Census to Change USPPI Address Field to 'Address of Origin' Field in AES
The Census Bureau is updating certain field names in the Automated Export System related to the U.S. Principal Party in Interest address and state of origin, it said in an Aug. 15 email to industry. The agency is changing the name of the “Address of the USPPI” to “Address of Origin” to clarify that the USPPI address “represents the origin of movement, not the address associated with the USPPI [Employer ID Number] or headquarters address,” it said. The change was previewed in a final rule issued by the agency on Aug. 13 (see 2508130022).
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Census said the USPPI address and state of origin fields are “defined identically -- both require the filer to report the location where goods begin their journey to the port of export and as a result these fields should match.”
The change comes after the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America in 2023 urged Census to remove the state of origin data element in the AES and instead direct state governments and other partner agencies to use the state reported in the address of the U.S. Principal Party in Interest, noting that those fields are “duplicative” (see 2310240069).
The updates take effect Aug. 19 after 2 p.m. EDT.
The agency also said there will be “front-end edits added in AESDirect that will validate matching information for the State of Origin in the USPPI section in Step 2 compared to the State of Origin reported in Step 1. Filers must ensure the full address is updated and reported as the location from which the goods actually begin the journey to the port of export as defined in section 30.6(a)(1)(ii) and 30.6(a)(4) of the FTR.”