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Automated Export System (AES)

Introduction to the Automated Export System (AES)

Before AES, the export system was paper-bound; expensive, labor intensive, error prone. AES uses proven technology in a new way to address a significant problem with the export process. It will contribute to a re-engineering of the way U.S. exports are accomplished.  The Automated Export System (AES) is a joint venture between CBP, the Foreign Trade Division of the Bureau of the Census (Commerce), the Bureau of Industry and Security (Commerce), the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (State), other federal agencies, and the export trade community.

Document Image System Instructional Guide for Used Self-Propelled Vehicles

U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to conduct a test to promote paperless processing of vehicle exports in an effort to expedite and modernize compliance review by allowing the submission of vehicle ownership documentation, currently required in 19 CFR 192, through the Document Image System (DIS). This modernization effort is intended to institute risk-based targeting of exports for field inspection and validation of ownership documentation in lieu of paper documentation review for every vehicle presented for export.

Error Message Dictionaries/Lists

This document  provides guidance and explanations for errors returned on electronic data submitted to CBP via ACE.

The table below provides quick links to all of the existing ACE message error dictionaries. This table will be updated as changes are made to the underlying documents.

 

Error  Code Subjects

Main Document Location

Notes

ACE 5106 Error Dictionary 

ACE CATAIR Supporting Documents

 
Cargo Release Condition / Error Codes 

ACE CATAIR Supporting Documents

 
ACE Drawback Error Dictionary 

ACE CATAIR Supporting Documents

 
ACE NDD Error Dictionary

ACE CATAIR Supporting Documents

 
ACE CATAIR Error Dictionary 

ACE CATAIR Supporting Documents

 
ACE CATAIR Appendix P - FTZ Error Messages 

ACE CATAIR Appendix P

 
ACE CATAIR Appendix T - Common In-Bond Errors 

ACE CATAIR Appendix T

 
PGA Error Messages 

PGA Message Set Documents / PGA

 
ACE CATAIR Reconciliation Error Dictionary 

ACE CATAIR Supporting Documents

 
ACE CATAIR Request Reroute (cbp.gov) 

ACH-PMS CATAIR QX record Note 2

Errors are listed within the CATAIR chapter. Please see page S-RR-11
Statement Error Dictionary 

ACE CATAIR Supporting Documents

 
ACE CATAIR (cbp.gov) 

TIB CATAIR E1 record Note 2

Errors are located in note 2 of the E1 record. Please see page TIB-14
ACE AESTIR Appendix A - Commodity Filing Response Messages 

AESTIR Appendix A

 
ACE Air CAMIR Appendix A: Codes 

Air CAMIR (Appendix A)

 
ACE Ocean CAMIR Appendix H Common Errors 

Ocean-Rail CAMIR (Appendix H)

 
CUSCAR Customs Cargo Report Message (cbp.gov)

Truck EDIFACT, X.12

 

 

AESDirect Technical Information

The content below provides technical documentation related to filing export related content to CBP and the Automated Commercial Environment's AESDirect.

AESDirect Upload Test Files

Files included:

  • AESDirect WebLink Submission Test File
  • AESDirect Sample AESTIR Test File
  • AESDirect Sample Test File for X12 601

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AESDirect Upload Test Files

AESDirect Bulk Upload Test Process

This page provides the message formats and technical specifications necessary to electronically transmit data to CBP's automated systems. 

 

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AESDirect Bulk Upload Test Process

AESDirect WebLink Test Process

This page provides the message formats and technical specifications necessary to electronically transmit data to CBP's automated systems. 

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AESDirect WebLink Test Process

AESDirect WebLink Inquiry API

Introduction:

  • The AESWebLink Inquiry API is a definition of the protocol by which an AESWebLink Enabled Application will interface and interact with AESWebLink.
  • The AESWebLink Inquiry API consists of the URL for the AESWebLink application on the AESDirect server, and the data elements that can be passed to it.

WebLink Status API URL: