CBP Updates AES Appendix With New Fatal Error Codes for USML Category XXI
CBP notified export filers this week that it has officially updated an appendix in the Automated Export System with two new fatal error codes involving items classified under U.S. Munitions List Category XXI. The Census Bureau announced the changes last week (see 2412310011), saying AES will reject filings of shipments controlled under Category XXI if they don’t include a valid State Department commodity jurisdiction determination number.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
One new code will appear as 5C2, which will require filers to report a valid Category XXI determination number. The other code, 5C3, will block filers from using USML Category Code 55 -- which covers articles exported under Foreign Military Sales authority and not described on the USML -- when certain license codes or license exemption codes are entered.