Monday Morning eBriefing

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

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

Bipartisan legislation (H.R. 3324) was recently introduced in the House targeting imports of shrimp for tighter scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome First Freight Carriers, INTERMOVE SUR, USA; Interstate International, and Ortiz International, which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated the ACE Entry Summary Dictionary for the June 28 deployment in the ACE Production environment to increase the HTS numbers allowed per entry summary line. This enhancement will enable filers to include up to 16 HTS numbers on one entry summary line, including for Reconciliation and Drawback entry summaries. The current limit is 8 HTS numbers per entry summary line.

If you are active in your local customs broker and forwarder association but never attended an NCBFAA conference such as the upcoming Government Affairs Conference (GAC) on Sept. 7-9 before, you may be eligible for a discounted registration through the Emerging Leaders Mentor Program (ELMP).

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Laredo Field Office in a June 16 notice said several carriers continue to arrive at the Port of Laredo’s World Trade Bridge, Colombia Solidarity Bridge, and Eagle Pass without the mandated QR Code and are impacting crossing/wait times.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the SO70 output record in both the PGA Processing Disposition (Output SO70-Record) in the Entry Summary Status Notification document and in the Record Identifier SO70 (Output) in the ACE Cargo Release SO Status Notification document will be updated to accommodate the increase in HTS codes accepted.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., updated our customs broker members regarding the HTS numbers that were removed from the original Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CSMS from June 3 announcing the application of tariffs for imports of aluminum and steel and their derivative products. However, those deleted aluminum and steel HTS numbers were included in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Federal Register notice of June 12 which stated that household appliances with aluminum and steel content will be subject to Section 232 50% tariffs, effective 12:01 a.m. ET on June 23.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 28 will deploy an enhancement in the ACE Production environment that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers allowed per entry summary line to 16 HTS numbers from the current limit of eight HTS numbers.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notified the trade that the ACE Import Truck Manifest ANSI X12 350 Message Implementation Guide has been updated with new valid disposition codes.

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 updated the Drawback Error Dictionary for the new ID08 error message. The associated programming changes will be available in the CERT environment on June 16, 2025.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) anticipates a reduced capacity to provide hard copy notices of FDA action, such as release notices or sample notices. This will delay receipt of hardcopy FDA notices.

NCBFAA has invited an impressive lineup of senior federal government officials engaged in cross-border trade to present at the 2025 Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 7-9. If you want to hear what they have to say on matters that impact our customs broker and freight forwarder industry, then you need to register to attend the GAC today!

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it has updated the GBI Enrollment Create-Update Draft document. The agency said the updates were deployed to the Certification environment on Jan. 28, 2025, and a CSMS message will be sent advising the Production deployment date.

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

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Baker Logistics Consulting Services, which has recently joined our association. We're so excited to have this firm join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., on June 1 offered input to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding the agency’s application of the IEEPA reciprocal tariff in-transit provision, particularly in cases where cargo initially is loaded onto feeder vessels then offloaded and reloaded in an intermediate country onto a mother ship for direct shipment to the U.S. In addition, NCBFAA will continue to monitor CBP guidance as it relates to the White House's June 4 increase in the aluminum and steel tariffs to 50%.

NCBFAA has opened registration for the 2025 Government Affairs Conference (GAC) to be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 7-9. (The Grand Hyatt Washington is a new location for the GAC.) We urge attendees to register now to take advantage of the special room block and early bird savings!