Automated Export Reporting Program

The AERP provides for electronic submission of most information required on
the Shipper's Export Declaration. The program was initiated in 1969 with
the intent of enabling large volume exporters to submit electronically and
facilitate Census Bureau data entry and analysis. AERP was expanded in
1982 to allow freight forwarders, and again in 1985 to allow ocean
carriers, to file electronically. At the beginning of fiscal year 1994,
about 220 firms -- accounting for 350,000 to 400,000 records a month --
were participating in AERP. The program is administered by the Automated
Data Reporting Branch, Foreign Trade Division, Bureau of the Census.
Telephone: 301-763-7774.