Commerce Expects Mandatory AES Filing of Export Information to Begin in 2nd Quarter of 2008
According to a Commerce Department information collection notice on the Shipper's Export Declaration (SED)/Automated Export System (AES) Program, implementation of the requirement for the mandatory filing of export information via AES1 is expected to take place in the second quarter of 2008.
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A final rule will need to be published before its implementation, which press reports state is expected soon2.
AES Final Rule Would Eliminate Paper SED
The final rule will eliminate the paper version of the SED (Form 7525-V) and require AES to be used for all exports that require the filing of SED information.
(The SED form and its electronic equivalent, the AES record, provide the means for collecting data on U.S. exports. The official export statistics collected from these tools provide the basic component for the compilation of the U.S. position on merchandise trade; is used for certain export control purposes to detect and prevent the export of certain items by unauthorized parties or to unauthorized destinations or end users; etc.)
AES Has Had Ten Enhancements Added Since 2005
According to the Commerce Department, since 2005, Census and CBP have implemented the following ten enhancements to the AES:
- Edits for rough diamond shipments for the Kimberly Process;
- E-mail messaging;
- A Validated End-User license code;
- Automated carrier code updates;
- Background Standard Carrier Alpha Codes (SCAC) update process from National Motor Freight Traffic Association file;
- A SCAC maintenance log list;
- Consignee screens;
- Option 4 vessel shipments to proscribed countries allowed;
- Method of transportation maintenance screens; and
- Edit value type screens.
1AES is a joint venture between U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Division (FTD), the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC), other Federal agencies, and the export trade community.
2See ITT's Online Archives or 02/22/08 and 01/25/08 news, 08022299 2 and 08012599 1, for BP summaries of the press reports that also note the resolution of certain disputes between Census and the Department of Homeland Security on the rulemaking's contents.
- Information collection comments are due by March 26, 2008 (see notice for details)
(See ITT's Online Archives or 03/28/05 news, 05032820, for Part XII, the final part of BP's summary of the February 2005 mandatory AES proposed rule, with links to previous parts.
See ITT's Online Archives or 03/08/07 news, 07030899 1, for BP summary of the trade expressing concerns that CBP is not prepared for mandatory AES.)
See ITT's Online Archives or 12/19/06 news, 06121915, for BP update on the delay of the AES final rule.
Commerce Department notice (FR Pub 02/25/08) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-3503.pdf