US Census Data Deemed Highly Secure

The 35th Annual National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) Conference was held in Rancho Mirage, CA on April 19 of this year. A topic of interest discussed during a popular seminar, “CBP Imposition of Penalties for Violation of AES” included the security of the Electronic Export Information (EEI). To maintain the security of census data, exporters are restricted from submitting EEI data to any foreign country, regardless of the reason for the request.

The US Census Bureau publishes only a summary of statistics of the information included on the EEI. The details of individual exporter information are strictly confidential. The only government agencies with access to the census data are the following:
• US Principal Party in Interest (PPI)
• US PPI’s Agent
• US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
• US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
• US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Parties that are denied access to the EEI data include:
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
• Foreign Governments
• Private attorneys


For more information on the security of your census data, please visit the US Census Bureau.

For more information on EEI filing, please visit the Automated Export System (AES) Filing Mandate.