ABI Error Message

AQT:	AFR QUESTIONS RESPONSES INVALID

WHEN APPLICATION FOR FURTHER REVIEW IS REQUESTED, RESPONSES TO THREE QUESTIONS MUST BE CONCURRENTLY SUBMITTED BY FILER. VALID RESPONSES ARE 'Y' OR 'N'.

BRT:	'R15' IMPRT ENTRY SOURCE REQUIRED

THE IMPORT ENTRY SOURCE INDICATOR IN THE ABI 'R15' RECORD FOR RECONCILIATION MUST BE '1' (OTHER), '2' (PUERTO RICO), OR '3' (U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS).

EIN:	INVALID TERMS OF DELIVERY CODE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). TERMS OF DELIVERY ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE C13 REC, POS 4-6.VALID TERMS OF DELIVERY CODES ARE LISTED ON PAGE AII-23 OF THE CATAIR. THE USE OF ANY OTHER CODE, OR A BLANK FIELD, IN THIS DATA ELEMENT WILL GENERATE THIS ERROR MESSAGE. ND ADDRESS ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE TRANSMITTED IN THE C09-C11 RECORDS. IF THE NAME ELEMENT IN THE C09 REC, POS 4-38, IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

RB1:	AGG RECON MUST BE INC OR NO CHG

IF THE RECON IS AN AGGREGATE, ALL AMOUNTS MUST BE INC/NO CHANGE. THE INCREASE/ REFUND INDICATOR IN THE 'R10' ABI RECORD (POS 47) MUST = 1, IF THE AGGREGATE INDICATOR IN POS 46 IS "Y".

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.

8WD:	MOT NOT ORIG 10/11/20/21/40/41

THIS MESSAGE IS USUALLY GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRANSACTION (APPLICATION LN). THIS APPLICATION IS LIMITED TO ENTRIES WHICH REPORT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION OF OCEAN (MOT = 10/11/12), RAIL (MOT = 20/ 21), OR AIR (MOT = 40/41). ENTRIES WHICH REPORT OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION CANNT BE CORRECTED BY THE USE OF BILL OF LADING UPDATE. THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION FOR AN ENTRY CAN BE DETERMINED BY THE PF4 KEY FROM THE ON-LINE SELECTIVITY FUNCTION. INCORRECT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION MUST BE CORRECTED BY CUSTOMS (THEY CANNOT BE CHANGED BY THE USE OF THE BILL OF LADING UPDATE APPLICATION).

VH5:	DT HS7: DUPLICATE VIN ENCOUNTERED

IF TWO SETS OF DOT DATA ARE TRANSMITTED FOR THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE ON AN ENTRY, THE VIN NUMBERS TRANSMITTED IN THE DT02 RECORD CANNOT BE THE SAME. IF THEY ARE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. (NOTE: IF THE FILER NEEDS TO REPORT MORE THAN ONE VIN NUMBER FOR MULTIPLE IMPORTS ON THE SAME CUSTOMS LINE, A SEPARATE SET OF DT01/DT02 RECORDS IS REQUIRED FOR EACH VIN. THE DT03, ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SPACE TO REPORT MULTIPLE VINS, WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BY ABI IF A DT02 IS ALSO TRANSMITTED. FOR BOX 2A ONLY, A DT03 CAN BE TRANSMITTED WITH VIN DATA IN LIEU OF A DT02. ALL OTHER BOX NUMBERS REQUIRE A DT02 TO REPORT VEHICLE DATA.)

B24:	LOWER CASE LETTERS FIRM/ADDR/CITY

FIRM NAME FIELD, ADDRESS FIELD, OR CITY NAME FIELD CONTAINS LOWER CASE ETTERS. IN ABI TRANSACTIONS, FILERS SHOULD ALWAYS SUBMIT UPPER CASE ALPHA CHARACTERS. IF THEIR SYSTEM SENDS LOWER CASE LETTERS IN EITHER THE FIRM NAME OR CITY FIELDS, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

ADQ:	VALID RELEASE ENTRIES REQ'D

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. THE RELEASE ENTRY NUMBERS SENT IN THE 32 RECORD OF THE EI TRANSMISSION MUST BE VALID NUMBERS IN THE SELECTIVITY FILE.

ACP:	IMPORTER NUMBER IS INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE CAN OCCUR AS A RESPONSE TO CARGO DATA INPUT TRANSACTION OR ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION OR AS A RESPONSE TO A QUERY OF AN IMPORTER/BOND TRANSACTION (CATAIR, PAGE QIB-7). AN IMPORTER IS PUT INTO "INACTIVE" STATUS WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN NO CARGO SELECTIVITY, ENTRY SUMMARY OR ELECTRONIC INVOICE TRANSACTIONS DURING THE PRECEDING 18 MONTHS. TO REACTIVATE, FILER MUST SEND IN AN "ADD CF-5106" TRANSACTION WITH THE IMPORTER'S FULL NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION. IF THE IMPORTER NUMBER IS A CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER, FILER MUST TURN IN A CF 5106 TO CUSTOMS FOR REACTIVATION.  NOTE - THIS MESSAGE MAY NO LONGER BE GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO HI, CARGO RELEASE, INPUT TRANSACTIONS. SEE ERROR 66A.

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.

VPK:	CANADIAN/US PAID DUTY CONFLICT

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE NFTA CTRY PAID DUTY (IN FOREIGN CURRENCY) IS SENT IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 46-57. THE NFTA CTY PAID DUTY (IN US DOLLARS) IS SENT IN THE D20 RECORD, POSITIONS 58-69. IF THESE ARE IN CONFLICT, THIS MESSAGE WILL OCCUR.

VIK:	FD 701: CMPLNCE QUAL W/O AFFRM CD

THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS SEEN IN THE FDA INTERFACE. SOME FDA PRODUCT CODES MAY REQUIRE WHAT IS KNOWN AS AN FDA AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE. THERE IS NO EDIT LINKING THE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRODUCT CODE. THE FILER, THROUGH PAST KNOWLEDGE OF THE SHIPMENT OR FROM INQURIES WITH FDA, KNOW WHICH PRODUCTS REQUIRE AFFIRMATIONS. AFFIRMATIONS ARE A THREE CHARACTER CODE WHICH IS MEANINGFUL TO FDA. SOME OF THESE AFFIRMATIONS REQUIRE "QUALIFIERS" WHICH MAY BE FORMS, LICENSES OR DECLARATIONS. IN THE FDC FILE THESE ARE CODED WITH "Y" FOR "YES, REQUIRED". THIS ERROR IS GENERATED WHEN THE FILER SENDS THE AFFIRMATION QUALIFIER BUT NOT THE AFFIRMATION CODE ITSELF. THE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE IS SENT IN REC FD01, POS 20-22. THE AFFIRMATION OF COMPLIANCE QUALIFIER IS SENT IN REC FD01, POS 23-47. SEE CATAIR, PAGE OGA-28.

EKA:	CONFLICTING PAYMENT TERMS

IN AN ABI INVOICE (CI) TRANSMISSION, IF A PAYMENT TERMS INDICATES 'NO CHARGE' ANOTHER PAYMENT TERMS IS ALLOWED ONLY IF IT IS TYPE 'OTHER'. ALL OTHER PAYMENT TERMS DIRECTLY CONTRADICT 'NO CHARGE'.

69A:	ORIGIN COUNTRY/TARIFF NBR INVALID

THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN A REQUIREMENT BETWEEN THE TARIFF NUMBER REPORTED IN THE 50 REC, POS 4-13, AND THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REPORTED IN THE 40 REC, POS 6-7, IS VIOLATED. THE MOST COMMON EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE THE USE OF ANY COUNTRY OTHER THAN "US" WITH TARIFF NUMBERS IN THE 98010010NN RANGE. ALSO, CHAPTER 9999 NUMBERS MAY BE SPECIFICALLY LINKED TO EITHER CANADA OR MEXICO. IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS NOT APPROPRIATE TO THE TARIFF NUMBER IN CHAPTER 99, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT. A LESS COMMON EXAMPLE WOULD THE ATTEMPTED USE OF CERTIFIED HAND-LOOM TEXTILE ARTICLES (AS FOLKLORE ARTICLES) WITH A COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THAT IS NOT ONE OF THE ACCEPTABLE COUNTRIES FOR CERTIFIED FOLKLORE ARTICLES. PAGE ENS-48 OF THE CATAIR LISTS THE CURRENTLY ACCEPTABLE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN FOR SELECTED TARIFF NUMBERS (NOTE 2).

VDA:	MPF SURCHARGE CANT BE > $3.00

THIS MESSAGE RESULTS FROM AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). FILERS IN TEST STATUS FOR CARGO RELEASE MUST INCLUDE AN MPF SURCHARGE AMOUNT OF $2.00 IF THE FILER IS NOT OPERATIONAL FOR CARGO RELEAES AT ANY OTHER PORT IN THE UNITED STATES. ABI WILL NOT ACCEPT A SURCHARGE AMOUNT GREATER THAN $3.00, IN ANY CASE.

EI1:	ARTICLE A NEEDED FOR ARTICLE B

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C31 RECORD ENABLES FILERS TO REPORT SPECIFIC DATA ON ITEM NUMBERS FOR AN INVOICE LINE. POS 8-42 ARE USED TO PROVIDE AN IDENTIFICATION NUMBER FOR THE ITEM ON THE INVOICE LINE (PART NUMBER, CATALOG NUMBER, ETC). A FURTHER DEFINITION (BUYER'S PART NUMBER, ETC) IS PERMITTED IN POS 43-77. THESE TWO FIELDS ARE IDENTIFED AS "ITEM A" AND "ITEM B". IF DATA APPEARS IN THE "ITEM B" FIELD, DATA MUST ALSO APPEAR IN THE "ITEM A" FIELD. IF NOT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATE.

APR:	WITHDRAWAL REQ. NOT APPLIC.

A REQUEST TO WITHDRAW A PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION, INDICATED BY 'W', MAY BE SUBMITTED AT ANY TIME UNTIL THE PROTEST OR PETITION IS ADJUDICATED BY CUSTOMS. THE PROTEST HAS ALREADY BEEN ADJUDICATED, OR THIS IS A DUPLICATE REQUEST TO WITHDRAW. FULL FILE QUERY REQUEST WILL SHOW IF REQUEST ALREADY HAS BEEN MADE.

B12:	ISO COUNTRY CODE NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE $I (ADD MANUFACTURER) TRANSACTION WHEN THE FILER SENDS AN ISO CODE OF THE COUNTRY OF THE MANUFACTURER THAT DOES NOT EXIST IN THE COUNTRY CODE FILE.

VBL:	FW 3-177: INVLD SOURCE

THE SOURCE CODE (REC FW03, POS 20-21) IS A MANDATORY CODE CONSISTING OF ONE ALPHA CHARACTER (A FOR ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED, C FOR CAPTIVE, O FOR OTHER, P FOR CITES OR W FOR FROM THE WILD). THE ALPHA CHARACTER MUST BE LEFT JUSTIFIED. POSITION 21 SHOULD BE SPACE FILLED SINCE IT IS RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.

BL1:	INVALID CHAR FOUND IN AWB/BL/IT

THE BILL OF LADING, AIR WAYBILL, OR INBOND NUMBER MUST BE COMPOSED OF NUMBER AND LETTERS ONLY. THE PRESENCE OF ANY OTHER CHARACTERS, INCLUDING DASHES, SLASHES, OR PERIODS, ETC, WILL RESULT IN THIS REJECTION MESSAGE. NOTE--THE ABOVE MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED IN A HOUSE BILL IS REPORTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MASTER BILL AND THE HOUSE BILL IS NOT LEFT JUSTIFIED IN THE APPROPRIATE POSITION IN THE 22 REC (EI) OR HA REC (HI).

ARL:	PROTESTANT NAME NOT APPLIC.

PROTESTANT NAME IS A REQUIRED FIELD WHEN PROTESTANT TYPE IS "F" (FOREIGN), OR "O" (OTHER). PROTESTANT NAME IS NOT ACCEPTED FOR ANY OTHER PROTESTANT TYPE.

ASU:	MERCHANDISE DESC. REJECTED

MERCHANDISE DESCRIPTION REJECTED.

INC:	DATA CONTAINED IN SPACE FILL

TO BE USED WHEN FIELDS THAT ARE DESIGNATED 'SPACE FILL ONLY' HAVE DATA ENTERED.

VDZ:	FW 3-177: FWS QTY EXCEEDS USCS

IF THE FISH & WILDLIFE QUANTITY SENT IN THE FW03 RECORD, POSITIONS 5-16 EXCEED THE CUSTOMS QUANTITY SENT IN THE EI 50 RECORD, POSITIONS 24-35 THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL OCCUR. THE FWS QUANTITY MUST BE EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE CUSTOMS QUANTITY.

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