CBP, BIS Implement New AES License Decrementing Function
At the urging of industry, CBP and the Bureau of Industry and Security on July 28 applied a new decrementing function within the Automated Export System for BIS export licenses that returns one or more informational messages to the filer,…
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BIS’ Outreach and Educational Services Division said in an email. Depending on circumstances of export filings, filers may be notified of remaining license value balances, of BIS license values met or exceeded by a prior filing, or of a current filing that exceeded the license value or the allowable shipping tolerance of 10 percent over BIS license value, BIS said. Industry had told BIS that license decrementation should be automated similarly to licenses issued by the State Department Directorate of Defense and Trade Controls for U.S. Munitions List items. “The intent of this action is to enable filers to better track their own license usage and to identify potential filing errors so that corrective action can be taken immediately,” the email said. The informational messages won’t preclude issuance of an Internal Transaction Number or result in a “fatal error,” BIS said.