Test Environment with FTR Changes Now Available for AESDirect EDI and WebLink Filers

You are receiving this message because you are registered as an EDI or WebLink vendor or as an EDI Filer with AESDirect. 

Beginning today, the FTR related updates to AESDirect are available for testing in AESDirect test (education) accounts.  Keep in mind that you are testing through AESDirect and may not receive responses from the AES. The FTR updates include:

-      Addition of the “Ultimate Consignee Type” data element

-      Addition of the “License Value” data element

-      Updating the length of the “Foreign Trade Zone” data element from 5 to 7 characters and changes to the valid format

Additionally, AESDirect will no longer automatically determine whether EEI should be filed as “Option 2” or “Option 4”. 

Details of the updates to the X12 mapping and AESWebLink API for the new data elements are already available on the aesdirect.census.gov website.  EDI filers and vendors using the CBP proprietary “AESTIR” format should consult the specs on the CBP website.

AESWebLink API - http://aesdirect.census.gov/support/weblink_api.html
AESDirect X12 Mapping - http://aesdirect.census.gov/support/x12_601_mapping.html
AESTIR Specs on CBP.gov - http://www.cbp.gov/trade/aes (Click “Proposed FTR Revisions”)

These updates will become live for production filing on April 5^th, 2014.

For further information or questions, contact AESDirect Technical Support at 877.715.4433.