Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA invites you to participate in its upcoming Exhibitor MarketPlace and Sponsor opportunities during the 52nd NCBFAA Annual Conference, April 6-9, in Phoenix, AZ.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP), with the approval of the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Nov. 4 Federal Register determined that aluminum extrusion products imported from Kingtom Aluminio S.R.L., a Chinese-owned entity in the Dominican Republic, uses forced labor in its manufacturing process.

As a reminder to NCBFAA members, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) no longer publishes the Federal Holidays via CSMS, with this information now available on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management website.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Dec. 4 enhanced the Automated Export System (AES) data universe in ACE Reports. The enhancement will enable the retirement of the Trade Export data universe in ACE Reports on a future date, the agency said.

The “Exporting a Motor Vehicle” page on cbp.gov has been updated to provide information on used self-propelled vehicle shipments from the continental United States to Puerto Rico, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a CSMS to the trade on Dec. 4.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Lacey Phase VII took effect Dec. 1. Importers now must file a Lacey declaration for products in the newly flagged HTS codes.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will retire its security_filing_general@cbp.dhs.gov inbox for ISF inquiries.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made available to the trade an updated Document Image System (DIS) Implementation Guide (IG).

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

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

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated surgeon and writer Martin Makary to lead the Food and Drug Administration. The President-elect said Makary will be important “to course-correct and refocus the agency.”

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reminding owners and consignees of certain imported foods that they will be required to use accredited laboratories under the Laboratory Accreditation for Analysis of Foods (LAAF) program when conducting mycotoxins analyses beginning Dec. 1.

Unifor members of Council 4000 and Local 100 at Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) announced Nov. 25 that they voted overwhelmingly in favor of strike action if an agreement is not be reached with the railroad management by Jan. 1.

Customs and Border Protection on Nov. 26 said an update will be made in the ACE Reports which involves removing reconciliation entry summaries that have been deleted in ACE from the Reconciliation data universe.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will hold its next Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) quarterly meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 11, from 1-5 p.m. ET, in Washington, D.C.

NCBFAA joined 35 trade associations in a Nov. 21 letter to Congress urging the prioritization of legislative action to renew the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program before the end of the year.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently made validations to the Export Manifest Appendix J – Response Codes, which are currently available in Certification and Production for ocean transport.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the annual Customs Broker permit user fee due date for the 2025 calendar year is due Jan. 31, 2025. The permit user fee for the 2025 calendar year is $180.57.

The USDA Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service (APHIS) on Dec. 1 will begin implementing Phase VII of the Lacey Act provisions for certain imported plant and wood products. This means that the AL1 tariff flag will be added to approximately 450 HTS codes.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Nov. 22 added 29 Chinese companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. This expansion brings the total to 107 entities identified for links to forced labor practices in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China.