This has resulted in significantly improved U.S. trade statistics for private and public decision making, more effective export control of critical technologies and weapons of mass destruction, and more effective targeting for money laundering and stolen vehicles. SED processing cost estimates for the export trade community run to the hundreds of millions of dollars each year. By filing electronically, the exporting community and the U.S. government save valuable time and money. The Hammer Award is presented from the Vice President of the United States to teams of federal employees who have made extraordinary progress in putting customers first, cutting red tape, empowering employees to achieve results Americans care about. The program is part of the Vice President s National Performance Review.
Customs also has many internal users.
Inspectors, agents, field analytical staff, research analysts, to name a few, use AES to facilitate their job of enforcing export regulations for various government agencies. AES is a valuable enforcement tool that can identify the high-risk shipments of interest for enforcement reasons. The majority of shipments, which are low risk, then move through our ports quickly and without interference. In the past year, there have been many new and exciting changes to AES for the internal users. A new export data query screen offers new, user-friendly ways to view export shipments.