Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

486: INVALID CONSIGNEE NUMBER FORMAT

CONSIGNEE NUMBERS TRANSMITTED TO ABI MUST BE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FORMATS:  IRS OR EIN NUMBER: NN-NNNNNNNXX SSN: NNN-NN-NNNN CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER: YYDDPP-NNNNN N = NUMERIC CHARACTER; X = ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER (EXCEPT FOR THE LETTERS "O", "I", "Z"); YY= LAST TWO DIGITS OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE NUMBER WAS ASSIGNED. ANY OTHER FORMAT THAN ONE OF THE ABOVE WILL BE REJECTED WITH THIS MESSAGE.
4CQ: FORMAL QUOTA ENTRY REQUIRED

IN VISA EDIT, THE ENTRY TYPE IS OTHER THAN 02, 07, 21 OR 22; A QUOTA ENTRY REQUIRED. 
VME: WHSE PERIOD EXPIRED

THE ENTRY DATE ON A WAREHOUSE WITHDRAWAL WAS MORE THAN FIVE YEARS FROM THE IMPORT DATE OF THE ORIGINAL WAREHOUSE ENTRY SUMMARY. 
95U: 52 REC - SWPM IND FOR CN/HK ONLY

THE SOLID WOOD PACKING INDICATOR ONLY APPLIES TO COUNTRY OF ORIGIN 'CN' (CHINA) OR 'HK' (HONG KONG). 
VNQ: DRAWBACK CONTRACT NBR INVALID

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER CHOSE TO GIVE A DRAWBACK CONTRACT NUMBER, BUT THE NUMBER USED DOES NOT EXIST ON THE CONTRACT FILE IN ACS OR IS NOT IN A VALID FORMAT (NN-NNNNN-NNN), AS OUTLINED ON PAGE DRW-9 OF THE CATAIR.
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.
20F: INBOND NUMBER INVALID -BAD LENGTH

THE SYSTEM WILL ONLY ACCEPT AN 8 OR 11 CHARACTER INPUT FOR THIS FIELD. CHECK THE NUMBER OF CHARACTERS ENTERED ON YOUR SCREEN. 
VLQ: DRAWBACK EXPORT SUMM IND INVALID

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER HAS USED A CODE OF OTHER THAN 'Y' (YES) OR 'N' (NO) FOR WHETHER THIS IS AN EXPORT SUMMARY CLAIM. THE FILER MUST USE EITHER 'Y' OR 'N' VIA DISKETTE OR A SPACE (NO) OR '1' (YES) FOR ABI. APPLIES TO DRAWBACK MODULE.
VKY: HLT;POS REQUIRED W/ OPTIONAL LEN

A POSITION VALUE MUST BE SPECIFIED FOR THE OPTIONAL POSITION/LENGTH PARAMETER WHEN A LENGTH IS SPECIFIED. 
ARF: ACTION CODE INVALID

WHEN PROTESTANT TYPE IS "F" (FOREIGN) OR "O" (OTHER), PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS MAY BE CORRECTED BY FILING AN AMENDMENT DURING ANY REMAINING PORTION OF THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD, OR BY FILING AN ADDENDA AFTER THE FILING/AMENDMENT PERIOD HAS CLOSED. THE LETTER "C" MUST BE USED IN THE ACTION CODE FIELD. THE INDICATOR TRANSMITTED WAS A LETTER OR CHARACTER OTHER THAN "C". 
ARU: REFUND PARTY TYPE INVALID

WHEN LISTING A REFUND CARE/OF PARTY, BOTH AN IRS NUMBER AND PARTY TYPE CODE ARE REQUIRED. ONLY THE FOLLOWING LETTERS ARE VALID PARTY TYPE CODES: B - BROKER D - DRAWBACK CLAIMANT I - IMPORTER/CONSIGNEE M - SHIP'S MASTER S - SURETY T - ATTORNEY V - VESSEL OWNER/OPERATOR THE LETTER USED IN THE REFUND CARE/OF DATA FIELD IS NOT VALID.
681: CUSTOMS REL VIA EREL ON FILE

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND SELECTIVITY DATA FOR AN ENTRY THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY RELEASED. A FILER WILL RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE WHETHER THE RELEASE OF THE ENTRY NUMBER WAS VIA A "PAPERLESS" MESSAGE OR "DOCS REQUIRED".  IN THE LATTER CASE, ONCE THE ON-LINE PROCESSING HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A RETRANSMISSION OF THE CARGO DATA WILL GENERATE THIS MESSAGE AT THE TIME OF HI TRANSMISSION.
EJ7: CNTRY INCONSISTENT W MANUF/SUB CD

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE ISO COUNTRY CODE FOR THE PARTY IDENTIFIED IN THE C08 RECORD IS TRANSMITTED IN THE C11 REC, POS 57-58. IF THE ISO CODE IS "CA", AND THE PARTY TYPE CODE TRANSMITTED IN THE C08 RECORD IS EITHER "SU", "II", OR "MF", A VALID MID MUST BE TRANSMITTED (STARTING WITH ONE OF THE 10 VALID PROVINCE CODES FOR CANADIAN ORIGIN CARGO). CONVERSELY, IF THE PARTY CODE IS "SU", "II", OR "MF", AND THE MID STARTS WITH "XN" (WHERE "N" EQUALS ONE OF THE TEN PROVINCE CODE IDENTIFIERS), THE ISO COUNTRY CODE TRANSMITTED IN THE C11 RECORD MUST BE "CA".
JAF: NO DATA FOUND FOR KEY

THIS MESSAGE IS A REPLY TO ONE OR MORE ABI QUERIES THAT INDICATES THAT ABI COULD FIND NO RECORDS MATCHING THE FILER'S REQUEST. IT IS USED, AT A MINIMUM, AS A REPLY TO THE FDA PRODUCT CODE QUERY WHEN THE PRODUCT CODE TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER IS NOT FOUND ON THE FDPL DATABASE
VNX: IMPORT SUMM DATE MUST BE > SPACES

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THERE IS NO ENTRY SUMMARY DATE IN ACS FOR THE DESIGNATED IMPORT. IN ALL PROBABILITY, THIS MESSAGE WILL APPEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH MESSAGE VNW.
Q04: 'QT' STATEMENT NUMBER INVALID

QT' STATEMENT NUMBER HAS SPACES, ALL ZEROS, OR OTHER NON-ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTERS IN POSITIONS 14-24. UNDER CURRENT PROGRAMMING, POSITION 14 MUST ZERO-FILLED. WHEN CUSTOMS BILLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PAYMENT THROUGH ACH, POSITION 14 WILL BE CHANGED TO ACCEPT OTHER NUMBERS.
VEM: FC 740:QTY EXCEEDS 03 ALLOWANCE

THE QUANTITY FOR AN 03 IMPORT CONDITION NUMBER CANNOT EXCEED 200 UNITS WITHOUT 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".
AFU: PIRP NUMBER INVALID FOR 'D' TYPE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED WHEN A PIRP NUMBER IS SENT IN THE EI 43 RECORD, POSITIONS 3-8 AND A 'D' FOR COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION IS SENT IN POSITION 9. AS OF 7/98 THERE ARE NO 'D' TYPE PIRPS.
AQ9: PROTESTANT DATA NOT APPLICABLE

PROTESTANT NAME AND ADDRESS INFORMATION IS REQUIRED ONLY WHEN THE PROTESTANT TYPE IS "O" (OTHER) AND "F" (FOREIGN). PROTESTANT IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION IS NOT ACCEPTED UNDER ANY OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
361: IT CHECK DIGIT ERROR

THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT IF AN AIR WAYBILL NUMBER OR A CONVENTIONAL INBOND NUMBER (9 NUMERIC) IS TRANSMITTED WITH AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TRANSMITTING FILER TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE ERROR IS IN THE CHECK DIGIT ITSELF OR IN ONE OF THE PRECEDING DIGITS. NOTE: IF THE CHECK DIGIT ERROR OCCURS ON A PAPERLESS MASTER INBOND NUMBER (THOSE STARTING WITH "V"), ERROR MESSAGE 2CI WILL BE GENERATED. THE AMS SYSTEM WILL ACCEPT A TRANSMISSION WITH AN INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT. CHECK AMS FOR THE BILL OF LADING OR IN-BOND NUMBER. IF IT IS IN AMS, YOUR ABI CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE CAN RUN THE NUMBER THROUGH THE CHECK DIGIT CALCULATOR. IF AMS HAS THE INCORRECT CHECK DIGIT, ADVISE THE AMS CARRIER TO CORRECT AND RE-TRANSMIT WITH THE PROPER CHECK DIGIT.
546: EXISTING ENTRY IN CUSTOMS STATUS

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSMIT AN ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTION FOR AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS. CUSTOMS STATUS MEANS THAT CUSTOMS HAS "PROCESSED" THE ENTRY. THE MOST COMMON SITUATION FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN A PAYMENT HAS BEEN COLLECTED (BY CHECK, STATEMENT PROCESSING OR ACH) AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY DATA. ANOTHER COMMON CAUSE FOR THIS ERROR IS WHEN THE ENTRY NUMBER APPEARS ON A PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AND THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO CORRECT THE SUMMARY DATA WITHOUT FIRST REMOVING THE ENTRY FROM STATEMENT STATUS. IF THE ENAI SCREEN SHOWS "ENT ACP NOT LIQ", THE FILER MAY NOT RETRANSMIT THE SUMMARY UNTIL THE SUMMARY IS PUT INTO A REJECTED STATUS. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS A DRAWBACK CLAIM THAT IS IN CUSTOMS STATUS AND THE FILER IS ATTEMPTING TO CHANGE THE DATA, THE DISKETTE WILL BE REJECTED AND CUSTOMS WILL MANUALLY PROCESS ANY CHANGES AS INDICATED ON THE PAPER CLAIM. IF THE ENTRY NUMBER IS NOT A DRAWBACK CLAIM, BOTH THE CLAIM AND DISKETTE WILL BE RETURNED. ACCELERATED DRAWBACK WILL BE PAID UPON CORRECTION (IF NOT PREVIOUSLY PAID). ABI WILL REJECT THE TRANSMISSION.
VHI: DT HS7: DOT BOND CODE REQUIRED

IF BOX 03 IS USED (REC DT01, POS 8-9), THE ENTRY MUST BE BONDED FOR DOT. A BOND SURETY CODE MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE DT01 RECORD, POS 32-34. NO OTHER BOX NUMBER PERMITS THE USE OF THE BOND CODE. 
96U: DATE IS WEEKEND DAY

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE ABI 'HP' (STATEMENT ADD/DELETE TRANSACTION WHEN A PAYMENT DUE DATE, SENT IN POSITIONS 19-24 OF THE 'H' RECORD IS A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
57A: PAPERLESS - FILER RETAIN RECORDS

MESSAGE ISSUED TO BROKERS WHEN ENTRY SUMMARY IS ERROR FREE AND PAPERLESS. 
ACY: IMPORTER NUMBER ALREADY ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ABI 5106 INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION TI). IF THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN, SSN, OR USCS ASSIGNED NUMBER) IS ALREADY ON FILE IN THE 5106 DATABASE, THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED TO THE FILER. NOTE: AS OF MAY 1998, THE ERROR MESSAGE NARRATIVE IS NOT BEING ACCOMPANIED BY THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER "ACY".

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