Census to Cancel AEI Pilot Due to Low Participation

The Census Bureau plans to cancel its Advanced Export Information pilot program (see 14013015) because it was “unable to conduct sufficient analysis and evaluation” of the program due to a lack of “adequate participation,” the agency said in a notice this week. The program, first announced in 2014, will end Dec. 13. On and after Dec. 13, the remaining pilot program participants should no longer report Electronic Export Information through the AEI pilot program and instead should report EEI to the Automated Export System “in accordance with the Foreign Trade Regulations,” Census said.

The AEI pilot program allowed participating exporters to submit a “limited set” of EEI “in accordance with existing filing deadlines” followed by “the full set of data elements submitted within five calendar days of the date of export,” Census said. The agency said the program attracted just seven participants, and by July 1 only two remained.