Monday Morning eBriefing

The Port Houston and Houston Airports authorities continued to ask the shipping industry for patience through the weekend as operations slowly resume in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, especially with many residents across the Houston metropolitan area without power and involved with cleanup operations.

NCBFAA joined four other organizations in a July 12 letter to Congress expressing concern about the new Centers for Disease Control (CDC) rule for imported dogs – due to take effect on Aug. 1.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as chair of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), on July 9 released an updated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Strategy to Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured with Forced Labor in China.

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 Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on Sunday, July 7, held a case management conference to hear complaints between the BCMEA (British Columbia Maritime Association) and ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse Union) Local 514.

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An important feature of the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) on Sept. 22-24, 2024 is meeting with your elected officials on Capitol Hill to help ensure they understand the implications of any trade-related legislation placed before them. To prepare members on how to best approach lawmakers and their staff about important issues to our industry, NCBFAA will host a webinar on Wednesday, July 24, from 1-2 p.m. ET.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 25 will deploy an update in ACE that requires the submission of the Reference Identifier Qualifier Estimated Date of Arrival (EDA) in the SE20 record for all de-minimis shipments filed as an entry type 86 submission.

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

The Census Bureau on July 1 announced that effective immediately the Schedule B, Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), and HTS Codes That Are Not Valid for AES tables have been updated to accept the changes to the July 1 codes.

NCBFAA Customs Committee Vice Chair Ralph De La Rosa represented NCBFAA at the World Customs Organization (WCO) in Brussels during the June 24-26 meetings held by the Private Sector Consultative Group (PSCG).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 1 posted an updated version of the Drawback/TFTEA Drawback Entry Summary Create/Resubmission CATAIR.

NCBFAA on July 1 responded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recent request for comments regarding on Commerce Supply Chain Risk Assessment and Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) Supply Chains.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) AD/CVD Policy Branch on July 15 at 2 p.m. ET will host it Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) Certification Requirements Webinar: Navigating AD/CVD Certification Requirements.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently published its first quarterly update of the boycott Requester List which notifies companies, financial institutions, freight forwarders, individuals, and other U.S. persons of potential sources of certain boycott-related requests that they may receive during the regular course of business.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 3 published several guidance CSMSs involving the Section 301 China Product Exclusions Extension and for recent revocation and suspension involving imports related to Section 232 duties.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Export Enforcement on July 1 released an updated version of “Don’t Let This Happen to You!,” a compendium of case examples highlighting BIS criminal and administrative enforcement efforts.

More than 500 NCBFAA members attended an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Trade Outreach session hosted by the NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) on June 27.

The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) on June 29 announced that close to 10,000 workers at CN and CPKC have voted to reauthorize strikes at both companies, if negotiated settlements cannot be reached.

NCBFAA submitted comments to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in response to the agency’s request for comments published in the June 10 Federal Register regarding an extension of the final rule for Demurrage and Detention Billing Requirements.