Monday Morning eBriefing

The NCBFAA Export Compliance Subcommittee has updated the Shipper’s Letter of Instruction (SLI) model and instructions available on the association’s website.

Maryland Port Administration Executive Director Jonathan Daniels on Friday, March 29, hosted a call to update local business interests on the status of the channel closing due to the Key Bridge collapse.

Special Early Bird registration pricing to attend NCBFAA’s 51st Annual Conference at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa on April 14-17 is nearly sold out, but there is still availability to attend this important industry event.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule, effective March 15, which expanded the controls for exports and reexports to Nicaragua of all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).

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) in the Pembina, North Dakota port of entry issued a reminder that all persons making payment to the agency by check must provide their Taxpayer Identifying Number (TIN) when paying CBP.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome De La Cruz Customs Broker, Hotline Delivery Systems, Nexus Fleet, and Transworld CHB which have recently joined our association.

The House of Representatives on March 21 overwhelmingly passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Implementation Act (H.R. 1836) by a vote of 393-24.

Due to increased trade participation in the ACE Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) pilot, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it is extending the use of the Document Image System (DIS) as an acceptable method to submit the form 1302A Cargo Declaration from April 1 to Oct. 1, 2024.

The NCBFAA Export Compliance Subcommittee was privileged to have the opportunity to assist Census with this project by providing input on the data elements and report examples.

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

NCBFAA on March 22 celebrated our 127th anniversary as an association. We want to thank our more than 1,300 member companies for your support in making us the leading association of the freight forwarder, customs broker, and NVOCC industry.

A Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) final rule, effective March 21, imposes license requirements on exports, reexports, and in-country transfers of items subject to the EAR, when a party to the transaction is on one of the 14 OFAC SDN-related programs.

The NCBFAA Legislative Committee has outlined its legislative priorities for the Second Session of the 118th Congress which includes the 21st Century Customs Framework and Modernization, Section 321 De Minimis, Land Port of Entry Fund (LPOE), and Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) and Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB) reinstatement.

The funding package that is expected to pass Congress later this week adds $19,968,000 in funding for DHS to detect and detain goods produced with forced labor over the amount in last year’s budget.

For more than 50 years, Darrell J. Sekin Jr. had the reputation as a small business pioneer who operated one of the most respected customs brokers in the United States. Sekin passed away Saturday, March 23, at the age of 74.

Candice Sider, Vice Chair of the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers (CSCB), during a March 21 hearing before Canada’s Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) testified that the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) should delay its May 13 “big bang” implementation of the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system to October 2024 until “design flaws” are sufficiently resolved.

The rollout of the new USDA Organics Import regulation occurred March 19 and most customs brokers seemed to be well-prepared.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently deployed to the ACE Certification (CERT) Environment an update that requires the Facilities Information and Resource Management System (FIRMS) code when arriving an in-bond for Non-Air.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published its final rule in the March 18 Federal Register on investigating claims of antidumping and countervailing duty evasion.