Question: Do you need to be a US Citizen to be allowed to file an EEI? Answer 1: U.S. Citizenship is not required, but you must have a U.S. physically address and an EIN number. The linked document below lays out the requirements and steps to get started. www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/aesdirect/register_access_aesdirect.pdf Answer 2: No. the regs […]
Question: Hello Members, Recently, a division made mistakes when self-filing EEI. The errors involved the incorrect Port of Export and Carrier Name. The division is currently in the process of correcting these transactions. My question pertains to when the freight forwarder is authorized as the filing agent. Since the authorized agent files the EEI, including […]
Question: I’ve read the FTR as many times as I could, and I wanted to confirm my understanding regarding the review of AES submissions. My understanding is that there is no regulatory requirement to review AES submissions, but it is considered a best practice. Additionally, the regulations do not specify a particular number or percentage […]
Question: Questions to the group. We export to Canada, household goods (no vehicle. no items that require a license). A new person in our company is telling us we are in violation since we do not have the below on our commercial invoice: NO EEI 30.[specific regulatory section] Is this correct? Is it a requirement? […]
Question: Hello, Members! There was a posting related to AES EEI violation and this triggered me to think of this question. When you are self-filling EEI for exports done by parcel carriers such as FedEx, UPS, and DHL, we may not know where the port of export is. We have an idea depending on which […]
Question: Is there a legal restriction that does not permit a foreign person working outside the US to file an export filing in AES on behalf of the USPPI? We have a facility in Mexico setup as a Maquiladora. Can we have a full-time employee of that facility have access to our AES account and […]
Question: Routed transaction vs. non-routed transaction. Clarification is needed since terms are being thrown around. My understanding of a non-routed routed transaction is when the USPPI files AES AND determines how the goods will be delivered to the FPPI. Meanwhile a routed transaction is when the FPPI schedules the delivery and shipping method and is […]
Question: I need input from the Export experts. My company does a small amount of exports and the process is centralized. Upon checking ACE AES report, I found a few shipments with the AES filed by freight forwarders unknown to me. I have reached out to inquire about those transactions and haven’t gotten anywhere. It […]
Question: We had a shipment rejected after US export because it went to the wrong address. It is returning on the courier via GN3E5. Upon return it will be sent out again to the correct address. Items are EAR99 & NLR. Does the original EEI filing need to be amended to show the wrong address […]
Question: Greetings, We regularly export material via truck and rail from U.S. to Mexico. Depending on the situation this could be an inner company move or ship direct to 3rd party. Should it be a 3rd party customer, their US freight forwarder will be used. In this scenario we have no vision of the export […]
Question: The company I work for uses ex-works for export shipments which 99% of the time is routed freight. The scenario is that we deliver goods sold to a foreign party, at a port or named location sometimes a consolidator warehouse and provide the customer or customers forwarder with all the necessary paperwork to submit […]
Question: I have a question for the membership. We are a freight forwarder, an LLC and recently our company purchased a company that is a C-Corp. Their operating system is more robust, so we are moving to their operating system. Due to financials and payout, and the need to keep the financials separate for the […]
