Silver Spring, MD, June 11 – The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) applauds the draft framework on Trade Facilitation: US Customs Laws for the 21st Century released today by Senators Cassidy and Cortez Masto

It has been a long time coming, but after years of lobbying House and Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill the Customs Business Fairness Act (CBFA) will now become codified into law.

More than 70 trade associations sent the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leadership a letter asking for clarification regarding rail storage fees charged as part of through international ocean shipping. The letter was spearheaded by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, the National Industrial Transportation League and the National Retail Federation, and states that rail storage charges should be billed through the contracting ocean carrier and subject to the demurrage and detention invoicing requirements of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA22).