Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA’s comments responded to a July 25 Federal Register notice asking for input on an NMFS proposed rule to automate the Certification of Admissibility (COA), a paper form required for imports of certain fish products subject to Marine Mammal Protection Act restrictions.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Aug. 25 recapped its array of export controls placed on Russian officials and business entities allied with Vladimir Putin following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.

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 award will be presented to Matthew Brauner during the NYNJFFF&BA’s Annual Dinner Cruise in the New York Harbor on Sept. 7.

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

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Evaluation and Research (CDER) just completed developing a human drug product error report showing the most common errors for drug product entries.

The NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) hosted an Aug. 23 webinar with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), featuring the agency’s valuable new resource, the Veterinary Services (VS) Permitting Assistant Tool.

Take advantage of the Early Bird Registration fee by signing up today to attend the 2022 NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 18-20. The Early Bird Registration—a savings of 20 percent off the Regular Member admission price—expires Aug. 26.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome FG Brokers and Bollore Logistics Canada who have recently joined our association.

The survey will remain open through midnight ET, Aug. 26.

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently published the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Deployment Archive on its website to help ACE users more easily access information about past deployments.

Every customs broker should know how to use this valuable new tool by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s (APHIS) called the Veterinary Services (VS) Permitting Assistant – a search and filter tool that helps the trade easily determine their import requirements for animal products.

The U.S. and Taiwan under the auspices of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) on Aug. 17 reached consensus on the negotiating mandate for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.

NCBFAA is generating an impressive lineup of key legislative and regulatory topics to be addressed at this year’s Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18-20. You won’t want to miss out!

In preparation for the upcoming deployment of Collections Release 6 to ACE, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will host a Pre-Deployment Support Call for users in the trade community on Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. ET.

Employers are not their employees' tax advisors. Nonetheless, consider sharing the following information about revising W-4s so that employees' withholding closely matches their tax bill for the year.

The update includes updated FZ10, FZ12 and NF95 records along with updated supporting information in the appendix.

The NCBFAA Transportation Committee’s Logistics Subcommittee is regularly collecting data on the nation’s rail delays and port congestion that are impacting the supply chain and your business operations.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the legacy ACE Portal Forms capability and the new ACE Forms Modernization Application were designed to deliver electronic CBP Forms 28, 29, and 4647s to importer ACE Portal accounts only and not to customs broker ACE portal accounts.