Census Issues Guidance on AES Ultimate Consignee Reporting

The Census Bureau this week published a blog post to provide guidance for Automated Export System users trying to determine how to report the Ultimate Consignee in their Electronic Export Information. Census said ultimate consignee reporting becomes “more complicated” when the known end user and the Ultimate Consignee are two different entities and they reside in two different countries.

The guidance provides several examples of when this might occur, including one scenario involving a “drop shipment” -- when an authorized agent facilitates the export and files the EEI on behalf of its customer, the Foreign Principal Party in Interest. Another scenario involves the export going to a FPPI or foreign buyer “who initially receives the goods” but then sells the goods to an end user. The last scenario involves exports controlled either under the Export Administration Regulations or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.