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Headquartered in the Washington DC metro area, the NCBFAA represents more than 1422+ member companies with 110,000 employees in international trade - the nation's leading freight forwarders, customs brokers, ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), NVOCCs and air cargo agents, serving more than 250,000 importers and exporters. The Association’s members handle more than 97% of the entries for goods imported into the United States and are directly involved with the logistics of these goods. Further, members operating as OTIs are involved with approximately 80 to 85% of all exports from the United States. 

 

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As the national voice of the logistics industry since 1897, NCBFAA enables its more than 1,400 member companies with 110,000 employees to be heard in the halls of Congress and the offices of requlators.

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  • President Trump Warns 100% Tariff for Canadian Goods

    Jan 24, 2026
    President Trump in a Truth Social post on Saturday, Jan. 24, said he will seek to impose a 100% tariff on Canadian goods, if Canada enters a trade deal with China. The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., will monitor the potential imposition of this tariff, as well as related Customs and Border Protection (CBP) guidance, and provide updates to our members as soon as its available.
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  • FDA Announces ‘ImportShield’ — A New Version of NER

    Jan 23, 2026
    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revamped and rebranded its highly criticized National Entry Review (NER) program, launched last August. Now known as ImportShield, national review of FDA entries will continue under its new moniker.
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  • Transport, Logistics and Trade Sector Updates of The Week

    Jan 23, 2026
    A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.
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CBP Webinar: Forced Labor Portal Overview

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Trade is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET titled Forced Labor Portal Overview. This webinar will conduct an overview to train users on the usage of the new Forced Labor Portal that launched on January 21, 2026. 

 

It is now a mandatory requirement to use the Forced Labor Portal for the submission of the following types of review requests:

  • Withhold Release Order/Finding admissibility reviews.
  • Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act applicability reviews.
  • Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act requests for exception; and
  • Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act exception requests.

 

The Portal is available at  https://flportal.cbp.gov/s/login/. Questions regarding this portal should be directed to ForcedLabor@cbp.dhs.gov.

 

To register for this free webinar, click here. All registrants will receive the access link for the webinar the day before the event, but entry into the webinar is on a first-come, first-served basis as seats are limited. After the live event, this and other previously recorded webinars will be available for replay at Trade Outreach Webinars | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov).

 

This webinar is a part of CBP’s Continuing Education Program. The number of credits and the credit code will be provided at the end of the webinar.

 

If you have any questions about this webinar, please contact OTRwebinars@cbp.dhs.gov.  

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CBP Webinar: Forced Labor Portal Overview

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Office of Trade is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET titled Forced Labor Portal Overview. This webinar will conduct an overview to train users on the usage of the new Forced Labor Portal that launched on January 21, 2026. 

 

It is now a mandatory requirement to use the Forced Labor Portal for the submission of the following types of review requests:

  • Withhold Release Order/Finding admissibility reviews.
  • Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act applicability reviews.
  • Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act requests for exception; and
  • Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act exception requests.

 

The Portal is available at  https://flportal.cbp.gov/s/login/. Questions regarding this portal should be directed to ForcedLabor@cbp.dhs.gov.

 

To register for this free webinar, click here. All registrants will receive the access link for the webinar the day before the event, but entry into the webinar is on a first-come, first-served basis as seats are limited. After the live event, this and other previously recorded webinars will be available for replay at Trade Outreach Webinars | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp.gov).

 

This webinar is a part of CBP’s Continuing Education Program. The number of credits and the credit code will be provided at the end of the webinar.

 

If you have any questions about this webinar, please contact OTRwebinars@cbp.dhs.gov.  

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