Monday Morning eBriefing

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on May 10 its plan to conduct a voluntary pilot starting June 9 to promote paperless processing of export documentation for used self-propelled vehicles (USPVs). Generally, USPVs include any vehicle that can be driven on land but not rail.

NCBFAA on May 9 responded with comments to the March 23 State Department’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The IFR contains long-awaited updates to the ITAR, including re-organization of group-related definitions and regulatory sections.

During the NCBFAA Annual Conference on May 1-4, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Chris Magnus and several CBP and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) executives expressed the need to protect our country’s national economic security.

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.

Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Financial Operations Division offers these tips on how customs brokers can help their clients apply for their own Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) statements.

This is a call for volunteers interested in working on this subcommittee and a volunteer to lead the effort. Any takers? If you are interested, please send your information to Customs Committee Chair Mary Jo Muoio c/o custom@ncbfaa.org.

View these upcoming events from the week of May 9, 2022.

The new NCBFAA website has gone live on Monday, May 9.

The Federal Maritime Commission will now require the three global ocean carrier alliances (2M, OCEAN, and THE) and each of their member companies to provide enhanced pricing and capacity information which will provide the agency with uniform data to use in assessing ocean carrier behavior and marketplace competitiveness.

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.

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 May 20.

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

A Consumer Product Safety Commission (CSPC) official outlined the agency’s plans to implement its ACE Message Set during a panel at NCBFAA’s Annual Conference on May 2, starting with a pilot program involving wide participation from importers and customs brokers.

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

The NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) continues to work with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to raise awareness and use of E-Phytos, a visionary global solution to the challenge of transferring phytosanitary certificates through the supply chain.

Now is not the time to slow down on contacting your local Congressional offices to ask them to support the Customs Business Fairness Act (CBFA) (H.R. 4816).

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that, as the agency transitions to a return to the workplace and workplace flexibilities, they will continue to allow paper Notices of Arrival (NOA) of Pesticides and Devices (EPA Form 3540-1) to be submitted by email or uploaded in DIS.

Every customs broker knows that interacting with Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) can be the most challenging part of their job. The PGA data requirements are often demanding. And, on top of that, there are just so many agencies!