AESDirect Program Outage

AES Broadcast  08/12/2010          Broadcast  #  2010042

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 AESDirect Program Outage

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This message is intended for AESDirect program users only. Due to severe weather conditions, the power at the AESDirect program site is down. If you are not an AESDirect program filer, you will not be affected by this outage.

AES PcLink users are encouraged to continue creating and storing shipments in a queue on their local computer for transmission when AESDirect is brought back on-line.

If you utilize the AES Downtime Policy for export, please contact the port where you will export from. In lieu of the AES Proof of Filing citation, please use the AES Downtime citation which consists of the phrase AESDOWN, your individual company's Filer ID, followed by the date.

For example:     AESDOWN 123456789 05/10/2010

Please see the U.S. Customs and Border Protection web site for further information on the AES Downtime Policy:

http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/automated/aes/tech_docs/aestir/june04_intro/

For further information or questions, contact the U.S. Census Bureau's AES Branch.

For further information or questions, contact the U.S. Census Bureau's
AES Branch.

Telephone: (800) 549-0595, select option 1 for AES
Email: askaes@census.gov
Online: www.census.gov/trade.
Blog: blogs.census.gov/globalreach/2010/07/a-look-into-the-aes-downtime-policy.html