The Recent AES Requirements
Automated Export System (AES) is the export system that used by U.S exporters and forwarders to declare the international export to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) automatically. AES basically has been used by exporters approximately 11 years. In February 2005, U.S Census and CBP published that In the first quarter of 2006, all export shipment requiring the Shipper Export Declaration (SED) previously is mandatory to do the electronic filing through the AES or AESDirect which is the free Internet-based portal for filing export information. The U.S Census Bureau created AESDirect mainly for small and midsize exporters and forwarders while AES is to serve large exporters and forwarders. Mandatory AES allows the Customs and Border Protection to check for discrepancies and violation in export shipment easier and more accurate. Also, it is harder for exporters to conceal the violations. Generally, this requirement and regulation of AES filing is expecting to become a law.
Basically, the most significant new regulation of mandatory AES is its penalty policies. The new requirements of AES have a dramatic change of penalties when the false and delayed of AES filing occurred. The new civil penalties may be up to $1,100 per day, and $10,000 per violation which is 10 times the previous penalties. And, the criminal penalties are up to $10,000 per violation, and five years of jail time. Census to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are the authority to take those penalties in place. Also, as the same requirement of SED filing, export to Canada and shipment value less than $2,500 are not required for AES filing due to ...