Automated Manifest Sytstem (AMS)


ABI Error Message

VOI: APPLICATION NOT REMOTE

CURRENTLY (7/98), THE ONLY ABI APPLICATION ELIGIBLE FOR REMOTE IS THE 'EI' APPLICATION. IF REMOTE INFORMATION IS SENT IN THE 'B' RECORD OF ANY OTHER APPLICATION, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.
51A: INFORMAL ENTRY HAS TOO HIGH VALUE

VALUE LIMIT FOR ALL INFORMAL ENTRIES IS $2000, EXCEPT FOR 'AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED' IN CHAPTER 98 AND "PERSONAL" SHIPMENTS (INDICATOR "P" IS SENT BY THE FILER IN THE 30 REC, POS 39). SELECTED TARIFF NUMBERS ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO DOLLAR LIMITATIONS FOR INFORMAL ENTRIES AS LISTED IN APPENDIX K OF THE CATAIR, PAGE K-3. SEE ALSO ERROR MESSAGE 51D. FOR AMERICAN GOODS RETURNED ENTRIES, USING TARIFF 98010010NN ONLY, THE VALUE LIMIT IS $10,000. FOR INFORMAL ENTRIES USING "P", THERE IS NO VALUE LIMIT EXCEPT AS MENTIONED ABOVE IN APPENDIX K FOR CERTAIN TEXTILE PRODUCTS.
ADJ: ISSUER CODE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED DURING ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSACTIONS. IF THE MOT IS 10 OR 11, AND THE ISSUER CODE OF THE MASTER BILL OF LADING REPORTED IN THE 22 RECORD, POSITIONS 70-73, IS SPACES, THIS ERROR WILL RESULT. WHEN THIS FIELD IS SPACES AND THE MOT IS 20, 30 OR 40, NO ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
889: INVALID DATE OF PRESENTATION

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION. IF THE FILER ELECTS TO USE A DATE OF PRESENTATION (H2 REC, POS 23) THE "PRESENTATION DATE" MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN THE H1 REC, POS 50-55. THE DATE MUST BE IN MMYYDD FORMAT. IF THE DATE IS TRANSMITTED IN ANY OTHER FORMAT, OR IF THE DATE FIELD IS LEFT BLANK, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.
8WA: NO ENTRY EXISTS OR ENTRY CLOSED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO A BILL OF LADING UPDATE TRASNMISSION. IF THE FILER ATTEMPTS TO SEND APPLICATION LN AGAINST AN ENTRY NUMBER FOR WHICH NO PROVISIONAL SELECTIVITY STATUS HAS BEEN ISSUED BY ABI, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. MOST OF THE TIME, ERROR MESSAGE 8WB, ENTRY BELONGS TO ANOTHER DD/PP, WILL ALSO BE GENERATED. **NOTE** - THIS MESSAGE CAN ALSO APPLY TO OTHER APPLICATIONS WHICH INVOLVE AN ENTRY NUMBER THAT IS NOT RESIDENT ON THE ENTRY OR SELECTIVITY DATABASES. **NOTE** THIS ERROR MESSAGE ALSO APPLIES TO A FILER'S ATTEMPT TO SEND A TIB EXTENSION REQUEST AFTER THE DATE THAT THE TIB ENTRY SHOWS AS 'CLOSED' PER THE ENTRY RECORD.
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'.
2DF: CARR CODE REQ FOR MOT 10,11,40

ENTRY SUMMARY TRANSMISSIONS FOR CARGO ARRIVING IN THE UNITED STATES BY AIR OR OCEAN (MOT 10, 11, 40, 41) MUST INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE CODE REPRESENTING THE IMPORTING AIR OR OCEAN CARRIER. THE CARRIER CODE IS TRANSMITTED IN THE SUMMARY IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-76 (FOR THE FOUR CHARACTER OCEAN CARRIER CODE) AND IN THE 30 REC, POS 73-74 (FOR THE TWO CHARACTER AIR CARRIER CODE). THIS CODE IS REQUIRED WHETHER OR NOT THE ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT CONTAINS A CARGO CERTIFICATION REQUEST FLAG. IF THE FILER DOES NOT TRANSMIT THE CARRIER CODE AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE WILL ALSO RESULT IF THE CARRIER CODE IS OMITTED FROM THE CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT TRANSACTION (APPLICATION IDENTIFIER HI) FOR AIR OR OCEAN MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
" J04: LAST 8 CHARACTERS MUST BE NUMERIC

THIS MESSAGE PERTAINS TO AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS. MASTER AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS ARE ALL NUMERIC IN FORMAT. HOUSE AIR WAYBILL NUMBERS ARE PERMITTED TO REFLECT ALPHA CHARACTERS. IF THE FILER TRANSMITS A MASTER AIR WAYBILL NUMBER THAT INCLUDES ALPHA CHARACTERS, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL RESULT.  
VDR: FTZ ENTRY REQUIRES FIRMS CODE

THE FIRMS CODE (REC 20, POS 72-75) IS MANDATORY FOR ENTRY TYPE 06 (EI APPLICATION) OR REC H2, POS 3-6 IN THE HI APPLICATION. 
EIT: LOCATION CODE REQUIRED

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN AUTOMATED INVOICE TRANSMISSION (APPLICATION CI). THE C13 REC, POS 11-15, PROVIDES A FIELD FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF A CODED LOCATION. THE DATA IN THIS ELEMENT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION CODE IDENTIFIER, TRANSMITTED IN THE C13 REC, POS 9-10.IF THERE IS A VALID LOCATION CODE IDENTIFIER TRANSMITTED IN POS 9-10, THE CODED LOCATION CANNOT BE BLANK OR THIS MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED. THIS MESSAGE APPLIES TO THE C43 RECORD, AS WELL.
VLH: CERT MFR TRAILER # OUT OF SEQUENC

THIS MESAGE MEANS THAT THE CERT MFR (CM) 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 THEN 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.
VA6: OGA OI REC MAY NOT BE BLANK

THE "OI" RECORD IS USED IN OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCY ENTRIES. THE DESCRIPTION IS LOCATED IN THE CATAIR, PAGE OG-11. THIS RECORD IS SENT WHEN THERE IS DATA TO BE SENT (I.E. THE LINE IS NOT "DISCLAIMED"). IF SENT, THE RECORD MUST NOT BE BLANK. THERE MUST BE A COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION SENT (POS 11-80). THE TARIFF DESCRIPTION IS NOT TO BE SENT.
4GP: ONLY COUNTRY VALID FOR OPTION C

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN REPLY TO AN ABI QUOTA QUERY. IF THE FILER REQUESTS ALL VISA RECORDS FOR A GIVEN COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (OPTION C IN POS 25 OF THE U1 INPUT RECORD), THE INPUT RECORD CANNOT ALSO REQUEST INFORMATION FOR A GIVEN VISA NUMBER, TARIFF NUMBER OR CATEGORY NUMBER IN THE SAME U1 INPUT RECORD
DLC: WARNING - ACCEL PRIV NOT ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE AUTOMATED DRAWBACK MODULE AND IS A "WARNING" NOT A FATAL ERROR THAT APPEARS IF THE CLAIM DATE IS ON OR AFTER 4/6/1998 AND THERE IS NO ACCELERATED SPECIAL PRIVILEGE RECORD ON FILE IN ACS. THIS WILL OCCUR IF THE CLAIMANT HAS NOT RE-APPLIED FOR THEIR PRIVILEGES, OR IF THEY HAVE RE-APPLIED, BUT HAVE NOT YET BEEN PUT INTO THE FILE. CLAIMANTS HAVE UNTIL 4/6/1999 TO RE-APPLY. AT THAT TIME THIS MESSAGE WILL BECOME A FATAL ERROR.
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).
VON: ENTRY FLR MUST=PREPARER FLR

THE REMOTE PREPARER FILER CODE SENT IN POSITIONS 51-53 OF THE EI 'B' RECORD MUST BE THE SAME AS THE PROCESSING (ENTRY) FILER CODE, POSITIONS 59-61.
B16: MID INVALID - LESS THAN 7 CHARACT

MANUFACTURER IDENTIFIER CODE CONTAINS LESS THAN SEVEN CHARACTERS.
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).
VOW: NON-REMOTE ENTRY ALREADY ON FILE

THIS MESSAGE IS GENERATED IN RESPONSE TO AN ENTRY SUMMARY INPUT TRANSMISSION. IF A FILER HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED SELECTIVITY RECORDS IN ACS, VIA THE HI (CARGO RELEASE DATA INPUT) TRANSACTION, THE FILER MAY NOT TRANSMIT AN RLF SUMMARY FILE FOR THE SAME ENTRY NUMBER. IF THE FILER WISHES TO CREATE AN RLF ENTRY FOR THE NUMBER IN QUESTION, THE ORIGINAL SELECTIVITY RECORDS FROM THE HI TRANSACTION WILL HAVE TO BE REMOVED BY PORT PERSONNEL.
VPS: CLAIM LINE TARIFFS EXCEED 8

THIS ERROR MESSAGE OCCURS IN THE NAFTA DUTY DEFERRAL MODULE. THE CLAIM LINE TARIFF NUMBER IS SENT IN THE D12 RECORD, POSITIONS 6-15. UP TO EIGHT D12 TARIFF NUMBER RECORDS CAN BE SENT UNDER A SINGLE D10 LINE NUMBER. IF MORE THAN EIGHT ARE SENT THIS REJECT MESSAGE OCCURS.
BRC: EXISTING ENTRY NOT RECON TYPE

THE FILER HAS ATTEMPTED AN ADD OR REPLACE 'RA' RECONCILIATION TRANSACTION AND THE ENTRY NUMBER ALREADY EXISTS IN ACS AS ANOTHER ENTRY TYPE THAN '09'. 
79I: MANUFACTURER NUMBER NOT ON FILE

THE MANUFACTURER NUMBER USED IN THE ABI SELECTIVITY TRANSACTION DOES NOT EXIST IN THE MANUFACTURER FILE. THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY. IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE '42F' "DATA ADDED WITH WARNINGS" MESSAGE.
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.
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. 
487: INVALID REFERENCE NUMBER FORMAT

THE REFERENCE NUMBER IS TRANSMITTED BY THE FILER AND USUALLY REPRESENTS THE FILER'S IRS, OR SSN NUMBER. WHEN A CUSTOMS FORM 4811 HAS BEEN PROCESSED BY LOCAL CUSTOMS, THE AGENT (OWNER OF THE REFERENCE NUMBER) WILL RECEIVE CERTAIN NOTIFICATIONS, LIQUIDATION NOTICES, ETC. FOR THE IMPORTER OF RECORD ON THE ENTRY. THE REFERENCE NUMBER MUST BE TRANSMITTED IN ACCEPTABLE IRS (NN-NNNNNNNNN) OR SSN (NNN-NN-NNNN) FORMAT IN THE 10 REC, POS 32-43. IF THE FORMAT IS NOT CORRECT, THIS ERROR MESSAGE WILL BE GENERATED.

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