILIATION ON-LINE PROCESSING, THIS ERROR MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE ANY PRE-EXISTING ENTRY THAT IS NOT RECONCILIATION TO A TYPE '09' RECONCILIATION ENTRY SUMMARY.
593: INVALID PROCESSING DISTRICT /PORT

PROCESSING DISTRICT/PORT NOT NUMERIC OR NON-EXISTENT 
VGG: FD 701: FDA MFR NOT ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS A REJECTION IN THE FDA INTERFACE. THE MANUFACTURER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (MID, REC FD01, POS 48-62, MUST BE ON FILE BEFORE THE FDA ENTRY WILL PROCESS. THE FILER MUST ADD THE MANUFACTURER TO THE DATABASE VIA ABI AND RESEND THE ENTRY.
2AL: SURETY CODE INVALID

IF THE FILER TRANSMITS BOND CODE 8 (CONTINUOUS BOND) IN THE SUMMARY INPUT (REC 10, POS 49), THE SURETY CODE IN REC 10, POS 73-75 MUST BE LISTED ON THE BOND DATABASE FILE AND MUST BE IN ACTIVE STATUS. IN ADDITION, THE SURETY CODE CITED IN THE 10 RECORD MUST MATCH THE SURETY CODE IN THE BOND DATABASE FILE FOR THE IMPORTER NUMBER TRANSMITTED IN REC 10, POS 8-19. (THE SURETY CODE FIELD CANNOT BE BLANK, EITHER). IF CASH IS USED IN LIEU OF A BOND, THE BOND TYPE MUST BE A "9" AND SURETY CODE "998" MUST BE USED. IF BOND TYPE "0" IS SENT, AND NO SURETY CODE IS SENT, AS WELL, THIS MESSAGES RESULTS. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO APPEAR IF THE IMPORTER HAS TWO ACTIVE CONTINUOUS BONDS IN EFFECT AT THE SAME TIME. THE SURETY CODE FOR THE BOND THAT WENT INTO EFFECT FIRST MUST BE USED ON SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTIONS. SURETY CODES ARE VALIDATED BASED ON DATE OF RELEASE, SO A SUMMARY TRANSMITTED WITH A SURETY CODE BASED ON ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE WILL ALSO REJECT IF A DIFFERENT SURETY CODE WAS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME OF RELEASE. FOR RECONCILIATION, THE SURETY CODE GIVEN MUST BE VALID ON CUSTOMS FILE.
ARW: REFUND PARTY NBR NOT ON FILE

THE NUMBER LISTED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. THE MOST COMMON REASON FOR THIS ERROR IS THAT THE IRS, SSN OR USCS NUMBER HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED IN AN IMPROPER FORMAT. DASHES MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE FORMAT. FOR IRS NUMBERS, NN-NNNNNNNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR SSN'S, NNN-NN-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. FOR USCS NUMBERS, YYDDPP-NNNN IS THE REQUIRED FORMAT. IRS NUMBERS MUST BE 12 CHARACTERS LONG; NUMBERS LISTED AT THE 10 CHARACTER LEVEL WILL BE REJECTED BECAUSE ALL IRS NUMBERS ARE LISTED AT THE 12 CHARACTER LEVEL IN THE USCS IMPORTER FILE. WHEN A 2 CHARACTER SUFFIX IS NOT USED AT THE END OF THE IRS NUMBER, 2 ZEROS SHOULD BE USED (NN-NNNNNNN00).
VAR: ENT-SUM ACCEPTD-PAPER NOW REQ'D

THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE THAT OCCURS IN ABI ENTRY SUMMARY PROCESSING WHEN A PREVIOUS PAPERLESS ENTRY SUMMARY HAS CHANGED TO A PAPER REQUIRED STATUS. THIS MESSAGE IS AN OLD ONE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED BY "ACCEPTED, RECORDS REQUIRED".
VM9: ENTRY NOT WAREHOUSE

AN ENTRY NUMBER WAS GIVEN AS BEING WAREHOUSE FOR ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, OR 38 BUT THE ENTRY TYPE WAS NOT 21 OR 22. 
BRX: EARLIEST IMPRT DATE MUST = SPACES

RECONCILIATION: WHEN THE R10 ISSUE CODE IS NOT = 'NF', THE R10 EARLIEST IMP DATE MUST = SPACES. 
R1A: NAFTA RECON - NO INCREASES

R17 RECORD AMOUNTS FOR DUTY, TAX, FEES AND INTEREST MUST BE ZERO IF R10 ISSUE-CODE = NF.
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.

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