Monday Morning eBriefing

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 Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2309 was created on Sept. 28 and contains 12,981 ABI records and 2614 Harmonized Tariff Records.

A federal government shutdown, which was expected to start at 12 a.m., Oct. 1., was averted late Saturday when Congress passed a stopgap bill. President Biden signed the legislation within hours before the midnight deadline.

NCBFAA member outreach to Members of Congress to secure additional co-sponsors the Customs Business Fairness Act (H.R. 1453) continues paying off. CBFA was recently attached to the House Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill under section 596.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Northern Customs Services and Total Source Logistics which have recently joined our association.

Taking no chances with what appears to be increasingly likely a federal government shutdown starting Oct. 1, NCBFAA is leading an effort among 40 other trade associations to develop a comprehensive strategy with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) to ensure that legitimate trade is permitted to efficiently enter and exit our nation’s ports during a shutdown.

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

NCBFAA President Jose D. (JD) Gonzalez wrote to each of the primary Partner Government Agencies (PGA) alerting them to NCBFAA’s concerns about the impact of a potential government shutdown on import/export trade processing.

The Census Bureau on Sept. 19 published a Federal Register notice requesting the approval of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue collecting information though the Automated Export System (AES).

A new publication released during the Public Forum on Sept. 15 provides insights into how World Trade Organization (WTO) members have used different international agreements and conventions beyond the WTO as the basis for imposing export regulations.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said, due to increased trade community participation in the ACE Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) pilot, it has extended the end date from Oct. 1 to April 1, 2024, for use of the Document Imaging System (DIS) as a method to submit the CBP Form 1302A Cargo Declaration – Outward with Commercial Forms.

Koverly is a B2B global payments platform that minimizes transaction and foreign exchange fees and provides digital USD wallets to businesses around the world for secure, instant, and free global transfers.

An industrywide effort, led by the Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA) in late August, caused the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) on Sept. 15 to delay its so-called Indirect Source Rule (ISR) by six months.

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) informed the trade that it will deploy the Entry Summary Query Update enhancement to ACE on Nov. 4.

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) has published a 12-page document, Government Shutdowns and Executive Branch Operations: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

Starting Oct. 1, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) will begin regulating motor vehicle tires containing N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-N′-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) as part of the state’s Safer Consumer Products regulations.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) alerted the trade to procedures to follow for swine meat products from Mexico to Canada that are transiting, and transloaded in, the U.S.

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew Axelrod conveyed the importance of the agency’s mission to attendees at the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) on Sept. 11.

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said the changes will better align the regulations with international standards and allow more flexibility for permitted imports, while continuing to mitigate the risk of bringing equine diseases into the United States.