Census Offers AES Tips for Shipping Reference Number, Origin Errors

The Census Bureau emailed tips last week on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.

Response code 68 is a fatal error for when a filer is trying to change, replace or cancel a filing, but the shipment reference number is "not on file" in the Automated Export System. Census said the shipment reference number must exist for the filer on a previous filing in AES. The filer should verify the shipment filing action request indicator and the shipment reference number, correct the shipment and resubmit.

Response code 850 is an error for when the "Domestic/Foreign Origin Indicator" is "improbable" for the reported Schedule B/Harmonized Tariff Schedule Number. Census said certain products are "highly unlikely to be either of domestic origin or of foreign origin," and this "might indicate either a keying error or misclassification of the product." The filer should verify the origin indicator and the Schedule B/HTS Number, correct the shipment and resubmit, if necessary. If the information is verified correct, Census said no action is necessary.