ABI Error Message

DEP:	VALID INPUT = 'Y'

THE ONLY VALID INPUT FOR THIS FIELD IS 'Y'. OTHERWISE, THE FIELD SHOULD REMAIN BLANK.

VDI:	CNSL ENTRY MPF CALC NOT PERFORMED

A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY IS A COLLECTION OF TWO OR MORE SELECTIVITY RELEASES. THESE RELEASES MEET THE CRITERIA FOR CONSOLIDATION UNDER ONE ENTRY SUMMARY (A "CONSOLIDATED" ENTRY). EACH LINE OF THE CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY REPRESENTS A DIFFERENT RELEASE AND IS SUBJECT TO THE CALCULATED MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE. (MPF). ACS CANNOT EDIT THE ACCURACY OF THE MPF TRANSMITTED UNDER A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY AND WILL GENERATE THIS WARNING MESSAGE. THE MPF FIGURES TRANSMITTED WILL BE MANUALLY VERIFIED BY CUSTOMS.

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.

999:	DB ERROR HAS OCCURRED

THIS MESSAGE TELLS US THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ACS DATABASE, OR THAT SOMETHING CAUSED THE PROGRAM TO "BLOW UP. "DRAWBACK DISKS WILL ONLY BE REJECTED FOR THIS ERROR AFTER  USCS HAS RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM TO DETERMINE IF IT IS DISK RELATED. ABI WILL REJECT THE DATA TRANSMISSION.

899:	WARNING-ZERO QTY FOR VALUE EDIT

TARIFF QUANTITIES MAY BE ROUNDED DOWN TO ZERO. IF THERE IS A VALUE EDIT FOR SUCH A LINE, THE RESULTS WILL BE INCONSISTENT. FOR ABI PURPOSES, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT, APPLICATION EI, CONTAINS A ZERO OR BLANK QUANTITY IN THE 50 REC, POS 24-35, AND THE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE 50 RECORD HAS A VALUE EDIT (I.E. "OTHER GLASSWARE, LEAD CRYSTAL, OVER $5 EACH").

169:	INVALID COUNTRY CODE

THE COUNTRY CODE IS NOT ON FILE. IN ABI, THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN RESULT WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS APPLICATION EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) AND INCLUDES A 42 RECORD BUT OMITS THE SUPPLIER ID NUMBER. THE FIRST TWO CHARACTERS OF THIS RECORD REPRESENT THE ISO COUNTRY CODE. IF THE SUPPLIER ID IS BLANK, ABI INTERPRETS THIS AS AN INVALID ISO CODE AND GENERATES THIS ERROR MESSAGE.

VQM:	MISSING IMPORT REFERENCE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCUURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE CLAIM TYPE INDICATOR IN THE D01 RECORD, POSITION 4 IS A '1' OR '3' AND IF SPACES ARE SENT IN THE IMPORT ENTRY NUMBER FIELD IN THE D10 RECORD, POSITIONS 20-27, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.

VKR:	HLN:MAX 5 OVERRIDE FLDS EXCEEDED

A MAXIMUM OF FIVE FIELDS MAY BE SELECTED FOR FORMULATE OVERRIDE SELECTION CRITERIA FOR A TABLE LOCATE DEFINITION. THE FIELD(S) IN ERROR EXCEED THIS LIMIT.

FD2:	PRODUCT CODE INVALID

PRODUCT CODE INVALID: IT CAN ONLY CONTAIN NUMERIC, ALPHA, OR HYPHENS IN POSITIONS 4 & 5. SPACES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY POSITIONS.

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.

VKW:	HLT: POS EXCEEDS TOTAL FLD LENGTH

THE POSITION VALUE SPECIFIED IN THE OPTIONAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER EXCEED THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE FIELD. THE POSITION MUST BE WITHIN THE FIELD.

ED0:	SYSTEM PROBLEM - CALL CLIENT REP

THIS "GENERIC" MESSAGE WILL SHOW UP PERIODICALLY, USUALLY WITH DATABASE ERRORS. AS OF JULY 1999, THIS MESSAGE IS BEING ASSIGNED TO ENTRIES IN WHICH THE FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO USE SPI "E" WITH HTS 9802008015 (WHICH IS ELIGIBLE FOR CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE FILING UNDER SPI "E") WITH A SECOND TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT CBI ELIGIBLE. IN THIS CASE, THE FILER MAY NOT CLAIM "E" FOR THE CUSTOMS LINE IN QUESTION. AS STATED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE CAN CHANGE MEANINGS AS DATABASE PROBLEMS WARRANT.

VMP:	FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATR INVALID

FOR WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWALS TRANSMITTED THROUGH ABI (CURRENTLY THESE ARE ENTRY TYPES 31, 32, 34, 38), THE FILER MUST STATE WHETHER OR NOT THE INSTANT WITHDRAWAL IS THE FINAL ONE AGAINST THE WAREHOUSE ENTRY NUMBER REPORTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 21-31. THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE INDICATORS FOR THIS FIELD ARE "0" (NOT FINAL WITHDRAWAL) OR "1" (FINAL WITHDRAWAL). ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK, WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. NOTE: IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A FINAL WITHDRAWAL INDICATOR ON ANY OTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN THE 3N SERIES, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.

AEQ:	ERROR IN A32 REC;RLSE 4

THIS MESSAGE FOLLOWS A MORE SPECIFIC ERROR MESSAGE (I.E. " 1F5 RELEASE NOT ON FILE") IN A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSION. IT NOTIFIES THE FILER THAT THE ERROR IS IN THE FOURTH RELEASE IN THE 32 RECORD.

89N:	MPF NOT REQUIRED

A MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE WAS ENTERED FOR THIS ENTRY BUT NOT REQUIRED. IN ADDITION, ABI WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE IN A VARIETY OF CONDITIONS WHEN MPF IS NOT APPROPRIATE. SOME OF THESE ARE: -- FILER SENDS A "CA" NAFTA CLAIM AND INCLUDES MPF. -- ENTRY IS FROM A CBI COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. -- AN INFORMAL ENTRY INCLUDES MPF ON THE LINE LEVEL (62 RECORD) -- THE CARGO IS AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED FROM HTS 9801. -- A TIB ENTRY IS TRANSMITTED (TYPE 23). -- CARGO IS FROM AN LDDC COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (COL 3). -- ISRAELI MERCHANDISE IS EXEMPTED (ADM 98-0772) -- FILER SENDS A "MX" NAFTA CLAIM AFTER 6/30/99 AND INCLUDES MPF.

42J:	INVALID IT/AWB/BL QUANTITY

THE MANIFESTED QUANTITY (ENTRY HEADER LEVEL) IS REPORTED IN THE SUMMARY INPUT IN REC 22, POS 51-58. THIS QUANTITY MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS TRANSMITTED, OR IF THE QUANTITY CONTAINS ANY CHARACTERS OTHER THAN NUMERICS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

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.

RB2:	INVALID INCREASE-REFUND IND

THE INCREASE/REFUND INDICATOR IN THE ABI 'RA' RECON TRANSACTION 'R10' RECORD MUST = '1', '2', OR '3'.

VID:	DT HS7: BLANK VIN POSITION: 2

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION IS USED TO REPORT DOT DATA VIA ABI. IF THE FILER USES THE DT03 TO REPORT VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (VIN), THE FIRST TWO VINS BEING REPORTED MUST BE IN POSITIONS 5-21 AND 22-38 OF THE DT03 RECORD. IF THE SECOND VIN FIELD IS BLANK AND THE FILER USES POSITIONS 39-55 TO REPORT THE SECOND VIN, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

VM3:	HLN: STRING SELECT MUST BE Y/N

THE SELECT BY STRING SWITCH MUST BE Y=YES OR N=NO. THIS WILL DETERMINE IF OVERRIDE SELECT CRITERIA WILL SUPPORT A STRING SEARCH.

EJP:	NBR SHIP/PACKING UNITS INCORRECT

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE NUMBER OF EXTERIOR SHIPPING UNITS (USUALLY KNOWN AS CONTAINERS) IS REPORTED IN THE C05 REC, POS 4-18.THERE MUST BE A C06 RECORD FOR EACH SHIPPING UNIT REPORTED IN THE C05 RECORD. THUS, IF THE FIGURE IN POS 4-18 OF THE C05 REC IS "25", THERE MUST BE 25 C06 RECORDS TRANSMITTED, EACH OF WHICH WOULD IDENTIFY ONE OF THE 25 SHIPPING UNITS FOR THE INVOICE. IF THE NUMBER OF C06 RECORDS DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE NUMBER REPORTED IN THE C05 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

EJR:	REQUIRED-PARTY-MISSING

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION CI). THE C08 REC, POS 4-5, IS USED TO REPORT PARTY QUALIFIER CODES THAT RELATE TO THE INVOICE. THREE PARTY QU LIFIER CODES ARE MANDATORY IN EVERY INVOICE: "UC" (ULTIMATE CONSIGNEE), "SU" (SUPPLIER), AND "IM" (IMPORTER). IF A C08 RECORD IS NOT TRANSMITTED WITH EACH OF THESE THREE CODES, AT A MINIMUM, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

B31:	MID NOT EQUAL MID ON VISA FILE

IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPRESENTS AN "ELVIS" COUNTRY AND A VISA NUMBER IS REQUIRED THEN, THE MID NUMBER, AS PROVIDED BY THE ABI FILER IN THE EI (ENTRY SUMMARY) APPLICATION (60 RECORD), WILL BE VALIDATED AGAINST THE MID NUMBER ON THE ACS VISA FILE AS TRANSMITTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVE ELVIS COUNTRY. IF THE MID'S DO NOT MATCH THEN, THE TRANSACTION WILL BE REJECTED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED ERROR MESSAGE.

VKZ:	HLT: LEN REQUIRED W/ OPTIONAL POS

A LENGTH VALUED MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR THE OPTIMAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER WHEN A POSITION IS SPECIFIED.

B13:	WARNING - TRANSMITTED MID INVALID

INPUT ISO COUNTRY CODE OR PROVINCE CODE FIELD DOES NOT EXIST ON THE COUNTRY CODE DATABASE. ALSO, IF THE FILER'S TRANSMITTED MID, $4 REC, POS 57-71, IS INCORRECT (LESS THAN 7 CHARACTERS, MORE THAN 8 ALPHA CHARACTERS WITHOUT A NUMBER), THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

 Next 10 >>Showing results 1 to 25 of 1405