Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA’s Transportation Committee, along with Transportation Counsel Ashley Craig of Venable and Legislative Counsel Nicole Bivens Collinson of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, are tracking the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 as it makes its way through the final stages of approval in Congress and eventually to the President’s desk for signature.

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 15.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) filed a final rule further expanding the Russian Sanctions. In response to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with Belarus’s support, the BIS final rule expands the license requirement for Russia and Belarus to all items on the Commerce Control List (CCL), effective April 8. This change adds products controlled in categories 0-2, in addition to the previous license requirement for all items in Categories 3-9, which now imposes a license requirement on all ECCNs for Russia or Belarus.

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.

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:

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in an update on April 5 to its March 31 message to the trade that the functionality to accept the Section 301 China reinstatement of certain product exclusions under HTSUS classification 9903.88.67 will be available in ACE starting April 12 at 7 a.m. ET.

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.

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:

As part of the modernization of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the port has moved its Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures (FP&F) office to a new location.

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 8.

The NCBFAA Educational Institute has entered a partnership with South Texas College to launch a Certified Customs Specialist Certification program for the college’s students.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said emergency processes that were put in place for U.S. transit of goods to and from British Columbia expired as of March 31 at 12:01 a.m. PT.

Blockchain remains a critical and increasing part of our industry’s technology lexicon. It is basically a digitally distributed and decentralized public ledger that exists across a network. Blockchain has increasingly become associated with cryptocurrencies.

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.

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.

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:

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:

NCBFAA expresses its sincerest condolences to the family and colleagues of Thompson “Tom” W. Anastasi, who passed away on March 26 in Ft. Meyers, Florida, after a brief illness, surrounded by his family. He was 80.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on March 30 updated its list of aircraft that have flown into Russia in apparent violation of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the U.S. sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.