FAQs

FAQ: AES

• Using the Census Bureau’s Automated Export Reporting Program (AERP), I am approved to report my export shipments on a monthly basis directly to Census. Can I stay with AERP instead of using AES?
  
  
• What filing options are available to me for filing SED information?
  
  
• How much will AES cost me for hardware, software and transmissions?
  
  
• How can I find a software vendor that has successfully tested their software with AES?
  
  
• I want to develop AES software in-house. What data formats are acceptable to AES and how can I find the technical specifications?
  
  
• I don’t always know all the information required to file a complete SED prior to departure. Does AES allow for this business reality?
  
  
• Why does AES require pre-departure filing of the Shipper’s Export Declaration (SED)? Don’t I have four days after departure to file my SED? Why is AES changing this after all these years?
  
  
• Does AES require a lot more data elements then the paper SED?
  
  
• Will AES hold up my export cargo? I have heard AES referred to as an enforcement system, is it?
  
  
• I have heard that AES requires a DUNS number. What do I do if I don’t have one?
  
  
• Is the Schedule B export commodity classification system being eliminated?
  
  
• What if I have questions, either technical or subject matter related? Is there a help desk?
  
  

AES FAQ #0000