The Census Bureau and Association of Small Business Development Centers are hosting an Automated Export System Compliance Seminar in Houston, Texas on March 13-14. Census Bureau experts will cover Foreign Trade Regulations filing requirements, commodity classification in Schedule B and AES. The second day will feature a AESPcLink Workshop. Both seminars will be held at the Houston Bank of America Building.
The Census Bureau sent out AES Broadcast #2013014 as part of a series of monthly educational broadcast messages on fatal errors in the Automated Export System. This month Census is highlighting AES error codes 118 (Carrier Code Missing) and 250 (USPPI Country Must Be U.S.). The broadcast covers the reasons for these error messages and how to resolve them, as follows:
The International Trade Administration issued a final rule adopting its proposal to extend until 2017 its program to monitor and require permits from importers of steel products. Under the program, steel import licenses, issued through the online SIMA licensing system, are required by CBP for filing entry paperwork for imports of certain steel mill products into the U.S. Import data collected through the issuance of the licenses are aggregated weekly and posted on the publicly available Steel Mill Import Monitor.