ELECTRONIC FILING FOR ALL SHIPMENTS REQUIRING SED NOW MANDATORY
The U.S. Census Bureau has issued the final rule, which is
requiring mandatory filing of export information through the
Automated Export System (AES) or through the AESDirect for all
shipments where a Shipper’s Export Declaration (SED) is required,
effective July 2, 2008. There will be a 90-day implementation
period, which ends September 30, 2008. After that, you must file
your export information electronically through the AES or
AESDirect. These new regulations, published in the Federal
Register on June 2, 2008, have tougher penalty provisions that
affect everyone in the export process. Penalties may be imposed
per violation of the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) from $1,100
to $10,000 both civil and criminal. Anyone submitting paper
SEDs after September 30, 2008, will be in violation and subject
to penalties. For more information on this important rule,
please visit: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/mandatory/index.html
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