| Title: | AESDirect Transition Reminder & April 23-24 Outage Notice |
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| Date: | 2016-04-22 |
| To: | abi,acep,export |
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REMINDER: TRANSITION DATES FOR AESDIRECT AND AESPCLINK USERS
*This message is not intended for filers using AESWebLink and AESDirect EDI Upload. It is strictly for the attention of filers using the legacy AESDirect portal at aesdirect.census.gov and the AESPcLink application.*
Reminder: On Monday April 25th at 12:01 AM ET Legacy AESDirect Accounts with prefixes “80-99” will be deactivated!
The Refactored AESDirect system in the Automated Commercial Environment was launched on November 30, 2015. Since that time, filers have submitted over 950,000 accepted shipments using the new system.
As part of the transition of AESDirect to the ACE Portal, the ability to file Electronic Export Information via legacy AESDirect at aesdirect.census.gov and the AESPcLink application will be terminated in stages over the next month. All legacy AESDirect filers have been notified of their mandatory transition date to the Refactored AESDirect system upon login and have been provided a specific date their account will be closed off based upon their Filer ID.
As a reminder, your filing in the Refactored AESDirect system does not require vetting or Reports Authorization. Vetting is only required for those companies looking to obtain export reports access outside of the AESDirect Shipment Manager. For more information regarding the transition, please see our AESDirect Transition to ACE – Refactored AESDirect page at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/aesdirect/transitiontoace.html AND refer to the second part of this CSMS message regarding upcoming Refactored (ACE) AESDirect outages.
Please make sure you have secured ACE Exporter access and have taken the necessary steps to begin filing in the Refactored AESDirect system in ACE prior to your mandatory transition date. For questions regarding your ACE Account access, please contact the CBP Accounts Service Desk at 1-866-530-4172 option 1, then option 2 or ACE.Support@cbp.dhs.gov. Please expect 15 to 30 minute waiting times during this transition period.
Complete Transition Schedule:
Prefixes 00-19 on 02/29/2016
Prefixes 20-39 on 03/14/2016
Prefixes 40-59 on 03/28/2016
Prefixes 60-79 on 04/11/2016
Prefixes 80-99 on 04/25/2016
Once your account is deactivated, there will be no further access to legacy AESDirect to file or amend Electronic Export Information. You will only have access to the Shipment Manager application to view previously submitted shipments. The access to the Shipment Manager Application (for viewing submitted shipments) will be available for all users until May 20, 2016.
REFACTORED (ACE) AESDIRECT SCHEDULED OUTAGE - REVISED
*This message is intended for Refactored (ACE) AESDirect users ONLY. If you are not a Refactored (ACE) AESDirect filer, you are not affected by this outage.*
There has been an update for the Refactored (ACE) AESDirect scheduled outage this weekend. The outage is effective 10:00pm EST Saturday, April 23 - 4:00am EST Sunday, April 24.
There will not be an outage 10:00pm EST Friday, April 22 - 4:00am EST Saturday, April 23 as previously broadcasted.
Refactored (ACE) AESDirect filers may submit shipments under the AES Downtime Policy. State Department licensable shipments cannot be exported under the AES Downtime Policy and must be held until the connection is restored and an Internal Transaction Number (ITN) is received. Once connection is brought back on-line after the outage, all shipments that were exported under the AES Downtime Policy must be filed along with any new AES transactions.
If you use the AES Downtime Policy for export, please contact the port from which you will be exporting. In lieu of the AES Proof of Filing citation, please use the AES Downtime citation, which consists of the phrase AESDOWN, your individual company's Filer ID, followed by the date.
For example: AESDOWN 123456789 04/22/2016
Please see the CBP web site for further information on the AES Downtime Policy: http://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/aes-downtime-guidelines
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS, CONTACT THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU'S DATA COLLECTION BRANCH
Telephone: (800) 549-0595, select option 1 for AES
Online: www.census.gov/trade.
Blog: http://globalreach.blogs.census.gov
Email: askaes@census.gov
International Trade Management Division Website: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html
Global Reach Blog: http://globalreach.blogs.census.gov/
CSMS #16-000373