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Jul 3, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a July 1 Federal Register notice advised the quarterly Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties will remain the same from the previous quarter.
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Jul 3, 2025
The Census Bureau has updated the 2025 Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) tables, as well as the current list of HTS codes that are not valid for AES.
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Jul 3, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated the severity of Response Message 15A FTZ MUST BE 9 CHARACTERS ALPHANUMERIC from a compliance alert to a fatal error in the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) Appendix A.
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Jul 3, 2025
The additional data elements to enforce the Russian Seafood and Russian Sanctions are available in the cert environment. The NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) customs brokers have now been able to test the submission of the new data elements and have identified areas which are either unclear or confusing.
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Jul 3, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that the trade will now have access to Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)-issued documents in the ACE Portal. Customs brokers will now see a “PGA Documents” button in the upper right portion of the account header, giving those users access to any available CPSC-sent forms.
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Jul 3, 2025
Due to a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) update to accommodate up to 32 HTS codes per entry line, the line format sent to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been modified. Customs brokers should be aware that this has resulted in a display change in FDA’s Import Trade Auxiliary System (ITACS) and on the Notice of FDA Action.
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Jul 3, 2025
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the USDA is set to begin a phased reopening of the southern border ports for live cattle, bison and equines from Mexico, starting with Douglas, Arizona, on July 7.
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Jun 29, 2025
As Customs and Border Protection continues to update its Section 232 Tariffs on steel and aluminum frequently asked questions (FAQs), the NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., continue to follow these FAQs for updates which are important to our customs broker members, as well CBP guidance for the US-UK and Northern Ireland Economic Prosperity Deal.
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Jun 29, 2025
President Trump on Friday, June 27, said he will impose tariffs on Canada within the next seven days, after trade talks with the Canadian government abruptly ended following an announcement by Canada to tax U.S. technology companies, starting July 1.
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Jun 29, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday, June 28, deployed an enhancement in the ACE Production environment that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers to 32 allowed per entry summary line.
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