Reminder AES Commodity Redesign to be Implemented June 8, 2004 (to be Preceded by 78-Hour Outage)
The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a follow-up broadcast regarding the Automated Export System (AES) Commodity Redesign implementation that is scheduled for June 8, 2004.
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78-Hour Outage Begins June 5, 2004, During Which No Shipments Will be Queued
Census states that AES will experience a 78-hour outage during the cutover of the new requirements. The outage will take place from 12:01 a.m. EST on June 5, 2004 through 6:00 a.m. EST on June 8, 2004.
Census states that AES filers will not be able to file shipments during this outage and advises that shipments sent during the outage will not be queued and will be rejected.
Census states that licensable shipments can be filed up until 4:00 p.m. EST on June 4, 2004 and all other shipments should be filed by 12:00 am EST on June 5, 2004.
AES Filers Should Test New AES Requirements
Census strongly advises AES filers to begin testing the new requirements in the AES Education region as the redesign entails format changes, stricter validations and new filing requirements. Census states that filers should not delay as there are fewer than 30 days remaining for testing (as of May 6, 2004).
Census adds that if a filer will not be ready for the June 8, 2004 implementation, they should begin to explore another option for filing export shipments, such as filing through Census' free internet application, AESDirect.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP's) technical documentation for AES is available at www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/export/aes/tech_docs/.
Census AES Commodity Redesign resources are available at www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 04/23/04 news, 04042310, for earlier BP summary.)
Contacts - Randy Mitchell (415) 782-9445 (CBP)
Census AES Branch 1(800) 549-0595
Census Broadcast 2004024 (dated 04/30/04) available athttp://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/documentlibrary/commodityredesign.html