Monday Morning eBriefing

The Biden Administration on March 29 has designated Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei as the next chairman of Federal Maritime Commission (FMC).

The Biden Administration on March 29 has designated Commissioner Daniel B. Maffei as the next chairman of Federal Maritime Commission (FMC).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has appointed John P. Leonard to serve as acting executive assistant commissioner of the Office of Trade.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on March 31 released the 2021 National Trade Estimated (NTE) report which details the significant foreign barriers to U.S. exports goods and services, investment, and e-commerce.

The NCBFAA Legislative Committee wants the association membership to continue contacting their congressional representatives about permanent implementation of the Customs Business Fairness Act (CBFA), which provides customs brokers relief when importers become insolvent.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has approved K-Line America shipping line to be temporarily exempt from the 24-hour rule. This exemption includes K-Line being allowed to load cargo on vessels and should not be penalized for failure to comply with the 24-hour rule and Importer Security Filing requirements. For any ISF penalties, filers can reference the March 19 CSMS message #46666139 to have the penalty cancelled.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 29 directed its port personnel to begin seizing disposable glove imports produced by Top Glove Corporation Bhd. Of Malaysia

On March 31 at 4:30 p.m. ET, the ability for freight forwarders to electronically process their filings in the Automated Export System (AES) was temporarily upended.

The U.S. Commerce Department has delayed effective date for its final Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis System (AIM) until June 28. The new effective date for the program has been included an April 1 Federal Register notice.

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on March 18 held a hearing on March 18 attempting to identify how federal regulators, particularly Customs and Border Protection (CBP), can work with the industry and use technology to identify and stop imports made using forced labor.

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:

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Software Vendors Working Group held a meeting with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) (in listening mode) on Monday, March 22, regarding the rapidly approaching April 6 deployment of the Craft Beverage Modernization Act (CBMA).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published its latest list of software vendors who are certified to submit transactions to the agency via the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).

PayCargo Capital makes available credit from $50,000 to $2.5 million to NCBFAA members in good standing. Customers use PayCargo Capital's credit lines for all sorts of freight charges, including COD, demurrage, per diem, and bills of lading. More details about this service are available here.

The U.S. Senate on March 17 confirmed Katherine Tai, the former House Ways and Means chief trade counsel, by a vote of 98-0 to serve as the Biden Administration's top trade negotiator. She was sworn into office the next day by Vice President Kamala Harris.

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reports that mandatory ACE filing for APHIS-Core is off to a good start, with no apparent glitches during the first week.

The NCBFAA Export Compliance Subcommittee urges exporters and their Freight Forwarders to become aware of tightening U.S. restrictions on exports to Myanmar/Burma due to the recent overthrow of the civilian government by the country's military.

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the trade has access to both the ES-010, Future Liquidations, and the ES-702, Official Notice of Extension, Suspension and Liquidation, to review extensions and suspensions of liquidation.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 15 issued its interim final rule (IFR) on mandatory advance electronic information or data, commonly known as AED. The regulation implements the STOP Act that Congress passed in 2018. The rule is effective immediately and interested parties are invited to provide comments within 60 days.