AES Downtime Policy Deactivated; Response Messages Slow

The Automated Export System Downtime Policy was deactivated on April 19 and ACE AESDirect is now operational following the unscheduled ACE AES outage on April 18, the Census Bureau said in an April 19 email. "As a reminder, you are REQUIRED to file all Electronic Export Information (EEI) for shipments that were exported under the AES Downtime Policy, along with any new AES transactions, to receive an Internal Transaction Number (ITN)," it said. The agency also asked filers not to submit shipment more than once. "Due to the high volume of shipments that are being processed at this time, please be patient in obtaining an AES response message. Do not submit shipments more than once," Census said in another email.