December 22, 2022

New Automated Export System (AES) Informational Message

This message is a follow-up to the broadcast that was released on June 30, 2022, titled Guidance on Filing the USPPI Address and State of Origin in the Automated Export System.  This is intended to provide clear guidance for U.S. Principal Parties in Interest (USPPI) when the USPPI Address State and State of Origin do not match on the Electronic Export Information (EEI) in the Automated Export System (AES).  If the U.S. State codes do not match, filers shall begin filing in compliance with the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) going forward.

To ensure further compliance with the FTR, specifically ensuring the USPPI Address in section 30.6(a)(1)(ii) and the State of Origin in section 30.6(a)(4) match, the Census Bureau will be deploying a new Informational Message in the AES.  The message will be active in the Certification testing environment on January 10, 2023 and will go into the Production environment on February 7, 2023.  This Informational Message will allow the filer to take notice of the USPPI Address and State of Origin fields being reported on the EEI in the AES when the data elements do not match and make changes.

Response Code: 26C

Narrative Text: STATE OF ORIGIN / USPPI STATE MISMATCH

Severity: INFORMATIONAL

Reason: The U.S. State of Origin Code and USPPI Address State Code do not match.

Resolution: The State of Origin and USPPI State must match and be reported as the location from which the goods actually begin the journey to the port of export as defined in section 30.6(a)(1)(ii) and 30.6(a)(4) of the Foreign Trade Regulations.

For a full listing of AES Response Codes, please visit Appendix A of the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR).

If additional clarification is needed on this topic or any other regulatory matters, please contact the Census Bureau’s Trade Regulations Branch at (800) 549-0595, Option 3, or by email at emd.askregs@census.gov.

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