Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to an April 10 Federal Register notice on the regulatory impact of import data collection.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on May 31 published a notice of intent to distribute antidumping or countervailing duties (known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset) assessed for fiscal year 2023 in connection with countervailing and antidumping duty orders or findings under the 2021 Antidumping Act.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a May 30 message to the trade that the ACE CATAIR Cargo Release Chapter V35 has been updated to include the Immediate Delivery (ID) Indicator on the SE11 (input) record.

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

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) in the Office of Trade has announced its next round of commodity-specific, educational webinars for July.

Attend these informative NCBFAA webinars on June 7 and June 13.

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Customs brokers will now have access to a Cut Flower Validation List to verify the spelling of genus, species, and subspecies names in the APHIS Message Set.

The U.S. State Department has issued its annual determinations and certifications of shrimp-harvesting nations pursuant to Section 609 of Public Law 101-162.

From Sunday, July 30, to Tuesday, Aug. 1, more than 300 importers, exporters, customs brokers, and service providers will convene at the Omni Oklahoma City Hotel for stellar sessions and amazing networking!

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) and the Census Bureau confirmed that 97H and 97R AES response messages were released into AES production on May 25.

The U.S. Department of Transportation and Maritime Administration celebrated National Maritime Day in Washington, D.C., on May 22 to honor the service of the U.S. Merchant Marine in times of peace and war.

With the signing into law of the omnibus spending bill that included SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022 on Dec. 29, 2022, businesses and their employees can now capitalize on added incentives related to their retirement plans.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a cyber incident guidance document setting forth expectations for customs brokers that also has relevance for importers. Now that customs brokers must report breaches within 72 hours per regulations, cyber controls never have been more critical.

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On Nov. 1, the air freight forwarding industry will experience significant changes to the “Impracticable to Screen” (ITS) cargo process and procedures for exports.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following members Arizona Gateway Logistics, Freight Consol International, International Forwarding Academy, Kinghood International Logistics, Newell’s Express Worldwide Logistics, NYC Supply Chain Solutions, and Trimble which have recently joined our association.

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, as part of his effort to connect with regional Affiliate Associations, on May 19 met with the board of the Mid Valley Customs Brokers Association, as well as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leadership at the port of Pharr in Texas.