Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

646: IMPORTER NUMBER NOT ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE INDICATES THE IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER FOR THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT DOES NOT EXIST ON THE IMPORTER FILE. AN ELECTRONIC CF 5106 MUST BE TRANSMITTED OR A MANUAL CF 5106 MUST BE FILED. 
AHZ: DEMO FILER MUST BE IN RDP 8888

THE 'B' RECORD DDPP MUST BE '8888' FOR AN "X" FILER CODE. 
452: CHARGES AMOUNT INVALID

IF THERE ARE NO CHARGES, OR CHARGES ARE LESS THAN $ 1 AN "X" WILL BE LISTED AS VALUE OF CHARGES. IN CASE OF OVERLAND SHIPMENTS ARRIVING FROM MEXICO OR CANADA "X" IS ALWAYS SHOWN. IF AGGREGATE CHARGES COVER MERCHANDISE ENTERED UNDER SEVERAL ITEM NUMBERS, AND EXACT BREAKDOWN IS UNKNOWN, CHARGES SHALL BE PRORATED BY VALUE. THE ABOVE DOES NOT APPLY TO ABI TRANSMISSIONS. CHARGES ARE TRANSMITTED IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT (EI) IN THE 40 REC, POS 48-57. CHARGES ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL MOT'S EXCEPT 60 (HAND-CARRIED) AND FOR ALL ENTRIES EXCEPT INFORMAL ENTRIES. AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE DOLLAR IS REQUIRED FOR THIS FIELD. ABI WILL NOT ACCEPT "X" FOR CHARGES FOR SHIPMENTS FROM EITHER MEXICO OR CANADA. LINE VALUES LESS THAN $2,000 ($250 FOR SOME TEXTILE PRODUCTS) DO NOT REQUIRE CHARGES TO BE TRANSMITTED.
VGK: FD 701: QTY 1 REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE RESULTS WHEN AN FDA INTERFACE ENTRY CONTAINS AN FDA QUANTITY OR QUANTITIES IN THE FD02 RECORD (THERE CAN BE UP TO SIX QUANTITIES IN AN FDA ENTRY) AND THE QUANTITY FOR THE QUANTITY 1 FIELD (REC FD02, POS 5-14) WAS LEFT BLANK. IF THERE IS ONE OR MORE QUANTITIES SENT, THE QUANTITY 1 FIELD MUST CONTAIN A QUANTITY.
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).
AQE: TARIFF ACT CITATION INVALID

THIS FIELD IS REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE SECTION OF CUSTOMS CODE UNDER WHICH THE PROTEST, CLAIM OR INTERVENTION IS BEING FILED. VALID VALUES ARE: 1 - SECTION 514 PROTEST 2 - SECTION 520(C) PETITION 3 - SECTION 520(D) PETITION 4 - SECTION 181.115 INTERVENTION UNDER NAFTA
2GC: DATA ADDED AS REQUESTED

THIS IS A NORMAL RESPONSE MESSAGE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION HI) WHEN THE FILER USES ACTION CODE "A" TO ADD DATA. UNLESS THE INPUT CONTAINS A CERTIFICATION CODE OF "1" IN POSITION 41 OF THE H1 RECORD, ABI WILL NOT GENERATE PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY RESULTS TO THIS INPUT.
4NF: NAME/ADDRESS RECORD NOT FOUND

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE 'KN' IMPORTER ADDRESS QUERY WHEN A FILER SENDS A NAME AND ADDRESS THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE. A COMMON MISTAKE IS A MISSPELLING OF THE CITY NAME (E.G. LAS VEGASAS).
56G: ISSUER CODE/MOT CONFLICT

IN THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION, APPLICATION HI, THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (H1 REC, POS 32-33) MUST AGREE WITH THE CODE REPRESENTING THE IMPORTING CARRIER. (H1 REC, POS 70-73). FOR AIR SHIPMENTS USING MOT 40, THE ISSUER CODE IS NOT USED AND MUST BE BLANK. IF THE ISSUER CODE FIELD IS NOT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT. FOR MOT 20 OR 30, THE ISSUER CODE FIELD IS IGNORED.
EIV: UNIT, PERCENT, OR QUANTITY REQ

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). IF AN ALLOWANCE OR CHARGE (DUTIABLE OR NONDUTIABLE) IS INDICATED BY THE PRESENCE OF ONE OF THE SIX VALID INDICATORS IN THE C17 REC, POS 4, THE FILER MUST SPECIFY THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE ALLOWANCE OR CHARGE IS MADE. THE C17 RECORD MUST, THEREFORE, HAVE ONE, AND ONLY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING COMBINATION OF FIELDS PRESENT: 1) RATE/UNIT + UNIT PRICE BASIS + UNIT OF MEASURE OR 2) ALLOWANCE/CHARGE PERCENT OR 3) UNIT OF MEASURE + ALLOWANCE/CHARGE QUANTITY. IF ONE OF THE ABOVE COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS IS NOT TRANSMITTED IN THE C17 RECORD, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THE SAME LOGIC APPLIES TO THE C51 RECORD.
95D: 21 REC SENT; NOT ALLOWED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION EI). THE 21 RECORD TO REPORT THE BOND AMOUNT AND THE PRODUCER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS ONLY PERMITTED WHEN A SINGLE TRANSACTION BOND (BOND TYPE 9) IS TRANSMITTED. IF ANY OTHER TYPE OF BOND INDICATOR IS SENT IN THE 10 REC, POS 49, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
LU3: LUMBER PERMIT NOT ALLOWED

THE SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES REQUIRES A SOFTWOOD LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER FOR LUMBER MILL PRODUCTS CLASSIFIED IN SUBHEADINGS 4407.10.00, 4409.10.10, 4409.10.20 AND 4409.10.90 THAT WERE "FIRST MANUFACTURED" INTO A PRODUCT IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCES OF XO, XQ, XC OR XA. THE LUMBER PRODUCT MUST MEET BOTH CRITERIA, TARIFF NUMBER AND PROVINCE. THE LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS SENT IN POSITIONS 57-65 OF THE 51 RECORD.THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A LUMBER PERMIT NUMBER IS SENT FOR A TARIFF NUMBER THAT IS NOT IN THE ABOVE NAMED SUBHEADINGS OR FOR A TARIFF NUMBER IN THE SUBHEADINGS BUT NOT FROM ONE OF THE FOUR NAMED PROVINCES. THE ERROR MESSAGE IS SENT WITH THE 50 RECORD NOT THE 51 RECORD.
4F8: COUNTRY CODE INVALID

COUNTRY CODE MUST BE VALID, ALPHABETIC ISO CODE OR 99 FOR A GLOBAL QUOTA. 99 MAY ONLY BE USED BY HEADQUARTERS QUOTA. IF THE FIELD CONTAINS NUMBERS OTHER THAN 99, IS LEFT BLANK, OR IS NOT A VALID ISO CODE, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE PROVIDED.
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.
8Q9: BILL REFUND IND MUST BE A B OR R

BILL REFUND INDICATOR CANNOT BE ANYTHING BUT A "B" OR "R". 
SG8: 52 REC-SUGAR CERT SENT FOR NON-CA

THE CANADIAN SUGAR CERTIFICATE DATA IS TO BE SENT IN THE 52 RECORD ONLY IF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND COUNTRY OF EXPORT FOR A LINE ARE CANADA. 
AE4: WARNING! ENTRY DATE < EXPORT DATE

THIS WARNING MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE "REVISED FILER DATE" (DN) TRANSACTION WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS AN ENTRY DATE THAT IS EARLIER THAN THE EXPORT DATE THAT RESIDES IN THE LINE ITEM FILE OF THE ENTRY SUMMARY RECORD.  
07R: PAPERLESS MIB/MOT CONFLICT

IF A PAPERLESS MIB ("V" NUMBER) IS TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE 22 RECORD IN THE ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION OR IN POSITIONS 3-14 OF THE HA RECORD IN THE ENTRY TRANSACTION THEN THE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION (MOT) TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 28-29 OF THE 20 RECORD (ENTRY SUMMARY) OR POSITIONS 32-33 OF THE H1 RECORD (CARGO SELECTIVITY) MUST BE 10 OR 11 (VESSEL).
ACR: REFERENCE NUMBER INACTIVE

THIS MESSAGE REFERS TO THE IRS/SS/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBERS USED ON A DRAWBACK CLAIM, SPECIFICALLY THE AGENT/BROKER (4811) ID. THE NUMBER USED IS NOT ON THE ACTIVE IMPORTER MASTER FILE .  
42A: SPI INVALID FOR CATEGORY

IF SPI FOR THIS ENTRY IS'G' THEN CATEGORY MUST BE '443', '444', '643', '644', '843', OR '844'. 
BRF: NAFTA RECON ALREADY ON FILE

FILER HAS ATTEMPTED TO FILE A RECON AGAINST AN IMPORT ENTRY FOR A NAFTA ISSUE AND A RECON IS ALREADY ON FILE AGAINST THAT IMPORT ENTRY FOR NAFTA. 
1DB: VESSEL NAME REQUIRED

FOR OCEAN SHIPMENTS, MODE OF TRANSPORTATION 10 OR 11, THE NAME OF THE IMPORTING VESSEL IS REQUIRED. THIS IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, POS 18-27 IN THE SUMMARY INPUT DATA (APPLICATION EI). IF THE VESSEL NAME IS NOT TRANSMITTED, THIS ERROR  MESSAGE WILL RESULT. UNLIKE THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION, USE OF THE VESSEL CODE (20 REC, POS 3-7) IS NOT BE PERMITTED AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE VESSEL NAME IN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSMISSIONS.
DKL: INVALID CANADIAN ENTRY NBR FORMAT

CANADIAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST CONSIST OF 14 NUMERIC CHARACTERS, WITH NO ALPHA OR SPECIAL CHARACTERS. MEXICAN ENTRY NUMBERS MUST BE 14 CHARACTERS, BUT MAY BE ALPHA-NUMERIC.
DKQ: TOTAL CANADA TRAILER COUNT WRONG

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE SUM OF ALL THE DISKETTE 'IT' IMPORT TRAILER, 'CN' CONTRACT TRAILER, 'CM' IMPORT TRAILER, OR 'CI' NAFTA IMPORT TRAILER RECORDS OR ABI 'D12', 'D30', 'D40', OR 'D50' RECORDS DOES NOT ADD UP TO WHAT THE COUNT IS IN THE 'CT CLAIM TRAILER' RECORD, OR ABI 'D90' RECORD. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ADD UP ABI CANNOT KNOW WHETHER THE TOTAL COUNT IS SIMPLY WRONG, OR THE TOTAL COUNT IS RIGHT AND THERE ARE MISSING RECORDS.
AAZ: ADD/CVD DUTY COMP MISMATCH

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN THE COUNTERVAILING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 3-12) OR ANTIDUMPING DUTY (ABI REC 60, POS 33-42) DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THE ABI SYSTEM HAS DETERMINED THE DUTY IS. CHECK TO SEE IF A SPECIFIC DEPOSIT VALUE HAS BEEN SENT IN ABI REC 40 POS 28-37 (ANTIDUMPING DUTY) OR POS 38-47(COUNTERVAILING DUTY) THEN CHECK THE CVD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 69-73 OR THE ADD RATE IN ABI REC 60, POS 74-78. 

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