[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 15817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7505]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Public Meetings in Houston, Texas and Charleston, South Carolina
on AES Implementation Phase I
AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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The U.S. Customs Service, Automated Export System Development Team
announces the following public meetings:
DATES: Charleston, SC., Wednesday, April 5, 1995, commencing at 9:00
a.m. and Houston, TX., Wednesday, April 19, 1995, commencing at 9:00
a.m.
ADDRESS: Charleston, SC., Holiday Inn (Patriots Room), 250 Highway 17
Bypass, Mt. Pleasant, SC., 29464.
Houston, TX., Sheraton Crown Hotel and Conference Center (Airport),
15700 JFK Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77032.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charleston Meeting: Mr. Steve Talley
(803) 727-4387; Pre-registration Fax: (803) 727-4114.
Houston Meeting: Ms. Jean Bienz (713) 233-3600; Pre-registration
Fax: (713) 233-3620
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Customs Commissioner George J. Weise
has announced that Phase 1 of the Automated Export System (AES) will be
implemented at the ports of Baltimore; Norfolk; Houston; Charleston,
South Carolina and Long Beach, California. Implementation is scheduled
for July 1995.
AES is a joint venture between Customs and the Bureau of Census.
The system is designed to electronically gather export-related
information from both exporters and carriers prior to actual
exportation.
A major goal of AES is to improve the accuracy of export trade
statistics, which are used as a primary economic indicator. Eventually,
AES will replace numerous paper and electronic mechanisms for filing
Shipper's Export Declarations (SED's). AES will also enhance collection
of the Harbor Maintenance Fee on exports, which is expected to return
$60 to $80 million to the U.S. Treasury annually.
Customs, Treasury's lead agency for international trade issues,
started AES development in May 1994. The AES team has been working
closely with a Trade Resource Group comprised of members from export-
related industries.
In this document, Customs is announcing the following public
meetings on AES:
1. Charleston, SC., Wednesday, April 5, 1995, commencing at 9:00 a.m.,
Holiday Inn (Patriots Room), 250 Highway 17 Bypass, Mt. Pleasant, SC.,
29464, Point of Contact: Mr. Steve Talley (803) 727-4387; Pre-
registration Fax: (803) 727-4114.
2. Houston, TX., Wednesday, April 19, 1995, commencing at 9:00 a.m.,
Sheraton Crown Hotel and Conference Center (Airport), 15700 JFK
Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77032, Point of Contact: Ms. Jean Bienz (713)
233-3600; Pre-registration Fax: (713) 233-3620.
In order to ensure that overcrowding does not result, persons
planning to attend a meeting are requested to preregister by contacting
the individual identified as the contact person for the city where they
plan on attending.
Dated: March 22, 1995.
Sharon A. Mazur,
Director, AES Development Team.
[FR Doc. 95-7505 Filed 3-24-95; 8:45 am]
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