Census Posts 2011 Schedule B and AES Concordances
The 2011 Schedule B is now available on the Bureau of Census’ Web site. Individual chapters of the 2011 Schedule B are available in HTML, PDF and TXT formats.
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Census has not yet posted the 2011 Schedule B file for downloading in its entirety.
(Schedule B, “Statistical Classification of Domestic and Foreign Commodities Exported from the U.S.”, is the official schedule of commodity classifications to be used by shippers in reporting export shipments from the U.S. and in compiling the official statistics on exports of merchandise from the U.S.)
2011 AES Import and Export Concordance also Available
Also available on Census’ Web site are the 2011 Automated Export System (AES) import and export concordances.
(The AES Import Concordance lists all current HTS numbers that can be reported for export purposes. It is updated periodically to reflect changes to the HTS and excludes HTS numbers that are not valid for AES.
The AES Export Concordance lists all current Schedule B numbers (for exports).)
List of 2011 Schedule B Revisions also Available
Census has also posted a list of 2011 Schedule B revisions. This list consists of a table of obsolete Schedule B numbers and the Schedule B numbers which replace them effective January 1, 2011. The table lists the obsolete Schedule B number, the new Schedule B number, the description and the unit of quantity.
Census notes that the “obsolete to new” table is not an official Census publication and only represents the Foreign Trade Division’s opinion of how the new classifications relate to those being deleted. It is not reviewed by any other agency and is intended to be used only as a guide for trade data users. For reporting purposes, Census suggests that filers refer to the actual export classification reporting manual (Schedule B) and related documents.
2011 changes are those approved by the 484(f) committee in Nov 2010. The 2011 revisions implement the statistical changes to Schedule B which were approved by the Committee for Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules (484(f) Committee) at its November 29, 2010 meeting.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 12/03/10 news, 10120314, for BP summary of the HTS and Schedule B statistical changes that were scheduled to take effect January 1, 2011.)
See ITT’s 01/14/11 news, 11011424, for BP summary on the HTS numbers that are not valid for use in AES as of January 1, 2011.
2011 Schedule B chapters are available here.
List of 2011 Schedule B revisions are available here.
AES import and export concordances are available here.