Census Offers AES Tips for ECCN, Origin Indicator Error Codes
The Census Bureau Feb. 18 emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System. Response code 515 is a fatal error for when the Export Control Classification Number wasn’t reported in the right format. The ECCN must be reported in a “NANNN format, where N is a numeric character and A is an alpha character,” the agency said. Census said the filer should verify the ECCN, correct the shipment and resubmit.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
Response code 850 is an error for when the domestic/foreign origin indicator is “improbable” for a certain commodity. Census said certain products are “highly unlikely to be either of domestic origin or of foreign origin,” which could indicate a “keying error or misclassification of the product.” The filer should verify the domestic/foreign origin indicator and the Schedule B/Harmonized Tariff Schedule Number, correct the shipment and resubmit, if necessary. If the information is verified correct as reported, no action is necessary, Census said.