Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

AID: CASE TERMINATED

THE CASE (ANTIDUMPING OR COUNTERVAILING) REPORTED BY THE ABI FILER IN AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER EI) IS A TERMINATED CASE NUMBER. CASE NUMBERS ARE REPORTED IN THE 60 REC, POS 13-22 FOR CVD CASES AND POS 23-32 FOR ADA CASES.
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.
"42E: DATA REPLACED WITH WARNINGS

THIS IS AN ABI OUTPUT MESSAGE THAT IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION HI). IT WILL ALWAYS BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER SPECIFIC MESSAGE THAT DESCRIBES THE ELEMENT THAT GENERATED THE WARNING MESSAGE ('CONSIGNEE IS FOREIGN BASED' IS AN EXAMPLE). THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR WHEN THE FILER TRANSMITS ACTION CODE 'R' IN THE H1 RECORD, POSITION 3
510: TOTAL ADD DOES NOT MATCH EST.

IF THE TOTAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY REPORTED ON EACH LINE OF THE SUMMARY IN THE 60 RECORD IS WITHIN $2.99 (PLUS OR MINUS) OF THE CORRECT CALCULATED AMOUNT FOR THE LINE, ABI WILL ACCEPT THE LINE AMOUNT. HOWEVER, IF THE SUMMARY HAS MORE THAN ONE LINE WITH ANTI-DUMPING DUTY DUE, THE GRAND TOTAL OF ALL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY AMOUNTS MUST ALSO BE WITHIN $2.99 (PLUS OR MINUS) OF THE SYSTEM-CALCULATED AMOUNT. EVEN IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTY (90 REC, POS 38-48) IS EQUAL TO THE VARIOUS LINE AMOUNT TOTALS, ABI WILL REJECT THE ENTRY SUMMARY IF THE TOTAL AMOUNT TRANSMITTED IS NOT WITHIN THE STATED TOLERANCE AS COMPARED TO THE CALCULATED TOTAL ANTI-DUMPING DUTY AMOUNT.
ARH: PROTESTANT TYPE INVALID

A VALID VALUE IS REQUIRED IN THE PROTESTANT TYPE FIELD. VALID VALUES ARE: D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT F - FOREIGN MANUFACTURER/PRODUCER/EXPORTER I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - MASTER OF VESSEL S - SURETY V - VESSEL OPERATOR O - OTHER THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE PROTESTANT TYPE FIELD IS NOT A VALID VALUE.
VLM: DRAWBACK DELETE CODE INVALID

THIS MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IF THE FILER HAS USED AN ADDITION/DELETION CODE OF 'D' ON THE 'CH' HEADER RECORD OF THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE (THE D10 ABI RECORD) AND THE CLAIM IS ALREADY IN A CUSTOMS STATUS. A DELETE OF A CLAIM BY A FILER CAN ONLY BE HONORED IF THE CLAIM IS STILL IN 'ABI' STATUS. ALL CLAIMS CREATED BY DISKETTE OR VIA ABI ARE PLACED IN ABI STATUS BY ACS WHEN FIRST ACCEPTED ERROR-FREE. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO IMPORT ENTRIES FILED ELECTRONICALLY VIA ABI. ONCE IN CUSTOMS STATUS, THEY CANNOT BE DELETED BY THE FILER. NOTE: THE CLAIM CANNOT BE DELETED AT ALL IF ACCELERATED DRAWBACK HAS BEEN PAID. IF ACCELERATED DRAWBACK HAS BEEN PAID AND THE FILER WISHES TO DELETE, THE CLAIM WILL HAVE TO BE LIQUIDATED "NO DRAWBACK" AND A BILL ISSUED FOR REPAYMENT OF THE ACCELERATED DRAWBACK. IF ACCELERATED HAS NOT BEEN PAID, BUT THE ENTRY IS IN A CUSTOMS STATUS, IT CAN BE CANCELLED, BUT NOT DELETED.
ASW: JUSTIFICATION/ARGS REJECTED

JUSTIFICATION/ARGUMENTS REJECTED. THIS MESSAGE WILL USUALLY BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANOTHER MESSAGE THAT INDICATES WHY THE JUSTIFICATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE EXAMPLE, IF ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS ARE SUBMITTED VIA APPLICATION SJ (SERVICEREQUEST), NO ADDITIONAL ARGUMENTS WILL BE PERMITTED IF THE PROTEST IN QUESTION HAS BEEN REFERRED FOR FURTHER REVIEW. ERROR MESSAGE "ASN" WILL MOST LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS ERROR MESSAGE IN SUCH A CASE. 
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'. 
BRC: EXISTING ENTRY NOT RECON TYPE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED AN ADD OR REPLACE 'RA' RECONCILIATION TRANSACTION AND THE ENTRY NUMBER ALREADY EXISTS IN ACS AS ANOTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN '09'. 
BRU: COMMENTS REQUIRED

COMMENTS ARE REQUIRED IN POSITIONS 5-79 OF THE RECON 'R15' ABI RECORD. POSITION 5 MUST BE > SPACE. 
VAL: FW 3-177: LICENSE NOT ON FILE

THE LICENSE NUMBER WHICH IS TRANSMITTED IN THE FW02 RECORD, POS 45-50 MUST BE RESIDENT IN THE FWL FILE. THE LICENSE NUMBER IS ISSUED BY FSW TO IMPORTERS IMPORT OVER $25,000 ANNUALLY OF MERCHANDISE THAT IS SUBJECT TO FWS. CUSTOMS DOES NOT TRACK CUMULATIVE VALUES. THIS IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FWS. FWS UP- LOADS THE U.S. LICENSE INFORMATION TO ACS ONCE A WEEK. IF A FILER HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A U.S. LICENSE NUMBER AND ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT IT PRIOR TO THE UPLOAD, THEY SHOULD BE REFERRED TO THE LOCAL FWS OFFICE FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON CLEARING MERCHANDISE UNTIL THE LICENSE IS RESIDENT IN OUR DATA BASE. THERE ARE NO EDITS TO REQUIRE THE USER TO TRANSMIT THE LICENSE NUMBER, BUT IF A LICENSE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED, THERE MUST BE AN EXACT MATCH WITH ONE OF THE LICENSE NUMBERS IN THE FWL FILE.
VPI: CANADIAN ENTRY DATE INVALID

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE NAFTA CTRY ENT DATE SENT IN POSITIONS 18-23 OF THE D20 RECORD MUST BE IN VALID Y2K FORMAT.
79K: TARIFF NBR NOT NOW ACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN CARGO SELECTIVITY (HI, HN) TRANSMISSIONS WHEN A FILER SENDS A TARIFF NUMBER THAT, BASED ON THE ESTIMATED DATE OF ARRIVAL SENT, IS NOT AN ACTIVE TARIFF NUMBER IN THE HARMONIZED DATA BASE. IT IS FOLLOWED WITH MESSAGE NUMBER 42F "DATA ADDED WITH WARNINGS". THE TRANSACTION IS NOT REJECTED. IT IS A WARNING TO THE FILER THAT THEY NEED TO SEND A VALID TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE DATE OF ENTRY IN THEIR ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION. NOTE: THIS MESSAGE ALSO IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) TRANSACTIONS IF THE TARIFF NUMBER IS: FEWER THAN 10 DIGITS LONG OR ACTIVE ON THE TARIFF FILE AS OF THE DATE OF THE INBOND MOVMEMENT, BUT NOT ACTIVE AS OF THE ESTIMATED ENTRY DATE IN THE 10 RECORD.
VBX: DT HS7: INVALID VEH. ELIGIBIL. #

THIS ELEMENT MUST BE USED WHEN BOX 03 IS INDICATED ON THE DT01 RECORD. IT IS A SIX POSITION FIELD IN THE FORMAT AAANNN, WHERE AAA MAY EQUAL "VSA", "VCP" OR "VSP", FOLLOWED BY THREE NUMERICS FROM 001 THROUGH 999. THE VEHICLE ELIGIBILITY NUMBER TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER MUST COME FROM A LIST ISSUED BY THE DOT WHICH COVERS EVERY VEHICLE MANUFACTURED WITHIN THE LAST 25 YEARS. ***NOTE**** IF THE INSTANT IMPORTATION IS FOR A VEHICLE WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT REVISION OF THE DOT NON-CONFORMING VEHICLE LIST, THE APPROPRIATE ELIGIBILITY INDICATOR IS "PET" (WHICH STANDS FOR PETITION TO ADD NEW VEHICLE TO THE LIST). NO NUMERICS ARE NECESSARY WHEN PET IS TRANSMITTED.
28O: *CENSUS* MFR/SHP NO NAME/ADDRESS

MANUFACTURER/SHIPPER'S NAME AND/OR ADDRESS IS NOT ON FILE 
VG1: REQUEST SENT TO FDA, PROC PENDING

THIS IS NOT AN ERROR MESSAGE BUT AN INFORMATIONAL MESSAGE. IT OCCURS WHEN A FILER HAS SENT A REQUEST FOR AN FDA ESTABLISHMENT IDENTIFIED (FEI) NUMBER THROUGH ACS TO FDA. THIS INTERIM MESSAGE IS TELLING THE FILER THAT THEIR REQUEST PASSED ABI EDITS AND HAS BEEN SENT TO THE FDA SYSTEM. FDA WILL PROCESS THE REQUEST AND SEND BACK THE FEI NUMBER IN A SEPARATE ABI TRANSACTION.
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.
WT1: R89 RECS NOT PROPERLY UTILIZED

EACH R89 RECORD CAN ACCOMMODATE 3 FEE CLASS CODES. THIS IS AN ACS PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT, I.E. SPACE ALLOCATION MUST BE OPTIMIZED. EXAMPLE WT1 ERROR: IF 2 R89 RECORDS ARE SUBMITTED AND THE FIRST CONTAINS TWO FEE CLASS CODES AND THE SECOND R89 CONTAINS 1 FEE CLASS CODE, ALL OF THE FEE CLASS CODES SHOULD HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED ON ONE R89 RECORD.
VC8: INFORMAL FEE NOT REQUIRED

THE INFORMAL ENTRY FEE (CLASS CODE 311) IS NOT APPLICABLE TO ENTRY TYPES OTHER THAN 11 OR 12. IF THIS HEADER LEVEL FEE IS REPORTED (34 REC) THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. FURTHER, IF THE INFORMAL FEE IS TRANSMITTED FOR ENTRIES FILED AT AN EXPRESS COURIER CONSIGNMENT FACILITY (ECCF), THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED.
VAB: FC 740:INV 03 APPROVAL IND

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITH PRIOR APPROVAL. IF QUANTITY EXCEEDS 200, REPORT PRIOR APPROVAL BY SENDING A "Y" IN POSITION 7 OF THE FC01 RECORD, DATA ELEMENT "03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER QUANTITY APPROVAL." THIS MESSAGE ALSO OCCURRED IN AN ENTRY WHERE THE FILER SENT A '1' IN POSITION 7 EVEN THOUGH THE QUANTITY WAS LESS THAN 200.
1I6: DUTY COMP DATE > SCH PAY DATE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE DATE TRANSMITTED BY THE ABI FILER IN SUMMARY INPUT IS GREATER (LATER) THAN THE DATE REPRESENTING THE SCHEDULED PAYMENT DUE DATE. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF THIS CONDITION IS WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS AN "ESTIMATED ENTRY  DATE" (10 REC, POS 50-55) THAT IS LATER THAN THE PAYMENT DUE DATE (30 REC, POS 54-59).
42D: EST TAX NO MATCH TO COMPUTED TAX

IR TAX ENTERED IS NOT WITHIN $3.00 OF COMPUTED IR TAX. 
IN0: INVALID ENTRY NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A SELECTIVITY RESULTS QUERY INPUT (APPLICATION IN). IF THE ENTRY NUMBER DOES NOT CONTAIN 11 DIGITS, THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT. SPACES IN EITHER THE FILER CODE OR ENTRY NUMBER ALSO WILL CAUSE THIS REJECT MESSAGE.
AEY: 42 SENT; NOT REQUIRED

IN THE AUTOMATED INVOICE INTERFACE PROGRAM THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF AUTOMATED FILER SENDS A 42 INVOICE RECORD WITHOUT AN "E" (ELECTRONIC INVOICE INDICATOR) IN POSITION 56 OF THE 10 RECORD. IF THE FILER SENDS THE "E" THEY MUST SEND THE 42 RECORD. 
VDG: INCORRECTLY ESTIMATED MPF MAXIMUM

CLASS CODE 499 SHOULD INDICATE THE TOTAL MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEES (MPF) FROM ALL LINE-ITEM 62 RECORDS. IF THE ACTUAL TOTAL IS GREATER THAN $485, 485 SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 89 RECORD. NAFTA GOODS ORIGINATING IN MEXICO MAY CONTINUE TO HAVE MPF CLACULATED USING 0.19%. THE MAXIMUM MPF WILL BE $400. IF ONE OR MORE LINES IN AN ENTRY REQUIRE THE .21% MPF RATE, THEN THE MAXIMUM RATE WILL BE $485.00. THIS FEE AMOUNT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL FEE AMOUNT IN THE "90" RECORD.

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