Census Offers Tips on Resolving AES Issues With Transportation Numbers, Quantities
Census Bureau emailed some tips "on how to address the most frequent messages that were generated in [the Automated Export System] for this month." Response code 166, which involves a missing transportation reference number, can be resolved by verifying the…
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number, correcting the shipment and resubmitting, Census said. "A number referencing the transportation booking number must be declared on a vessel shipment," it said. Response code 8H1 involves issues with the "reported Schedule B/HTS Number, the Value of Goods/Quantity (1) ratio." Filers should "verify the Value of Goods, Quantity 1 and Schedule B/HTS Number, correct the shipment and resubmit (if necessary). If the line item is verified correct as reported, no action is necessary," Census said. "For a particular Schedule B/HTS Number declared, the value of the goods divided by the first quantity should fall within a certain parameter based on historical statistical averages for that commodity. Ratios outside this pre-determined parameter might indicate either a keying error or misclassification of the product."