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Headquartered in the Washington DC metro area, the NCBFAA represents more than 1,300 member companies with 110,000 employees in international trade - the nation's leading freight forwarders, customs brokers, ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), NVOCCs and air cargo agents, serving more than 250,000 importers and exporters. The Association’s members handle more than 97% of the entries for goods imported into the United States and are directly involved with the logistics of these goods. Further, members operating as OTIs are involved with approximately 80 to 85% of all exports from the United States. 

 

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  • NCBFAA Customs Committee Monitors Updates to CBP Aluminum and Steel Tariffs FAQs

    Jun 20, 2025
    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 contribute and monitor these FAQs for updates which are important to our customs broker members.
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  • Electronic Export Manifest Updated Codes for AIR IATA

    Jun 20, 2025
    Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it will update the Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) disposition codes for AIR IATA to promote accurate formatting in the EEM party details. The EEM data elements must be submitted in the correct segment outlined in the EEM Implementation Guides (IGs).
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  • ACE Reports Update for In-Bond Status Reports

    Jun 20, 2025
    The NCBFAA Customs Committee In-Bond Subcommittee recently worked with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to create the INBND-009 In-Bond Shipment Status report to assist in-bond filers to identify in-bonds that are not in a closed status.
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CBP Webinar:  Understanding Festive Article Classification

NCSD’s July Webinar Schedule:

Tuesday, July 1, 2025: Understanding Festive Article Classification – The “Understanding Festive Article Classification” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar is a guide designed to help explain the often-confusing subheadings of Chapter 95, festive articles. We will go line by line to see where most festive items are classified.

Tuesday, July 8, 2025: Overview of Activated Carbon – The “Overview of Activated Carbon” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar overviews what active carbon is, how it is treated in the Harmonized Classification System, and a brief look at antidumping case number A570-901.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025: Skincare vs. Medicaments – The “Skincare vs. Medicaments” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar will address the proper tariff classification of preparations for the care of the skin of heading 3304 versus medicaments of heading 3004. Educating the trade community about the correct classification of these products will promote balanced and fair trade

Thursday, July 17, 2025: Trends in Classifying Coated Fabrics – The “Trends in Classifying Coated Fabrics” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade.  This webinar will touch on the nuances of classifying coated fabrics as industry and technology evolve and will also cover a handful individual examples/case studies to provide clarity in classifying such goods within the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025: An Overview of Novelty Hats and Other Headgear – The “An Overview of Novelty Hats and Other Headgear” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. The webinar will focus on some of the innovative headgear classified in Chapter 65 and will gain valuable insights into the distinct categories of novelty headgear including design characteristics as well as relevant classification aspects.

Tuesday, July 29, 2025: Flying the Friendly Skies in Drone and other Aircraft – The “Flying the Friendly Skies in Drone and other Aircraft” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. The webinar will cover CBP’s definition of parts and proper classification of aircrafts parts.  Also, this webinar will discuss the history of drones, the FAA regulations concerning drones, and some issues that have arisen with the popularity of drones.

Thursday, July 31, 2025: Industrial Controls Part 3 – The “Industrial Controls Part 3” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This is the third and final component in the Industrial Controls Series of webinars where we will do a short recap of parts one and two and then discuss in detail the tariff classification of programmable controllers, advanced electrical control apparatus, supervisory control, and data acquisition systems.

If you have any questions about this webinar, please contact OTRwebinars@cbp.dhs.gov.  

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CBP Webinar:  Understanding Festive Article Classification

NCSD’s July Webinar Schedule:

Tuesday, July 1, 2025: Understanding Festive Article Classification – The “Understanding Festive Article Classification” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar is a guide designed to help explain the often-confusing subheadings of Chapter 95, festive articles. We will go line by line to see where most festive items are classified.

Tuesday, July 8, 2025: Overview of Activated Carbon – The “Overview of Activated Carbon” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar overviews what active carbon is, how it is treated in the Harmonized Classification System, and a brief look at antidumping case number A570-901.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025: Skincare vs. Medicaments – The “Skincare vs. Medicaments” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This webinar will address the proper tariff classification of preparations for the care of the skin of heading 3304 versus medicaments of heading 3004. Educating the trade community about the correct classification of these products will promote balanced and fair trade

Thursday, July 17, 2025: Trends in Classifying Coated Fabrics – The “Trends in Classifying Coated Fabrics” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade.  This webinar will touch on the nuances of classifying coated fabrics as industry and technology evolve and will also cover a handful individual examples/case studies to provide clarity in classifying such goods within the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.

Wednesday, July 23, 2025: An Overview of Novelty Hats and Other Headgear – The “An Overview of Novelty Hats and Other Headgear” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. The webinar will focus on some of the innovative headgear classified in Chapter 65 and will gain valuable insights into the distinct categories of novelty headgear including design characteristics as well as relevant classification aspects.

Tuesday, July 29, 2025: Flying the Friendly Skies in Drone and other Aircraft – The “Flying the Friendly Skies in Drone and other Aircraft” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. The webinar will cover CBP’s definition of parts and proper classification of aircrafts parts.  Also, this webinar will discuss the history of drones, the FAA regulations concerning drones, and some issues that have arisen with the popularity of drones.

Thursday, July 31, 2025: Industrial Controls Part 3 – The “Industrial Controls Part 3” is part of the 2025 Educations Commodity Specific Webinar Series hosted by the National Commodity Specialist Division, Regulations and Rulings, Office of Trade. This is the third and final component in the Industrial Controls Series of webinars where we will do a short recap of parts one and two and then discuss in detail the tariff classification of programmable controllers, advanced electrical control apparatus, supervisory control, and data acquisition systems.

If you have any questions about this webinar, please contact OTRwebinars@cbp.dhs.gov.  

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