CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) on its Web site, indicating that Version 1.0 was changed or features were added or deleted on January 11, 2006 as follows:
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1. CBP Posts Summary of AESTIR Changes for January 11, 2006
Appendix A - Commodity Filing Response Messages. Response Code 549 CNTY MUST BE CU FOR CUBAN AGR EXEMPTN has been removed and included in new Response Code 667.
The following response codes have been added:
| Response Code 666 | ECCN MUST BE FROM APPROVED LIST |
| Response Code 667 | COUNTRY NOT ALLOWED FOR LICENSE TYPE |
| Response Code 668 | EAR99 CANNOT BE REPORTED (Not currently active) |
Appendix F - License and License Exemption Type Codes and Reporting Guidelines. The following has been added:
| C52 United States Persons in Libya (USPL) Part 740.19(Permits the export and re-export to U.S. persons in Libya of certain items listed on the Commerce Control List controlled for anti-terrorism (AT) reasons only.) |
Revised AESTIR summary of changes (posting date of 01/11/06) available at
2. CBP List of Companies/Persons Offering ABI Data Processing Services, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP's) Office of Information and Technology has posted a notice to CBP's Web site containing a list, as of January 10, 2006, of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI). CBP has listed the (1) software vendors (ABI Vendors); (2) drawback vendors (DV); (3) protest vendors (PV); (4) MQ/Frame enabled ABI software vendors (MQ-SV) and service centers (MQ-SC); and (5) Virtual Private Network software vendors (VPN SV) who have developed or who will provide upon request software packages for handling ABI data. Also listed are service bureaus (SB) that act as a communications source for data transmissions to the Automated Commercial System (ACS). According to CBP, these organizations are in the business of transmitting and receiving Customs data for ABI participants. (CBP notice (dated 01/10/06) available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/operations_support/automated_systems/abi/getting_started/vendor.ctt/vendor.doc.)