Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

886: IT QUANTITY MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ABI 'HI' CARGO SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION WHEN AN I.T. IS SENT IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE HA RECORD AND THE I.T. QUANTITY IN POSITIONS 51-58 ARE NOT ALL NUMERICS.
031: INVALID/MISSING DISTR. PORT CODE

EITHER YOUR INPUT CODE IS NOT A FOUR DIGIT NUMERIC OR IT IS NOT ON THE ACS REGION/DISTRICT/PORT FILE.
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. 
VQB: TOT OWED U.S. CALCULATION ERROR

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. IF THE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR EQUALS 2,3, OR 5 IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITION 59 THEN AT LEAST ONE VALID D20 RECORD MUST BE PRESENT. THE TOTAL CANADIAN PAID DUTY IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 58-69 MUST EQUAL THE TOTAL CANADIAN PAID DUTY IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 26-36 (AND VICE-VERSA) OR THIS REJECT WILL RESULT. IF THE AMOUNT IN THE D30 RECORD IS MORE THAN THE AMOUNT IN THE D20 RECORD, THEN THE TOTAL DUTY OWED IN THE D30 RECORD, POSITIONS 37-47 WILL BE INCORRECT AND THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR.
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.
VNJ: DCMCI IMPORTER/FILER INVALID

DCMCI ENTRIES FOR EMERGENCY WAR MATERIAL MAY BE ENTERED BY ANY FILER WHO USES ENTRY TYPE 01. IF ENTRY TYPE 51 IS USED, HOWEVER, THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE FILER CODE AND IMPORTER NUMBER MUST BELONG TO DCMCI. THE CURRENT VALID FILER CODE IS P99. IF A DIFFERENT FILER CODE IS USED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
ACS: INVALID IMPORTER TYPE

THIS ERROR IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN "ADD IMPORTER" TRANSACTION. AS OF JUNE 1999, THERE ARE SEVEN VALID TYPES OF IMPORTER IDENTIFIERS THAT CAN BE USED AS PART OF AN TI INPUT TRANSACTION. THEY ARE: C = CORPORATION S = SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP P = PARTNERSHIP G = GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL ONLY) L = GOVERNMENT (STATE OR LOCAL) F = FOREIGN GOVERNMENT I = INDIVIDUAL THE USE OF ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN THE T1 RECORD, POS 80 WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE. NOTE: THE ERROR MESSAGE OUTPUT DOES NOT REFLECT THE ERROR IDENTIFIER "ACS".
746: LINE ITEM VALUE MISSING

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN ZEROES OR SPACES ARE SENT FOR THE VALUE IN POSITIONS 8-17 OF THE 40 RECORD OR POSITIONS 69-78 OF THE 70, 80 OR 81 RECORDS IN A "9802" TRANSMISSION. IN OTHER TYPES OF TRANSMISSIONS, SENDING SPACES OR ZEROES WILL YIELD AN 800 ERROR MESSAGE "NO MATCH FOR ESTIMATED COMP DUTIES" OR IN THE CASE OF GSP OR LDDC, A WARNING MESSAGE 28E "CENSUS OR-LO VALUE/QUANTITY."
DKC: DUPLICATE CONTRACT # ENCOUNTERED

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THE SAME CONTRACT APPEARS MORE THAN ONCE FOR THIS DRAWBACK CLAIM, EITHER IN THE 'CH' CLAIM HEADER (D11) OR THE 'CN' CONTRACT TRAILER (D A GIVEN CONTRACT SHOULD ONLY BE SHOWN ONCE IN A CLAIM. 
89F: FEE CODE REQUIRED BUT NOT ENTERED

A FEE CODE OR AMOUNT WAS NOT ENTERED BUT IS REQUIRED BY TARIFF. 
4KQ: CERTIFICATE NUMBER NOT REQUIRED

THE COTTON EXEMPTION NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 48-56 OF THE 51 RECORD. THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN AN EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NUMBER IS SENT FOR A TARIFF NUMBER ON A LINE WHEN IT DOES NOT REQUIRE IT.
VHE: FC 740:INV PUBLIC W/HOLD IND

A CODE OF 'W' (WITHHOLD) IS SENT IN THE FC02 RECORD, POSITION 17, IF THE IMPORTER REQUESTS FCC 740 DATA BE WITHHELD FROM PUBLIC INSPECTION. ANY OTHER CODE WILL BE REJECTED. 
VNO: EXPORT SUM INVALID FOR BOND TYPE

IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE THE EXPORT SUMMARY INDICATOR MAY ONLY BE A 'Y' (OR '1' IF ABI) IF THE BOND TYPE CODE IS NOT '0' (WOULD BE EITHER '8' OR '9'), UNLESS THE GOVERNMENT CLAIM INDICATOR IS ALSO 'Y' (OR '1' IF ABI). IF 'Y' (OR '1' IF ABI) IS USED AND THE CONDITION IS NOT CORRECT, MESSAGE VNO APPEARS.
29F: "Y" RECORD MISSING OR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE "Y" RECORD IS MISSING FROM THE INPUT TRANSACTION. THE ERROR MESSAGE DOES NOT USUALLY DISPLAY WHEN THIS ERROR OCCURS.  
BE3: BLANK CANADIAN EXCISE NBR INVALID

IF AN EI APPLICATION INCLUDES A '57' RECORD, THE CANADIAN EXCISE NUMBER ON MUST BE NON-BLANK. 
166: STATEMENT NUMBER NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS USED WHEN A REQUESTED STATEMENT NUMBER ON THE ENTRY MASTER FILE DOES NOT EXIST.
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).
07P: MASTER BILL NBR REQ'D WITH I.T.

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI). IF AN H5 RECORD CONTAINS DATA IN THE INBOND NUMBER FIELD (POS 3-14), THERE MUST BE DATA IN THE MASTER BILL FIELD, AT A MINIMUM. IF THERE IS NO MASTER BILL DATA, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
EI6: NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C33 REC, POS 64-72, REQUIRES THE NUMBER OF PRICING UNITS TO BE TRANSMITTED. THIS FIELD MUST BE GREATER THAN ZERO. IF ZERO IS TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VNW: IMPORT MUST BE IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE IMPORT ENTRY IS STILL IN ABI STATUS AND HAS NOT BEEN PROCESSED BY CUSTOMS. 
327: INVALID DP-SITE DISTRICT/PORT

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A FILER SENDS AN 'A' RECORD DISTRICT/PORT/FILER SITE THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE BROKER PROFILE IN ACS. A BROKER PROFILE RECORD MUST EXIST FOR THE TRANSMITTED DP-SITE DISTRICT/PORT. IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE, FOR FILERS WHO HAVE OFFICE CODES IN THEIR BROKER PROFILE RECORDS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF THE PORT CODE IN THE 10 RECORD OF THE EI APPLICATION DOES NOT AGREE EXACTLY WITH THE PORT CODE IN THE "B" RECORD. (NOTE 1 ON PAGE APL-6 OF THE CATAIR INDICATES THAT AGREEMENT BETWEEN APPLICATION DETAIL RECORDS AND THE "B" RECORD MUST BE AT THE DISTRICT CODE LEVEL. THIS IS TRUE EXCEPT FOR OFFICE CODE SITUATIONS, WHICH REQUIRES AGREEMENT AT THE FOUR-DIGIT DDPP LEVEL).
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.
39B: INVALID DUTY FREE CLAIM

THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE A DUTY-FREE CLAIM THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN/COUNTRY OF EXPORT COMBINATION. FOR EXAMPLE, INSULAR POSSESSIONS (SPI "Y") ARE ENTITLED TO SHIP CARGO DUTY FREE TO THE UNITED STATES, BUT ONLY IF THE SHIPMENT COMES DIRECTLY FROM THE POSSESSION. THEREFORE, IF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT (50 REC, POS 69-70) IS NOT IDENTICAL TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (40 REC, POS 6-7), AND THE FILER TRANSMITS "Y" IN POS 3 OF THE 50 RECORD, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT. THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED IF SPI "Y" IS USED FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED PRODUCTS (CHAPT 98010010NN), AS THESE ARTICLES ARE UNCONDITIONALLY FREE OF DUTY AND THEREFORE DO NOT REQUIRE A SPECIAL PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CLAIM DUTY-FREE STATUS.
BRJ: AGGREGATE: ALL AMTS MUST BE ZERO

IF THE RECON IS AN AGGREGATE, ALL MONETARY AMOUNTS ON THE 'R20' IMPORT ENTRY ASSOCIATION RECORDS MUST BE ZERO. 
461: PAY DUE DATE INVALID/CONFLICTING

THIS MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A PAYMENT DUE DATE THAT IS AT LEAST ONE WORKING DAY IN THE FUTURE WHEN COMPARED TO THE ABI TRANSMISSION DATE. THE PAYMENT DUE DATE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 30 RECORD, POS 54-59. 

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