Broadcasts:

AES Broadcast  01/05/2006          Broadcast  #  2006003

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The Schedule B and Harmonized Tarrif Schedule (HTS) tables have been 
               updated to accept the changes to the 2006 codes.  AES will be accepting 
               the old codes (2005) and the new codes (2006) through January 31, 2006. 
               At that time, only the codes listed in the 2006 Schedule B or HTS table 
               will be accepted. 

AESDirect will also accept both old (2005) and new (2006) codes 
               through January 31, 2006.
               
               REMINDER to AESPcLink Users: Please download the new Schedule B and/or 
               HTS codes to reflect the changes for 2006.

The 2006 Schedule B and HTS are available for downloading at:

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/documentlibrary/index.html#concordance

The current list of HTS Numbers that are invalid for use in AES are 
               available at:

http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/documentlibrary/hts-not-for-aes.html

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