Question: My question concerns the license value to be used in AES. I have asked a number of colleagues and I get different opinions. Let’s assume we have an export license for Product X: When we applied for the license, the unit value we used was $2,000. Six months later we have a sale at […]
Question: I have an inquiry regarding value reporting in AES. If a US manufacturer(USPPI) sales to a foreign entity in country X(FPPI), and the goods are consigned to a third unrelated party in country Y (Ultimate consignee), what value is to be reported on for AES purpose? The manufacturer(USPPI) selling price or the FPPI selling […]
Question: According to FTR 30.9 “The USPPI or the authorized filing agent is responsible for electronically transmitting accurate EEI as known at the time of filing in the AES and transmitting any changes to that information as soon as they are known. Corrections, cancellations, or amendments to that information shall be electronically identified and transmitted […]
Question: According to FTR 30.9 “The USPPI or the authorized filing agent is responsible for electronically transmitting accurate EEI as known at the time of filing in the AES and transmitting any changes to that information as soon as they are known. Corrections, cancellations, or amendments to that information shall be electronically identified and transmitted […]
Question: A forwarder consolidates multiple orders and moves into Mexico for us. Recently an audit revealed they were not consolidating the EEI filing, but were instead filing based on sales order not by consolidated shipment. When requested to change to one EEI per day, we were told sometimes the shipment is on two trucks, and […]
Question: According to the ITAR, exports of defense articles must be entered in AES even when going out under a license exemption. Apparently this applies even for hand-carried items. What about CCL items that are hand carried? Not as TMP, and not as BAG, but as NLR permanent exports? What are the AES reporting requirements […]
Question: A forwarder consolidates multiple orders and moves into Mexico for us. Recently an audit revealed they were not consolidating the EEI filing, but were instead filing based on sales order not by consolidated shipment. When requested to change to one EEI per day, we were told sometimes the shipment is on two trucks, and […]
Question: Is it legal and acceptable practice under US Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations for the USPPI to request its authorized US freight forwarder to file an EEI in AES on behalf of the FPPI in Latin America? The US freight forwarder is transporting the cargo from the USPPI’s warehouse in California to its […]
Question: Company A (US) sells widgets to Company B (Intl) , Company B has Company A ship widgets to Company C in different foreign country. Company C is a Logistic Container company that may eventually ship the widgets to another country. Where does the exporter or the AES filer responsibility for this shipment end? Where […]
Question: According to the ITAR, exports of defense articles must be entered in AES even when going out under a license exemption. Apparently this applies even for hand-carried items. What about CCL items that are hand carried? Not as TMP, and not as BAG, but as NLR permanent exports? What are the AES reporting requirements […]
Question: Below are 2 definitions of Transportation Reservation Number as defined by (1) AESDirect User Guide and (2) AES section of the Census web site. This is the reservation number, or booking number, assigned by the ocean carrier to hold space on the vessel for the cargo Number referencing a transportation booking, bill of lading, […]
Question: Recently we have received from the U.S. Census Bureau our Foreign Trade AES Data for the previous 12 months. Would anyone be willing to share a template or process of how they review and audit these finding? ************* ANSWER: We audit every item filed with the AES that could possibly have been filed incorrectly; […]
