CBP this week set a new release date for two new Automated Export System messages -- 97H and 97R -- that will allow officers to alert exporters of hold and release messages (see 2305100062). The messages will now be deployed May 25, the agency said in a May 24 CSMS message. CBP delayed the release earlier this month (see 2305170021).
The Census Bureau emailed tips May 18 on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.
CBP is delaying the rollout of two new Automated Export System messages -- 97H and 97R -- that will allow officers to alert exporters of hold and release messages (see 2305100062), the agency said in a May 17 CSMS message. CBP said it will provide a new release date “at a later time.”
CBP is changing its procedures for seizures and forfeitures so that it will now provide public notice of an impending forfeiture at the same time it notifies parties with a potential interest in the goods, the agency said in a notice released May 15.
The Census Bureau is nixing plans to update its Automated Export System early with a new proposed export filing requirement for certain U.S. Munitions List exports, CBP said in a May 10 CSMS message. Census last week said it planned to update the AESDirect web application May 9 with the new data element (see 2305040024) even though it had just proposed the electronic export filing requirement one day earlier and was still soliciting public comments on the change, which are due July 3 (see 2305020007).
CBP will soon allow its officers to alert exporters of hold and release messages in the Automated Export System, the agency said in a May 10 CSMS message. Beginning May 18, AES filers can begin receiving two informational messages in AES: response code 97H for when a shipment has been placed on hold, and response code 97R for when a shipment is released. CBP said both codes have been added to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements Appendix A “and are ready for testing in certification.”
The Census Bureau this week previewed its new response code to prepare Automated Export System users ahead of a potential electronic export filing requirement for certain U.S. Munitions List items.
NEW ORLEANS -- Although CBP launched a pilot program in January to accept certain electronic filings for used self-propelled vehicles exports (see 2212160021), some ports aren’t recognizing the pilot, said Donna Kavanaugh, compliance manager for A.N. Deringer. Speaking during the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America’s annual conference this week, Kavanaugh said exporters are encountering ports that either aren’t familiar with the pilot or “don't have a desire to participate.” She urged exporters to ask their ports to participate in the pilot and “share with them the links” to the pilot announcement.
The Census Bureau said April 21 it had deactivated its Automated Export System downtime policy after fixing issues affecting AES, which wasn’t operating for users April 20 (see 2304200063). Users should file all Electronic Export Information for shipments exported under the AES Downtime Policy, along with any new AES transactions, to receive an Internal Transaction Number. “Due to the high volume of shipments that are being processed at this time, please be patient in obtaining an AES response message,” Census said. “Do not submit shipments more than once.”
The Census Bureau emailed tips March 20 on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System.