NextLinx Successfully Tests for AES Commodity Redesign.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2004

NextLinx Corporation

WHO:        NextLinx Corporation is the leading provider of global
            trade content and management solutions and an Automated
            Export System (AES) Certified vendor with U.S. Customs and
            Border Protection (CBP).

WHAT:       NextLinx has successfully tested their software to comply
            with the Automated Export System (AES) Commodity Redesign,
            an enhancement that will allow for more robust messaging
            and improved compliance with the AES Trade Interface
            Requirements (AESTIR).

            The Automated Export System (AES) is the electronic way to
            file the Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) and ocean
            manifest information directly to U.S. Customs.

WHY:        NextLinx can better ensure its customers are export
            compliant by enhancing its software performance capability
            to meet the new AES format.  The AES Commodity Redesign
            objectives include:

            --  Improving accuracy of data validation

            --  Incorporating system modifications

            --  Accommodating for future expansion

            NextLinx compliance with AES Commodity Redesign allows its
            customers to further benefit from significant cost
            savings.

WHEN:       June 8, 2004 - Effective date of AES Commodity Redesign by
            the Census Bureau and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

CONTACT:    For more information on how NextLinx complies with Customs
            AES, please visit our Web site at www.nextlinx.com.  To
            speak with NextLinx representatives please contact Annika
            Olsen at [phone] or [e-mail].

About NextLinx Corporation

NextLinx Corporation is the leading provider of global trade management solutions. NextLinx software and Web services solutions combine global trade business rules and country-specific trade data, consisting of denied party lists, landed cost components, import and export controls, and customs duties and documentation, to help companies reduce the risks and costs associated with importing and exporting goods across international borders. NextLinx prestigious list of customers include: Boeing, FedEx, UPS, ABN AMRO, Cisco Systems, 3Com, Fairchild Semiconductor, Rockwell Automation, Sotheby's, Panasonic and VF Corporation. For additional information, please visit us at www.nextlinx.com.

About Customs AES

The Automated Export System (AES) is a joint venture between CBP, the Foreign Trade Division of the Bureau of the Census (Commerce), the Bureau of Industry and Security (Commerce), the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (State), other Federal agencies, and the export trade community. It is the central point through which export shipment data required by multiple agencies is filed electronically to Customs, using the efficiencies of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI). AES provides an alternative to filing paper Shipper's Export Declarations (SEDs). Export information is collected electronically and edited immediately, and errors are detected and corrected at the time of filing. AES is a nationwide system operational at all ports and for all methods of transportation. It was designed to assure compliance with and enforcement of laws relating to exporting, improve trade statistics, reduce duplicate reporting to multiple agencies, and improve customer service.