2000 U.S. Census Bureau Facilitating U.S. Exports with E-Government

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Solutions to Build Upon Automated Export System (AES) AESDirect AESWebLink

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Automated Export System (AES) Joint project - Customs & Census Electronic filing of Shipper’s Export Declarations (SEDs) Electronic filing of outbound carrier manifests

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Why Participate in AES? Eliminate the paper SED Save time and money Reduce duplicate reporting Ensure compliance with regulations Fax copies no longer acceptable Improve trade statistics

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 How AES Works Transmit shipment commodity data to AES with ID and reference number AES processes data against edit tables and agency requirements AES responds with an acceptance or non-acceptance message

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 How AES Works (cont.) Deliver merchandise to the carrier and provide an AES exemption statement on bill of lading “No SED Required AES EIN SRN” Carrier files manifest electronically within 10 days (vessel)

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 AES Communication Choices Develop own software: ANSI X.12 UN-EDIFACT Customs proprietary format Purchase software from an AES certified software vendor File through an AES service center

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Participation in AES 782 companies filing SED data on behalf of 178,000 exporters! 573 Freight forwarders 198 Exporters 11 Others 46 Service providers & software vendors 353 applicants in development

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 AES Statistics AES - operational in July 1995 Commodity data lines filed in AES: , , ,719, ,100,970 (through June) 58% of data in the trade statistics

U.S. Census Bureau Free, Internet-based service Shipper’s Export Declaration (SED) filing to AES E-business alternative to the SED Can be used by exporters, forwarders, or anyone else responsible for filing an SED

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 AESDirect Filing Service Details Interactive and batch methods Capture and edit SED information Transmitted error free to AES messages back to the filer Retains submitted SEDs Report generation capabilities

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Other Provisions On-line registration Extensive tutorial On-line help facility Operational 24 hours/7 days Help desk available 12 hours/day, 7 days a week

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 How to get started with AESDirect Go to Complete on-line registration form Read the terms and conditions Complete the tutorial and quiz Receive authorization Log in and start filing AES!

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Current Participation AESDirect operational on 10/4/ companies have registered, taken tutorial, and passed the quiz 342 companies filing Number of SEDs: , thru June 273,000

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 AESWebLink Major enhancement to AESDirect Integrates commercial web applications with AESDirect Operates as an Internet plug-in Developers kit available on AESDirect Tested, released, and ready for production!

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 How AESWebLink Works Client accesses your web application Client completes B/L, SLI, etc. If an SED is required: Your application creates a data record Record and client passed to AESDirect via AESWebLink AESDirect then solicits remaining data

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 How to get started with AESWebLink Go to Click on Developers Center Complete the on-line application Develop the AESWebLink interface in your application Request/receive certification

U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Where to find us! AES Help Line C. Harvey Monk Chuck Woods