Monday Morning eBriefing

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).

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)-Core has shared the draft list of HTS codes that will be included in the Phase VII implementation for Lacey Act declarations.

Each year NCBFAA members from across the country gather in the nation’s capital at the Government Affairs Conference (GAC) to learn about timely and critical industry changes influenced by Capitol Hill lawmakers, the White House, and federal regulators.

Sandra “Sandy” Langford-Coty, who serves as Director of Operational Development at A.N. Deringer, Inc., and NCBFAA Customs Committee Chair, on May 16 will receive the Foreign Trade Association (FTA) 2024 Marjorie M. Shostak Distinguished Service Award.

At CrimsonLogic, we recognize the complexity of customs clearance operations in North America.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome IFF and Paycargo which have recently joined our association.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on April 29 issued a final rule, effective the same day, which created new license exception for Medical Devices (MED).

Freight forwarders that file Electronic Export Information (EEI) in the Automated Export System (AES) should read this May 2 Census Bureau blog written by Kristi Sellers, Survey Statistician with the agency’s Trade Regulations Branch.

The Census Bureau on May 1 announced it will make changes in the Automated Export System (AES) for license type code C33 as a result of the Interim Final Rule (IFR) that the Commerce Department published April 19 on the Export Control Revisions for Australia, U.K., U.S. (AUKUS) Enhanced Trilateral Security Partnership.