# Automated Export System (AES)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/customs-and-border-protection/aes/  
**Provider:** Customs and Border Protection — https://apis.io/providers/customs-and-border-protection/  
**Base URL:** https://ace.cbp.dhs.gov/  
**Documentation:** https://www.cbp.gov/trade/aes

Automated Export System (AES) is one of 5 APIs that [Customs and Border Protection](https://apis.io/providers/customs-and-border-protection/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include AES, AESDirect, EEI, Export, and Filings. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

AES is the system through which exporters file Electronic Export Information (EEI) for goods leaving the United States. AES is integrated with ACE and supports both EDI filings and the AESDirect web filing tool. AESDirect is the free web-based filing application offered by CBP to file EEI directly into AES.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.cbp.gov/trade/aes
- **AESDirect** — https://www.cbp.gov/trade/aes/aesdirect

## Other Customs and Border Protection APIs (4)

- [APIS / eAPIS](https://apis.io/apis/customs-and-border-protection/apis-eapis/)
- [Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)](https://apis.io/apis/customs-and-border-protection/ace/)
- [AESDirect WebLink Inquiry API](https://apis.io/apis/customs-and-border-protection/aesdirect-weblink-inquiry-api/)
- [Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS)](https://apis.io/apis/customs-and-border-protection/acas/)

## Tags

AES, AESDirect, EEI, Export, Filings

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