MEMBERSHIP

Join a Powerful Network of Trade Leaders

AAEI connects importers, exporters, customs brokers, freight forwarders, trade service providers, law firms, and supply chain managers from more than 150 companies to collaborate on the challenges facing the trade community and to promote fair and efficient trade. Our members include importers and exporters from a broad range of industries, including automotive, aerospace, consumer goods, healthcare, and chemicals.

A Growing Network of Global Trade Leaders

Members include: multinational companies and trade professionals representing automotive, aerospace, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and other key sectors.

Growing Membership and Industry Reach

A strong record of attracting new members and expanding AAEI’s reach across the international trade community

Members Stay Engaged

With an average membership tenure of 12 years, reflecting sustained value and strong member relationships.

What Membership Delivers

A Century of Trust. A Future of Influence.

AAEI delivers value by helping companies reduce costs, manage risk, and maintain business continuity in a constantly evolving trade environment. We equip trade compliance teams with tools to demonstrate cost savings and protect profitability, while our expert-led committees address key challenges and advocate on members’ behalf. Members gain exclusive access to regulatory leaders, industry experts, and peer benchmarking opportunities backed by more than a century of driving smarter, more efficient trade policy.

Direct Capitol Hill Access
Through AAEI’s annual Policy Conference and ongoing advocacy, we engage Congressional offices and collaborate with a broad coalition of organizations to advance greater clarity, oversight, and effective implementation of U.S. customs policy.

Fair Duty Advocacy
AAEI advocates for standardized, transparent, and efficient customs duty and refund procedures that provide importers with clarity and predictability when duties or other import charges are applied and refunded.

Advancing Tariff Valuation Clarity
AAEI leads industry efforts to advance clear, consistent, and practical guidance on tariff valuation across key sectors—including pharmaceuticals, metals, and emerging technologies—helping importers strengthen compliance, improve predictability, and avoid unnecessary costs.

Duty-Savings Advocacy
AAEI’s Drawback Committee works to pass the Modernization Act and fully automate the process in ACE.

Peer Benchmarking & Networking
Trade Focus Committee and committees on export controls, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, customs, and more meet regularly and communicate member positions to government agency staff.

Governance-Level Credibility Governance-Level credibility AAEI membership is governed by a Board of C-suite and senior trade leaders from globally recognized companies across multiple industries.

Our Members

"In today’s evolving global landscape, concerns around geopolitical dynamics, supply chain disruptions, and regulatory compliance are top of mind. AAEI provides a trusted platform to learn, engage in thoughtful discussions, and participate in panels, webinars, and conferences that address critical issues impacting the international trade community."

"AAEI has a long history of advocacy for its members and maintains the respect of many on Capitol Hill.   AAEI covers a large membership across many industries so while our concerns are important to us we get exposure to a number of different opinions and views on topics through the working groups and committees with AAEI."

Annual Investment

$7825

One flat fee covers your entire organization.

Compliance, legal, finance and government affairs receive unlimited access to trade focus committees, webinars, and government affairs briefings.