Monday Morning eBriefing

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its outreach campaign to the trade about the agency's stepped-up enforcement of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) imports.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 12 published an amended Federal Register notice extending the Global Business Identifier (GBI) test period for three more years and removing previous commodity and country of origin limitations on the types of entries eligible to be evaluated under it.

The Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) is making it easier for nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to export certain humanitarian commodities and activities to North Korea by amending the regulations to modify a general license and add three new general licenses.

If unfortunate circumstances require you to cancel your attendance at the NCBFAA 51st Annual Conference at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa on April 14-17, please contact Kim O’Beirne at kobeirne@ncbfaa.org immediately!

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’s Office of Trade has released its updated Guide for the Public: How CBP Sets Bond Amounts to reflect the agency’s current policies and procedures.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced in a Feb. 16 Federal Register notice that the next quarterly meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will be held on Wednesday, March 6, from 1-5 p.m. ET in Charleston, South Carolina.

The new National Organics Program (NOP) organic regulation takes effect March 19 and will impact not just organic produce, but also a wide range of organic products, including meat, dairy, and nonfood products, such as organic sheets or clothing, and soaps.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following members Advantage Cargo, Pace Global Logistics, and Pacific Tenada Freight which have recently joined our association.

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.

Many NCBFAA members have been working closely with importer clients to assist in complying with the expanded seafood restrictions from Russia under Executive Order 14114.

Terminal49 is a premier container tracking platform for the North American supply chain. The company streamlines and automates container tracking tasks to save hours of labor, expedites customers’ containers, and eliminates unnecessary demurrage and per diem charges.

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

Nearly 120 national and state-level trade organizations, including NCBFAA, urged President Biden in a letter on Feb. 16 to renominate Carl Bentzel to a second term as Commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC).

To maximize its newly established membership in the International Federation of Freight Forwarder Associations (FIATA), NCBFAA has carefully considered and named association members, in partnership with our membership partner, the Airforwarders Association (AfA), to participate on various institute within the global organization.

NCBFAA Transportation Counsel Venable LLP has provided this thorough and insightful summary of the various industry testimony delivered during the Federal Maritime Commission’s Feb. 7 public hearing which examined how ocean shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden regions has been impacted by attacks emanating from Yemen.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), effective March 11, is modifying its regulations to reduce the frequency of renewal applications by indirect air carriers (IACs) or air freight forwarders.

The New USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) rule will take effect March 19.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following members Colorado Custom Brokers; Customs Clearance Solutions; Eastrong International Logistics Co.; Lugo Express Services; Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt; Urbanek Compliance Consulting; and Windstream International which have recently joined our association.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reminding customs brokers that the 2024 Customs Broker Triennial Status Report (TSR) must be submitted to the agency by no later than Feb. 29.