AES Filing Time Frames Modified

The U.S. Census Bureau has modified the Automated Export System filing time frames for shipments between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

Since Puerto Rico is part of the ”Customs territory of the United States,” shipments between the U.S. and Puerto Rico are exempt from the advance filing requirements set forth in the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) that were issued last year.

In FTR Letter No. 1 issued in September 2008, Census advised that even though Puerto Rico-related shipments were exempt from the FTR’s advance filing requirements, the proof of filing citation had to be presented to the carrier “prior to departure” of the shipment.

After consulting with the trade community servicing Puerto Rico Census has modified the filing deadline. In FTR Letter No. 4, which was issued on April 23rd, Census stated that for shipments between the U.S. and Puerto Rico the proof of filing citation, postdeparture filing citation or exemption citation now has to be presented to the carrier “by the time the shipment arrives at the port of unlading.”

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Export Licensing Statistics & Common AES Filing Errors

In the January 2009 issue of the Census Bureau’s AES Newsletter, Bureau of Industry and Security Senior Trade and Industry Analyst Gerry Horner an update on export licensing and common Automated Export System filing errors. He noted that in calendar year 2007 U.S. companies exported $2.8 billion of licensed items and $14.2 billion of items under a license exception, representing 0.2 percent and 1.2 percent, respectively, of overall U.S. exports.

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