AES Broadcast 02/14/2008 Broadcast # 2008010
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Automated Export System (AES) Maintenance Outages
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The AES Education and Production Regions will undergo an extended
outage for 25 hours beginning at 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Saturday, February 23, 2008. The regions will be restored by
6:00 PM EST Sunday, February 24, 2008.
During these outages, incoming AES shipments will be stored in a queue
and once the regions are restored processing will continue and messages
will be returned to the filers. We strongly encourage you to file your
shipments prior to these extended outages when possible.
The AES Development Team will be updating the software supporting the
AES application. This is to be in compliance with industry standards.
AES Filers may submit Non-Licensed shipments under the AES Downtime
Policy during the AES outage. Licensed shipments must be held until
the system is restored and an AES Internal Transaction Number (ITN)
is received. Once the AES is restored all AES transactions for
shipments that moved under the AES Downtime Policy must be filed along
with any new AES transactions.
If you utilize the AES Downtime Policy for export, please contact the
port where you will export from.
Please see the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) web site for
further information on the AES Downtime Policy:
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/export/aes/tech_docs/aestir/june04_intro/june04_downtime_guide.ctt/june04_downtime_guide.doc
For further information or questions, contact the U.S. Census Bureau's
AES Branch at 1-800-549-0595, menu option 1 or at askaes@census.gov.
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