Amendment to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations: Mandatory Electronic Filing of Shipper's Export Declarations With U.S. Customs Using the Automated Export System (AES)

Zusammenfassung

This amendment to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) implements the Congressional requirement of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) for exporters of U.S. Munitions List (USML) articles to provide to the Department of State a report containing all shipment information, to include a description of the item, quantity, value, port of exit, end user and country of destination of the item; and, the Congressional mandate in Public Law l06-113 that amended Section 30l, of Title 13 of the U.S. Code authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to require the mandatory electronic filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) for items identified in the Commerce Control List (CCL) and the Department of State's U.S. Munitions List (USML) that require a Shipper's Export Declaration (SED). In implementing these mandates it was determined that for shipments requiring a SED the use of the AES system by the Department of State would be the least burdensome to the exporting community. Also, adoption of the AES system by the State Department will be economically beneficial to the USG and provide information on exports of defense articles using a U.S. Port in a more