CSMS Message: 04-001018

Title:AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES) REDESIGN TESTING
Date:2004-04-21
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TO: ALL AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM SOFTWARE VENDORS, SERVICE CENTERS,
SELF-PROGRAMMERS AND AES OTHER PARTICIPANTS

DATE 4/20/2004

THE AUTOMATED EXPORT SYSTEM (AES) HAS RECENTLY BEEN REDESIGNED.
THE AES COMMODITY REDESIGN HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR TESTING SINCE
APRIL 5, 2004.

WE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING ALL AES SOFTWARE VENDORS, SERVICE CENTERS
AND SELF-PROGRAMMERS TO TEST THE NEW AES COMMODITY FORMATS AND TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT CHANGES MADE TO AES COMMODITY FILING. IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT EACH NEW CAPABILITY BE TESTED COMPLETELY BEFORE THE
AES REDESIGN IS IMPLEMENTED.

THE AES COMMODITY REDESIGN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED ON JUNE 8, 2004.
FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS ON THE NEW PROGRAMMING SPECIFICATIONS PLEASE SEE
THE AES TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION WEBSITE AT:

HTTP://WWW.CBP.GOV/XP/CGOV/EXPORT/AES/TECH_DOCS/AESTIR

SHOULD YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT RANDY MITCHELL,
CBP CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE AT (415) 782-9445 OR ROBERT.R.MITCHELL@CBP.GOV
OR THE CENSUS AES BRANCH AT (800) 549-0595 OR ASKAES@CENSUS.GOV
OR YOUR ASSIGNED AES CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.