Monday Morning eBriefing

President Biden on April 21 issued a proclamation that will ban the access of Russian-flagged vessels to U.S. ports, effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on April 28. The action by the U.S. follows a similar one taken earlier by Europe.

Some of you may occasionally receive questionable electronic communications which are believed to be part of phishing schemes. Always ignore and delete these communications!

NCBFAA knows that you as our members are doing their best to keep up with their day-to-day businesses under dire supply chain circumstances, and now add on top of all that the recent flurry of U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. What do these sanctions mean to your business (our industry)? Well, it can be an awful lot, depending on whether you work with customers that had export or import business with Russia prior to invasion.

With the modernization of the ACE Secure Data Portal (ACE Portal) moving ahead, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is providing resources that help users make the most of legacy ACE Portal and ACE Reports functionality. The agency has developed this video for customs brokers containing both helpful information for those getting started in ACE and useful tips for more experienced users.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade’s National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) and the Office of Trade Relations have announced their May webinars. Each webinar will last about an hour.

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 April 29.

FMC National Shipper Advisory Committee Meeting, April 27, 1-4 p.m. ET. Details here.

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

Here is a summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable:

NCBFAA wants to thank those individuals who let us know they were canceling their hotel room reservations. By doing so, we were able to accommodate about 13 people who are now able to stay at conference location.

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) has posted its website FAQs for electronic signatures on the powers of attorney (POAs).

Here is a summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable:

NCBFAA customs broker and freight forwarder members with operations on the Southern Border did their best to navigate three days of protests on April 11-13 impacting commercial traffic at the Texas Port of Hidalgo/Pharr.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on April 14 said it identified 10 additional Russian and Belarusian aircraft that were identified as possibly violating Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

NCBFAA has submitted comments to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) responding to the agency’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding the regulation of demurrage and detention billing requirements for ocean common carriers and marine terminal operators (MTOs).

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which was signed into law Dec. 23, 2021, established a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, or produced by an entity on a list required by clause (i), (ii), (iv) or (v) of section 2(d)(2)(B) of the Act, is prohibited by Section 307 of the 1930 Tariff Act entry of these items into the U.S. This rebuttable presumption goes into effect June 21.

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 April 22.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following members who have recently joined our association:

Registrations to attend the NCBFAA’s 49th Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, have far exceeded our expectations and the projected attendance is anticipated to be back to pre-pandemic levels.