Monday Morning eBriefing

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will soon provide its officers with the option to notify the Electronic Export Information (EEI) filer that a shipment is on hold and released through Automated Export System (AES) response messages.

NCBFAA responded on Dec. 12 to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements, highlighting specific concerns association members have with several regulatory amendments that pertain to NVOCCs.

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

The Automated Export System (AES) response message will be available in Certification for testing on Jan. 3.

NEI and Avalon Risk Management are pleased to announce our 3rd scholarship to the annual Global Trade Educational Conference (G.TEC). In 2023, the conference will be held July 31-Aug. 1 in Oklahoma City, OK.

The U.S. International Trade Commission on Dec. 13 released its final amended 484(f) changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, effective Jan. 1. Click here for the 484(f) breakouts.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee continues to closely monitor the implementation of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Customs Broker Modernization Regulations which take effect Monday, Dec. 19.

These import commodity quotas will take effect Jan. 1 which may be of interest to our customs broker members.

The GBI initiative is an interagency project that will test and develop a single business identifier solution so CBP and partner government agencies (PGA) can achieve better visibility into the supply chain to benefit trade facilitation and trade security.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an authorization for Immediate Delivery (ID) procedures for merchandise to be released from Dec. 16 to Dec. 31, 2022.

If you are active in your local Customs Broker and Forwarder Association but have never attended the NCBFAA Annual Conference, you may be eligible for discounted registration through the Emerging Leaders Mentor Program (ELMP).

NCBFAA challenged an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to broaden the liability of customs brokers and other parties for imports of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in comments submitted to the agency’s proposed rule to amend existing regulations to implement certain provisions of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act published in the Nov. 3 Federal Register.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have continued to postpone their “Container Dwell Fee,” and said they will reconsider its possible imposition on Jan. 24.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on Dec. 16 will provide a nine‑month extension of 352 product exclusions in the China Section 301 Investigation that had been scheduled to expire by the end of this year.

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

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Alliant Customs Brokerage, Ferdinando Guerra, and TWI Group which have recently joined our association.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) will host a webinar on Wednesday, Dec. 14, from 4-5 p.m. ET to highlight upcoming changes to the way in which excise tax benefits for alcohol importers are implemented.

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

“Trade and Software Developers that submit via the Electronic Data Interface (EDI) will need to program and test their software to incorporate these changes,” CBP said in a message to the trade.

The U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has temporarily banned imports of New Zealand fish caught in the habitat of the Māui dolphin because New Zealand’s protections for the critically endangered species are not comparable to those in the U.S.