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Aug 8, 2025
In July, NCBFAA reported that USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) would soon end paper submissions of the Lacey declaration. Now, it is official — APHIS said on Aug. 8 that paper submissions end, starting Jan. 1, 2026.
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Aug 8, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to extend the compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule by 30 months — to July 2028. The agency said it remains committed to successful implementation of the full requirements of the final rule, which establishes additional traceability recordkeeping requirements, beyond what is already required in existing regulations, for persons who manufacture, import, process, pack, or hold foods found on the Food Traceability List.
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Aug 8, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted an updated Cargo Release Condition Codes document which is available in the Supporting Documents section on cbp.gov.
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Aug 8, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in an Aug. 8 Federal Register notice announced that it has moved the Global Business Identifier (GBI) Evaluative Proof of Concept (EPoC) to full test phase. The agency also announced that adds Altana Technologies USG Inc. as a new Identity Management Company (IMC) and has established a process for other IMCs to support CBP in the test.
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Aug 8, 2025
A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.
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Aug 8, 2025
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the National Entry Review (NER) program on Aug. 4 to streamline and standardize import operations. The program transitions from port-by-port reviews to a nationwide system utilizing technology and staff across multiple time zones.
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Aug 8, 2025
On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Astralis LLC dba PRIMO International Logistics and DEX Global Inc., which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!
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Aug 8, 2025
NCBFAA is pleased to recirculate a Regular Member-exclusive resource: the Dispute Resolution Resource Tool, which was developed by the NCBFAA NVOCC Subcommittee to help members navigate the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) complaint processes under 46 U.S.C. § 41102(c) and other key provisions of the Shipping Act.
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Aug 1, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided guidance for the additional duties on U.S. imports of Brazilian products that are subject to the July 30 Executive Order (EO), “Addressing Threats to the United States by the Government of Brazil,” and will become effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 6.
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Aug 1, 2025
The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., are reviewing the details of the numerous reciprocal tariffs that took effect Aug. 1, the new 35% Canadian product tariff, the Section 232 import duties on copper and copper derivative products, and the end to de minimis for commercial shipments effective on Aug. 29. The Committee will report any ongoing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) guidance related to these White House actions to our customs broker members as soon as it’s released by the agency.
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