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Census Offers AES Tips for Puerto Rico Code, Goods' Value Error

The Census Bureau Dec. 20 emailed tips on how to address the most frequent messages generated this month in the Automated Export System. Response code 111 is a fatal error involving the U.S. state of origin code for Puerto Rico. Census said the state of origin code must be “PR” for shipments exported from Puerto Rico to the U.S. The filer should verify the state of origin code, the country of ultimate destination code, correct the shipment and resubmit.

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Response code 505 is a fatal error for when the value of goods contains non-numerics, Census said. The agency said values must be submitted as numeric in Electronic Export Information. The filers should verify the value of the goods, correct the shipment and resubmit.