Using AES Option 2 Pre Departure

After you become an authorized AESDirect user, you are automatically authorized to use the system to file your Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) information using AES Option 2 Pre Departure. This option requires you to complete an accepted SED before shipment exportation. See Complete SED with AESDirect.

To enable this AES Pre Departure option:

  1. On the Tools menu, click Shipper Editor. The Shipper Editor window appears.

  2. Select the shipper from the Existing Shipper Numbers box and click the Modify button. The Modify Shipper window appears.

  3. Click the International tab.

  4. Under Shipper’s Export Declaration, select AES Option 2 Pre Departure.

  5. Click the OK button. The Shipper Editor window appears.

  6. Click the Close button.

To process an International shipment:

  1. Complete the information on the Ship To, Service, Options, and Documents tabs as usual.

  2. On the Ship From tab, type the Tax ID Number in the Tax ID Number box. Then click the down arrow in the Tax ID Type box and select the type of Tax ID Number used in the Tax ID Number box.

  3. On the Documents tab, click the SED tab.

  4. Provide the AES Transaction Number in the AES Transaction Number box. Use the following guidelines to provide this number:

  1. Complete the remaining fields:

  1. Click the Prepare Submission to AESWebLink button. A UPS Web page opens.

  2. Read the Legal Disclaimer.

  3. Click the Submit SED to AESWebLink button. The AESDirect Web site opens.

  4. Complete your submission of the SED to the US Census Bureau.

  5. After you return to WorldShip, click the Process Shipment button.

For more information on AESDirect, go to the AESDirect Web site and see the AESDirect User Guide.