Question: Are there any tools that I can use to monitor AES export (routed or other) filings, say on a weekly basis? I hope that Census has something that allows me an opportunity to review/fix errors, similar to ACE once I discover them via periodic audit (against my EIN). *********** Answers: If you are a […]
Parts (full truck load of multiple parts, all have same Sch. B.) are built in Florida. Customer sends their FF to the Florida shipper’s dock. Customer pays for freight. FF will also be handling ocean as well from Long Beach to Asia. I want to avoid a routed transaction. This transaction is considered […]
Just curious how others are interpreting the new AES filing requirement that will go into effect in April for shipments which require an export license to provide in the EEI filing, the “value designated on the export license that corresponds to the commodity being exported” [15 CFR 30.6 (b) (15)]. What we are […]
If anyone in the membership has a step by step work instruction to use when filing AES (and exemptions) would you be willing to share? All you need can be found here, including detailed user guides, sample shipments and explanations: http://aesdirect.census.gov/ Albert Saphir ABS CONSULTING Supply Chain Harmony – […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have an AES operational manual that they can share? As the USPPI, my company wants to provide some procedural guidelines and compliance best practices to our third party AES filing agent. **************
QUESTION: My understanding is if I am the USPPI and self file through AES, I am not required to enter the freight forwarders name in the freight forwarding field of the AES. However if I give permission to a freight forwarder or authorize an agent to file on […]
Question: Having joined a new company, I have come to learn that one of our distribution centers performs AES submission on behalf of the USPPI. The distribution center provides the service of holding goods for storage. The goods are dispatched under the instructions of the USPPI. The distribution center does maintain Power of […]
Question: I have begun to notice that our forwarder has been filing some of our AES transaction for Routed Exports as “Yes”. When I approach them on why they were filing the routed export as “yes”, they indicated that because the shipments were collect to the customer that means the consignee is routed. […]
Question: We sell to a customer in Hong Kong. Our Hong Kong customer sells to their customer in Taiwan. The shipment is moving via courier. The value of the sale to Hong Kong is less than $2500. The value of the order between Hong Kong and Taiwan exceeds $2500. From the way I […]
Question: When a foreign buyer purchases from a US seller and will arrange for a US freight forwarder to ship the product, the USPPI should always obtain the POA that gives the forwarder permission to act on the FPPI’s behalf correct? If that POA does not include the granting of permission to file […]
QUESTION: We received our requested 2012 AES filing records from Census, which have been separated into 3 spreadsheet tabs: AF Routed Non-routed USPPI routed – US Principal Party in Interest The column headings and content within each tab are different. What is the difference between AF Routed and USPPI routed? The […]
Question: A defective part, no longer under warranty, is imported into the US for analysis and/or repair, if possible. At importation, 9801.00.10.12 for repairs and returns is not used because it is unknown whether or not the part will be repaired. It is determined to be repairable, it is repaired, and the […]
