The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for March 6:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board posted presentations on grantee responsibilities and best practices, and zone schedules and public utility, on the grantee section of its website. The presentation on responsibilities and best practices is available here, and the presentation on zone schedules is available here.

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for March 4:

The Bureau of Industry and Security's Regulations and Procedures Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) will meet at 9 a.m. March 19, said a Federal Register notice scheduled for publication March 4. The committee advises the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Export Administration on implementation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and provides for continuing review to update the EAR as needed. The agenda for the public session includes remarks, export enforcement and regulations updates, working group reports, Automated Export System (AES) update and public input.

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for March 1:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Feb. 28:

The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a final rule Feb. 27 on editorial corrections to the EAR. The rule says the corrections do not affect license requirements. They also do not affect the Commerce Control List. It amends the EAR to update all reference to the BIS mailing address. A complete list of all additional changes made to specific parts of the EAR is below:

The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Feb. 27:

The Census Bureau and Association of Small Business Development Centers are hosting an Automated Export System Compliance Seminar in Houston, Texas on March 13-14. Census Bureau experts will cover Foreign Trade Regulations filing requirements, commodity classification in Schedule B and AES. The second day will feature a AESPcLink Workshop. Both seminars will be held at the Houston Bank of America Building.

The Census Bureau sent out AES Broadcast #2013014 as part of a series of monthly educational broadcast messages on fatal errors in the Automated Export System. This month Census is highlighting AES error codes 118 (Carrier Code Missing) and 250 (USPPI Country Must Be U.S.). The broadcast covers the reasons for these error messages and how to resolve them, as follows: