AES Filing: Planning for Downtime The AES Downtime Policy applies only when either the AES or AESDirect is not operational. It is important that if you use commercial software or in-house software and it becomes inoperative, you must find another way to report in EEI to stay in compliance. If using other software, you should consider that several companies that use … [Read more...]
New FTR’s Enforcement Begins Tomorrow October 3, 2014
New FTR's Enforcement Begins Tomorrow October 3, 2014 Here’s part of what’s happening tomorrow on October 3: Customs and Border Protection may begin issuing penalties for non-compliance AES Direct will begin issuing fatal errors related to the new data elements AESDirect will begin issuing fatal errors related to the new data elements Read here for all the changes: … [Read more...]
USPPI Requirements
USPPI Requirements A couple of the questions we frequently get asked are: what does the term USPPI mean and what are the responsibilities for exporting overseas? This is especially true for routed export transactions. The USPPI is the U.S. Principal Party of Interest – basically the entity in the USA who is receiving the benefit of an export shipment. This can be a seller … [Read more...]
What is AES Rehost?
What is AES Rehost? There has been a lot of discussion recently about changes to the Automated Export System (AES) and how it relates to the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). The AES system was developed back in 1994 and so the system needs to be updated with technology and platform. ACE is commercial trade processing system designed to automate border processing, … [Read more...]
Exports: AES Compliance Report
Exports: AES Compliance Report From Global Reach: What is an AES Compliance Report? An AES Compliance Report gives you a snapshot of how your company performed in complying with the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) over the previous three months. What does it look like - check out the sample in this post. At the top of the AES Compliance Report it shows the date that … [Read more...]