ATF Begins ACE Export Filing Pilot for Machine Guns, Silencers and Destructive Devices

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is beginning a pilot to test filing in ACE of export data for certain firearms, it said (here). Participants in the voluntary pilot test will be able to use AESDirect to electronically obtain CBP certification of exportation for Exporters of National Firearms Act firearms, which include machine guns, silencers and destructive devices. CBP will automatically transmit export certificates to ATF. Exporters that want to participate must have an ACE portal account and be able to file the relevant data electronically via AESDirect, ATF said. The pilot will begin Oct. 12, and “will continue until concluded by publication of a notice ending it,” It said.