95-14829. Implementation of Automated Export System

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 117 (Monday, June 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32040-32041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14829]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Customs Service


Implementation of Automated Export System

AGENCY: U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of Implementation of Phase I of the Automated Export 
System (AES).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces that beginning on July 3, 1995, the U.S. 
Customs Service with the assistance of the Bureau of the Census will 
implement the first phase of AES and also announces to the public where 
the AES system will be implemented.

BACKGROUND: AES will ultimately provide a single electronic gateway at 
Customs through which the exporting community can report and receive 
all information required by U.S. government agencies involved with 
export administration. AES will create a ``one-stop'' environment for 
the trade community to file export information. It will substantially 
reduce paperwork and eliminate duplicate reporting requirements 
resulting in decreased respondent burden. AES will facilitate export 
trade, and improve customer service, trade statistics, and outbound 
enforcement.
    Phase I of AES is for vessel shipments only and only for voluntary 
participants. Additional implementation phases of AES will be announced 
in future notices.
    Phase I of AES will be implemented in the ports of Baltimore, 
Maryland; Norfolk, Virginia; Charleston, South Carolina; Houston, Texas 
(including Galveston and Texas City); and Los Angeles-Long Beach, 
California.
SECTORS AFFECTED: Parties that may volunteer to participate in Phase I 
of AES include; exporters, freight forwarders, carriers, customhouse 
brokers, port authorities, and service bureaus.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPANTS: Exporters, or their agents, will be 
responsible for providing primary [[Page 32041]] commodity related 
data, while carriers will be responsible for providing primary 
transportation related data. These two segments of AES data, commodity 
and transportation, provide the details needed to complete the export 
transaction reporting requirements.
    During the initial implementation of Phase I of AES, exporters, or 
their agents, and carriers will be required to continue to report 
export information under current regulatory requirements using the 
Shipper's Export Declaration or the Automated Export Reporting Program 
in addition to reporting export information to AES. This dual reporting 
period for AES participants is not expected to last past December 31, 
1995. The length of the dual reporting period may be adjusted pending 
the outcome of the evaluation of Phase I of AES. The dual reporting 
requirement only applies to the export activities of the voluntary 
participants within the above specified ports. Following this dual 
reporting period, AES will be extended to other vessel ports to be 
announced.

DATA CONTROLS: Certain data contained in AES will fall under the 
purview of the Freedom of Information Act as well as the Privacy Act.

CONTACTS: For information regarding AES, please contact the AES 
Development Team at [phone] or your local Customs Client 
Representative. To obtain reference or background material, please call 
the AES MarketFax at [phone], extension 100-main menu. To obtain 
information about AES from a specified port location, please call the 
following listed phone numbers:

Baltimore............................................     [phone]
Norfolk..............................................     [phone]
Charleston...........................................     [phone]
Houston (via Galveston Office).......................     [phone]
Los Angeles-Long Beach...............................     [phone]
                                                                        

    Dated: June 13, 1995.
Ray Mackin,
Acting Director, AES Development Team.
[FR Doc. 95-14829 Filed 6-16-95; 8:45 am]
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