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DDTC Waives Filing Requirements for ACE Transition

The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is waiving requirements for exporters to provide CBP with their permanent export licenses prior to filing in the Automated Export System (AES) or Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), according to an industry notice…

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posted to its website Dec. 21 (here). DDTC is electronically sending registration and licensing data to CBP through ACE on a daily basis, making it unnecessary for exporters to “deposit export licenses with CBP prior to filing,” it said. The waiver, which takes immediate effect, will remain in effect until DDTC amends its regulations to remove the requirement, said the agency.