EEI Tab on Customs Documentation Tab

This tab allows you to specify information that appears on the Electronic Export Information (EEI), a document that must accompany some shipments bound for international destinations. See Determine Required International Documents.

The EEI tab appears on the Customs Documentation tab only if all the following apply:

• You specify an international address on the Ship To/Pickup From tab.

• You select a non-Letter service.

Complete the following information on this tab:

1. Click the down arrow in the Filing Method box and select a filing method. Your selection will determine the remaining fields that appear.

2. On the left side of the EEI tab:

• If you selected the I have an ITN filing method, type the appropriate number assigned to the shipment in the Internal Transaction Number box. This number confirms that the EEI was filed and accepted in the Automated Export System (AES).

• If you selected the No EEI needed filing method, click the down arrow in the AES Exemption Legend box and select the appropriate code. See AES Exemption Legend Codes.

• If you selected the Self-file with AES Direct (AES OPT 2) filing method:

• Type the appropriate number assigned to the shipment in the Internal Transaction Number box. This number confirms that the EEI was filed and accepted in the Automated Export System (AES).

• Type the appropriate number to uniquely identify the shipment in the Shipment Reference Number box or else click the Generate SRN button to generate the number using WorldShip.
  
  Note: If you click the Generate SRN button after you have typed a number in the Shipment Reference Number box, the number generated by WorldShip overwrites the number that you typed.

• Click the Submit to AES button to prepare your EEi using AESDirect.

• If you selected the UPS file my EEI for me or the File post departure (AES OPT 4) filing method, no fields are available on the left side of the EEI tab.

3. On the right side of the EEI tab, complete any of the following fields displayed for the filing method you selected:

4. Select the State Department License check box to apply the State Department License shipment option as needed.
   
   Note: This check box appears only if the shipper is enabled for this shipment option.

5. Under Ultimate Consignee, select the Same as Ship To check box if the ultimate consignee is the same as the receiver (the person or company receiving the shipment). If the ultimate consignee and receiver are different, clear this check box. The Ultimate Consignee Address window appears. After you provide the ultimate consignee information, the … button appears on the EEI tab. Click the … button to redisplay the Ultimate Consignee Address window and edit the ultimate consignee information.

6. Under Ultimate Consignee, click the down arrow in the Ultimate Consignee Type box and select a type.

7. Under Notifications, select the Filing Updates check box and enter the address in the E-mail Address box if you want to receive an e-mail when changes occur for a shipment with an Electronic Export Information (EEI) filing. Then, you must update the original filing with the Automated Export System (AES).

8. Click the down arrow in the Parties to Transaction box and select an item. See Parties to Transaction Codes.

9. Click the down arrow in the Routed Transaction box and select either Yes or No. See Routed Transaction Codes.

10. Click the Inbond Info button to display the Inbond Information window. In this window, select the Inbond Code, and if the Inbond Code is other than 70 Merchandise NOT Shipped Inbond, type the Inbond Number and Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Identifier.

11. Click the down arrow in the Currency box and select a currency.

12. Type the conversion in the Currency Conversion box. Enter the amount of the selected currency that is the equivalent of one US Dollar. This field is required when the currency specified is not USD (US Dollar).

Example:

3. 1 Euro = 1.36 USD

4. Enter 1.36 in the Currency Conversion field.