Monday Morning eBriefing

Learn now about the new Organics rule published in January by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

NCBFAA members are encourage to join us on Thursday, March 16, from 1-2 p.m. ET for this informative and educational webinar, “Global Supply Chain Inefficiencies & Vulnerabilities Easily Exploited By Criminals For Nefarious Purposes.”

NCBFAA and the Airforwarders Association (AfA) jointly submitted comments in support of a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Dec. 27 Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking to reduce the frequency of registration renewal applications by indirect air carriers (IACs) from yearly to every three years.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the trade that the ACE CATAIR Entry Summary (ES) Query has been updated to include new Application Identifications (App IDs) for Input Code and Output Code, for creation of several new Output Records, and to incorporate various data elements from the ACS version of the CATAIR ES Query.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided guidance on extending the 81 medical-care COVID-19 related Section 301 product exclusions.

A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.

A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.

“This regulation may have future implications for importers of nail products containing toluene that are sold in California,” Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a Feb. 13 message. “Manufacturers have the principal duty to comply with this regulation by notifying DTSC if their nail products sold in California contain toluene.”

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has opened registration for its 2023 Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security (TFCS) Summit to be held in Boston on April 17-19.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 21 deployed a link in the modernized ACE Portal to the Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) tool for trade and partner government agency (PGA) users.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 22 announced an ACE Certification (CERT) Environment deployment for the Ocean House Bill Release.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued CSMS #55195545 on Feb. 22, reminding filers and software developers who submit Electronic Export Information (EEI) via Electronic Data Interface (EDI) to program and test 97H and 97R AES response codes.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it is “undertaking multiple efforts to provide more information” to companies seeking to comply with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome CURA, Groove Global Logistics, Oko, and Shiproad SFO which have recently joined our association.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published two final rules for public inspection on Feb. 24, effective same day, in response to Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.

Joel Ditkowsky, a longtime outspoken defender of the U.S. customs brokerage and air cargo industries, passed away on Feb. 17. He was 86.

A “Two-Minutes in Trade” podcast by Lenny Feldman, NCBFAA Customs Counsel and Operating Committee Member with the law firm of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., about why it’s important for the industry to pursue “a true 1USG release that provides admissibility certainty through non redundant data elements.”

Join us for the 50th NCBFAA Annual Conference Golden Jubilee at the Sheraton New Orleans on April 23-26 for four days of top-notch sessions led by government leaders and industry subject matter experts.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reminds the trade community in the Los Angeles and Long Beach area to ensure the designated “Exam Site” is provided to the agency for all cargo entries.

The White House on Feb. 24, the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has announced increased sanctions and tariffs against Russia.