Monday Morning eBriefing

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the expansion of the Beta Pilot for E-filing consumer product safety certificate data in ACE in a June 4 Federal Register notice.

The Americans for Free Trade (AFT), of which NCBFAA is a member, asked the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in a June 6 letter to extend the public comment period on a May 28 Federal Register notice regarding proposed changes to the ongoing Section 301 China tariffs actions from 30 days to at least 60 days.

Based in Houston, Texas, Shipping Logistics, LLC, is an asset-based transportation and logistics services provider operating nationwide.

Barbara Spector Yeninas, of Holmdel, New Jersey, died on May 31 at the age of 84. She served as the Executive Director of NY/NJ Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association (NY/NJ FFF&BA) from 1987 to 2005.

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

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.

Congress is expected to pass legislation that will renew the expired Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for another six years and will allow retroactive GSP claims and refunds to the date of expiry, Dec. 31, 2020.

The U.S. Commerce Department in a May 1 memorandum said it received numerous scope comments from parties regarding its less-than-fair-value and countervailing duty investigations of aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, South Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has created several resources for small businesses engaging in imports and exports.

Equifax’s Quarterly Business Credit Trends Report of May 7, and highlighted in the May 9 Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) eBulletin, said business insolvencies reached just over 40 percent during the fourth quarter of 2023.

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will begin requiring trade community users to identify the subject company whenever a report is run or scheduled in ACE Reports.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) Appendix A Response Message 667 to include a third reason for receiving a fatal error response.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated its Automated Broker Interface Software Vendors List.

Paying employees is an essential and continuous function of running a business, but changes and evolution in the payroll industry have resulted in some notable new trends in payroll.

A reminder that the NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) Organics Toolkit is always available as a resource while you implement the Organic Import Certificate filing requirements for imported organic products.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced a new process to improve inspections and expedite trade for air shipments of pre-cleared commodities from Chile and Thailand; and both air and maritime shipments from Argentina.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome CAF Worldwide, FUZ Global Logistics, Optimize Logistics, and Susan Tao which have recently joined our association.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has delayed the retirement of the legacy ACE Portal tool for creating and maintaining a list of corporate surety powers of attorney (CSPOA).