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Census Offers AES Tips for Routed Export Number, Fixed Transport Mode Errors

The Census Bureau emailed tips Dec. 27 on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System. Response code 147 is a fatal error for when the routed export indicator is missing. Census said filers must report the routed export indicator as "Yes" or "No." Filers should verify whether it's a routed export transaction, correct the shipment and resubmit.

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Response code 8PI is an error for when the declared Schedule B/Harmonized Tariff Schedule Number "indicates a product that is not accommodated by a fixed mode of transport." Census said only "particular goods are likely to be exported by a fixed mode of transportation." Filers should verify the Schedule B/HTS Number and Mode of Transportation Code, correct the shipment and resubmit, if necessary. If the information is verified as correct, no action is necessary.