Monday Morning eBriefing

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) and the Justice Department's Antitrust Division today signed an interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to foster increased cooperation and communication in their respective oversight and enforcement responsibilities of the ocean liner shipping industry.

The Census Bureau plans to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking requiring the specific country of origin information for all foreign goods on Electronic Export Information (EEI) filings in the Automated Export System.

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:

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked the import community who deal in FDA-regulated articles to use the Import Trade Auxiliary Communication System (ITACS) for current entry status and to receive Notices of FDA Action electronically.

In a win for the importer-plaintiffs, the U.S. Court of International Trade on July 6 granted a preliminary injunction to suspend the liquidation of unliquidated import entries subject to Lists 3 and 4A duties subject to the Section 301 litigation. Plaintiffs should work with their respective counsel, as appropriate, to ensure they provide additional information that the court requires regarding unliquidated entries and also are handling liquidated entries appropriately.

President Biden on July 9 signed an executive order aimed at promoting competition throughout the U.S. economy, including among freight railroads and the ocean shipping industry.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reminded the trade community that former U.S. export restrictions imposed on certain medical supplies and equipment to combat the spread of COVID-19 are now lifted.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revoked the Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) for non-NIOSH-approved disposable respirators, effective July 6, and the EUAs for decontamination and bioburden reduction systems, effective June 30.

The House Appropriations Homeland Security Committee on June 29 released its fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill, which provides $14.11 billion in net discretionary appropriations for Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

NCBFAA's 2021 Membership Directory has been published and will be arriving in your mailbox shortly.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has appointed Alberto Flores to serve as port director of the Laredo, Texas port of entry.

The Commerce Department on June 28 began requiring and collecting aluminum import licenses for all covered entries into the U.S.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated and deployed ACE programming to allow accelerated payment (AP) to be secured by a sufficient and valid 1A continuous bond provided the bond's effective date is on or before the AP request date.

NCBFAA is notifying members that the U.S. International Trade Commission's 484(f) Committee has made changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) and Schedule B, effective July 1.

USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) announced it will continue to accept electronically produced versions of phytosanitary certificates through Dec. 31, 2021.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 1 issued two of its three highly anticipated U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) regulatory packages setting forth requirements on a range of issues.

Trade policy restraint by G20 economies, as well as World Trade Organization (WTO) members more broadly, prevented a "destructive acceleration of protectionist trade measures that would have further hurt the world economy," according to the WTO's latest Trade Monitoring Report.

Cynthia Whittenburg joins the NCBFAA Educational Institute (NEI) as Associate Director to promote and enhance the knowledge base and professionalism within this dynamic industry.

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 has posted on CBP.gov a contact list for local Broker Management Officers (BMOs) by Center of Excellence and Expertise, including BMO name, email, phone number, mailing address, and Assistant Center Director.