Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VLX: DRAWBACK CM/CD CODE INVALID

THIS DRAWBACK MODULE ERROR MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE FILER USED AN INDICATOR OF OTHER THAN 'E' (DIRECT DESIGNATION), 'D' (DESIGNATION FROM A CD) OR 'M' (DESIGNATION FROM A CM) WHERE THEY ARE GIVING IMPORT ENTRY DATA BECAUSE IT IS AVAILABLE.
EJI: NO. OF SHIPPING/PACKING UNITS REQ

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE NUMBER OF EXTERIOR SHIPPING UNITS MUST BE REPORTED (FOR CONTAINERIZED CARGO) IN THE C5 REC, POS 4-18.IF THIS FIELD IS BLANK OR REFLECTS A ZERO QUANTITY, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO THE C47 RECORD. 
VHH: DT HS7: INVALID ISO CODE

IF THE FILER TRANSMITS DOT INFORMATION FOR BOX 05, 06, OR 12, THE ISO CODE OF THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IS REQUIRED. IF A CODE NOT FOUND ON THE COUNTRY CODE FILE IS TRANSMITTED IN POSITIONS 30-31 OF THE DT01 RECORD, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
VN6: SECURITY VIOLATION/JJ NOT ALLOWED

THIS ERROR INDICATES THAT THE FILER'S ABI CONTROL RECORD IN ACS HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTLY SET UP. IF THIS MESSAGE APPEARS ON A CLAIM FILED VIA DISKETTE, IT WILL BE DISREGARDED BY CUSTOMS AND THE FIELD OFFICE WILL CONTACT HEADQUARTERS. IF THIS MESSAGE APPEARS ON A CLAIM FILED VIA ABI, THE FILER SHOULD CONTACT THEIR ASSIGNED CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE
VAO: ADDITIONAL PENDING MIDS FOUND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT (APPLICATION EI). IF MORE THAN 10 LINES EXIST ON THE ENTRY AND THE MID(S) IDENTIFIED FOR LINES 11 OR HIGHER ARE NOT ON THE MID FILE, THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED.
" 66F: INVALID IMPORTER NUMBER

THIS MESSAGE INDICATES THAT THE FORMAT OF THE DRAWBACK CLAIMANT IMPORTER NUMBER IS NOT A VALID IRS/SSN/CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER FORMAT. VALID IRS NUMBER FORMAT IS NN-NNNNNNNNXX (WHERE 'XX' = SUFFIX); SSN IS NNN-NN-NNN; CUSTOMS ASSIGNED NUMBER IS YYDDPP-NNNNN. FOR RECONCILIATION, THE MESSAGE HAS THE SAME MEANING
EIU: INVALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE IND

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSIN (APPLICATION CI). THE C17 OR C51 RECORD PROVIDES FOR ONE OF SIX VALID ALLOWANCE/CHARGE INDICATORS. IF ANY OTHER CHARACTER, INCLUDING A BLANK FIELD, IS TRANSMITTED IN THIS ELEMENT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
AFG: CERTIFICATION NOT ALLOWED - CNSL

A CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY CANNOT BE CERTIFIED FOR CARGO RELEASE SINCE PREVIOUS RELEASES ARE BEING CONSOLIDATED. 
27A: CENSUS IMPROBABLE COUNTRY

THIS MESSAGE IS AN ABI REPLY TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY (EI) INPUT TRANSACTION. IT INDICATES THAT THE DATA COLLECTED BY CENSUS DOES NOT INDICATE THAT THE TARIFF NUMBER FOR THE LINE IN QUESTION HAS NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY REPORTED FROM THE TRANSMITTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. THE FILER SHOULD VERIFY THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND/OR TARIFF NUMBER AND, IF NECESSARY, MAKE CORRECTIONS. IF THE DATA IS ACCURATE AS TRANSMITTED, NO FURTHER ACTION VIA ABI IS NECESSARY.
VGL: FD 701: UOM 1 REQUIRED

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS WHEN A FILER TRANSMITS A QUANTITY IN POSITIONS 5-14 OF THE FD02 RECORD BUT DOES NOT TRANSMIT A UNIT OF MEASURE IN POSITIONS 15-18 OF THE FD02 RECORD. THIS WOULD ALSO APPLY TO SUBSEQUENT QUANTITIES IN THE FD02 RECORD.
4DA: IMPORTER NOT ON FILE

THE IMPORTER NUMBER IS IN CORRECT FORMAT, BUT THE NUMBER IS NOT IN THE IMPORTER FILE.
APU: SAMPLE INDICATOR INVALID

NOTIFICATION TO CUSTOMS THAT A SAMPLE HAS BEEN SENT, INDICATED BY 'S', MAY BE SUBMITTED BY FILER AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ADJUDICATION OF PROTEST OR CLAIM BY CUSTOMS. 'N' INDICATES THAT A SAMPLE DOES NOT APPLY. ONCE SET TO 'S' THE SAMPLE INDICATOR CANNOT BE UN-SET TO 'N'. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE SAMPLE INDICATOR IS NOT 'S' OR 'N'.
RBA: SUMMARY FEE TRAILER # OUT OF SEQ

FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE 'R89' SUMMARY FEE TRAILER IS OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE RECORD LAYOUT. THERE CAN BE UP TO 10 'R89' RECORDS WHICH ARE SEQUENCED AS 01-10. THEY MUST BE SEQUENCED IN ORDER AND COME RIGHT BEFORE THE 'R90' SUMMARY RECORD. 
G9A: REMOTE ENTRY/I.T. CONFLICT

IF THE B REC REMOTE ENTRY INDICATOR IS A '1', THE ENTRY DATA CANNOT CONTAIN I.T. NUMBER OF ANY OF THE POSSIBLE FORMATS IN ANY OF THE HA OR OM RECORDS.  
DKB: CONTRACT TRAILER OUT OF SEQUENCE

THIS MESSAGE MEANS THAT THE CONTRACT TRAILER SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE OUT OF SEQUENCE IN THE DRAWBACK MODULE. NOTE: THAT CONTRACT SEQUENCE NUMBERS ARE 01-99. IF ONLY 1 CONTRACT IS USED ON A CLAIM, THAT CONTRACT NUMBER SHOULD APPEAR IN THE CLAIM HEADER RECORD. THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORD SHOULD NOT BE USED UNLESS THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS ON A CLAIM. THE CONTRACT TRAILER COUNTER IS NOT A COUNT OF CONTRACTS, BUT IS A COUNT OF THE CONTRACT TRAILER RECORDS. IF ONLY ONE CONTRACT IS USED,THE COUNTER SHOULD BE 00, SINCE THERE WILL BE NO TRAILER RECORDS. IF 2 CONTRACTS ARE USED THERE WILL BE ONE CONTRACT TRAILER AND THE COUNT WILL BE 01. THREE CONTRACTS WOULD MEAN TWO TRAILERS AND THE COUNT WOULD BE 02, ETC.
386: GSP COUNTRY EXP/ORIG CONFLICT

THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (40 RECORD, POS 6-7) AND THE EXPORT COUNTRY (50 REC, POS 69-70) MUST BE THE SAME AND MUST BOTH BE GSP ELIGIBLE TO CLAIM A DUTY EXEMPTION UNDER SPI "A" (REC 50, POS 3). IF THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT IS A MEMBER OF AN ASSOCIATION OF COUNTRIES (ASEAN, FOR EXAMPLE), THE COUNTRY OF EXPORT MAY DIFFER FROM THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN WITHOUT VIOLATING THE GSP PROVISIONS.
VBA: BRANCH CODE INVALID W/O STMT IND

REMOVE BRANCH CODE FOR 20REC WHEN PAYMENT INDICATOR IS NOT EQUAL TO 2, 3 OR 5 IN ADDITION, A VALID PAY DATE MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE 30 REC, POS 54-59, WHENEVER A PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS TRANSMITTED IN POS 53. IF THE PAYMENT TYPE INDICATOR IS PRESENT, BUT THE PAYMENT DUE DATE IS BLANK OR ZEROES, AND A BRANCH CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE 20 REC, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
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.
28O: *CENSUS* MFR/SHP NO NAME/ADDRESS

MANUFACTURER/SHIPPER'S NAME AND/OR ADDRESS IS NOT ON FILE 
005: INVALID DATE

THE DATE MUST BE NUMERIC, WITHOUT SLASHES OR HYPHENS, IN THE FORMAT MMDDYY. THE DATE WILL BE COMPARED WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM DATE. IN MOST CASES THE DATE CANNOT BE GREATER THAN THE CURRENT SYSTEM DATE. DEPENDING UPON THE FUNCTION THE DATE MAY BE TOO FAR IN THE PAST, OR IT MAY BE OUT OF SEQUENCE WITH SOME OTHER DATE IN THE SYSTEM. FOR EXAMPLE, THE DATE OF ENTRY SUMMARY FILING MAY NOT PRECEDE THE DATE OF RELEASE ON AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE ENTRY. INBOND DATES MUST BE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
ARJ: PROTESTANT NBR NOT ON FILE

A VALID IRS OR CUSTOMS ASSIGNED ID NUMBER PRESENT ON THE CUSTOMS IMPORTER DATABASE IS REQUIRED FOR ALL PROTESTANT TYPES EXCEPT F=FOREIGN AND O=OTHER. THE VALUE SUBMITTED IN THE PROTESTANT NUMBER FIELD DOES NOT EXIST ON THE CUSTOMS IMPORTER FILE.
42N: WARNING - EST TAX < COMPUTED TAX

FOR LIQUOR TYPE TARIFF NUMBERS THAT HAVE A TAX CLASS CODE OF '16' ABI DOES PERFORM AN EXACT EDIT ON THE IR TAX BUT IT DOES ISSUE THIS WARNING MESSAGE. THIS ALERTS THE ENTRY TEAM THAT A MANUAL CALCULATION SHOULD BE MADE. THIS MAY BE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE IMPORTATION IS GOING TO A BULK FACILITY FOR BLENDING.
07F: INVALID SYSTEM DATE

THIS MESSAGE SHOULD RARELY, IF EVER, OCCUR. THIS IS AN INTERNAL ACS PROBLEM WITH THE PROGRAM THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EITHER THE DRAWBACK DISKETTE OR THE ABI TRANSMISSION. FOR RECONCILIATION, THIS MESSAGE INDICATES A SIMILAR PROBLEM.
VHR: DT HS7: INVALID MAKE

THIS ERROR RESULTS IF THE MAKE OF THE VEHICLE IN THE DT02 RECORD, POS 5-19 HAS FEWER THAN 3 CHARACTERS.
40L: SPI INVALID FOR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

SPECIAL PROGRAMS THAT REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DUTY ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO EVERY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN THAT MAY APPEAR ON AN IMPORT TRANSACTION. GSP (SPI "A") APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE COUNTRIES LISTED AS BENEFICIARY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ANDEAN PREFERENCE (SPI "J") APPLIES ONLY TO THOSE COUNTRIES CODED AS ELIGIBLE FOR THAT PROGRAM. THE SPECIAL PROGRAMS DATABASE LISTS WHICH COUNTRIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR VARIOUS SPECIAL PROGRAMS. IF A SUMMARY INPUT CONTAINS A SPECIAL PROGRAM INDICATOR WHICH IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE TRANSMITTED COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. NOTE: IF THE LINE HAS TWO TARIFF NUMBERS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NAFTA ELIGIBLE, THE SPI'S USED MUST AGREE WITH THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. IF THE FILER USES "CA" FOR THE SPI IN EITHER THE 50 OR 70 RECORD, WITH "MX" IN THE 40 RECORD AS C/O, THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO BE GENERATED. SEE ERROR MSG 40J, AS WELL.

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