U.S. CENSUS ISSUES NEW SED PAPER FORMS

U.S. CENSUS ISSUES NEW SED PAPER FORMS    The U.S. Census Bureau has issued a new paper shipper’s export declaration for exports valued over $2,500.
   “We created the new form to delete unused or old data fields, and to make it consistent with the U.S. principal party in interest rules and the Automated Export System,” said Charles A. Woods, assistant division chief of the Foreign Trade Division at Census.
   The new form, Census Form 7525-V, includes new, specific data blocks, such as carrier codes, vehicle identification numbers and hazardous materials indicators. This information has always been required by the agency, but did not have special blocks to list it.
   Since some exporters and freight forwarders may have large backlogs of the former SED forms, Census has given the industry until April 1 to switch over to the new form.
   Exporters and forwarders may print the new form onto “buff” colored paper from Census’ Internet Web site at https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade.
   Meanwhile, Census is encouraging exporters and forwarders to file their export data through AES, or via the agency’s free Internet link, AESDirect.