Monday Morning eBriefing

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in response to the Saturday, Feb. 28, coordinated strikes against Iran and retaliatory missile attacks targeting U.S. and Israeli interests have increased the potential for threats to the homeland, including cyberattacks, acts of violence, and hate crimes.

The NCBFAA is excited to announce that Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Laura DiBella will deliver the Monday, April 13, luncheon keynote during the 2026 Annual Conference at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, on April 12-15.

A February 2026 General Accountability Office (GAO) report explores Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) efforts to prevent unsafe children's products from entering U.S. markets. GAO was asked to review how CPSC addresses children's products that contain toxic substances.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a series of updates to its electronic submission system for cosmetic facility registrations, marking two years since the launch of the agency’s Cosmetics Direct portal and signaling the start of the first biennial renewal cycle under federal law.

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 Amtrans Logistics, Aqua Gulf Customs, Beyond Logix, Crossmarine Global, FlexiVan, and J.G. Eberlein & Co., which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can! In addition, NCBFAA would like to highlight the new corporate name for Regular Member Whitzard Customs Brokerage, Inc. of Chino, California.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said effective Feb. 24 the ACE Truck environment will transition to utilizing Fast and Secure Trade (FAST) IDs as the standard identifier for FAST ID via ACE Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) CATAIR document in the “Chapters: Current Capabilities” section in CBP’s CATAIR webpage.

Customs and Border Protection announced that Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2605, which was created on Feb. 23, contains 169 harmonized tariff records and 512 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records.

President Trump on Friday evening, Feb. 20, issued an Executive Order invoking his authority under Section 122 of the 1974. The order was in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision earlier on Friday which struck down the Trump administration’s use of IEEPA tariffs.

Although our industry-leading 2026 NCBFAA Annual Conference at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, on April 12-15, 2026, has sold out, we want to take this moment to thank our generous sponsors who help make this event a success.

In a 6-3 decision on Friday, Feb. 20, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Trump’s tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Because the majority of the Court affirmed the Court of Appeals Federal Circuit (CAFC), the case will now return to the CAFC and then to the Court of International Trade. Next, the Court of International Trade will have to decide the appropriate remedy for the now invalidated tariffs, including whether and how refunds should be processed. This insightful analysis is provided by NCBFAA Customs Counsel Lenny Feldman of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clarified that if the FDA Process Indicator Code = A, then the Government Processing Code must = CS4. This change is in addition to previously announced revisions to the FDA ACE Supplemental Guide v. 2.6 Business Rule Revisions.

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 (CBP) on Feb. 19 announced that it updated the Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) ACE Exports Ocean X12- 350 Customs Status Information Implementation Guide. The primary change includes the requirement for M7A02 (Seal Number) in the M7 Segment – Seal Number Replacement has been changed from Mandatory to Optional.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Aldenbridge Customs Brokerage and CargoSprint which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 19 posted the Truck Manifest implementation guides for the ACE Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) system. The agency said all X.12 and UNEDIFACT IGs are the first iterations of these documents and are not updates to prior IGs.

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

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Base Metals Center recently updated its guidance regarding “exclusively from steel/aluminum melted and poured or smelt and cast in the US” as a Section 232 exemption.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided the trade with this “high-level” factsheet of President Trump new tariffs on imported goods under IEEPA and Section 232. Exemptions and details of the tariffs, however, are not fully covered in the factsheet, the agency said.