Monday Morning eBriefing

Just a reminder to NCBFAA members that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has modified the registration period for the April 26 Customs Broker License Exam (CBLE). Registration opened March 1 and will close March 27.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Altron Global Logistics, Deep Cognition, Epsilon Brokerage Corp., Harbor Freight Transport Corp., Titan Transportation Services, TMX Intermodal, Transcon Shipping Co., and Trio Global Logistics which have recently joined our association.

Due to record demand for our conference, we find ourselves approaching the unprecedented position of exceeding the capacity of our conference site, the Sheraton New Orleans. We expect to reach our conference capacity before the Early Bird Deadline of March 24.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on March 4 it successfully deployed the ability to mask trade employees’ social security numbers (SSN) and organization Tax ID numbers in the modernized ACE Portal.

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 Broker Modernization Regulations, which took effect Dec. 19, include a requirement for a customs broker to notify Customs and Border Protection (CBP) when the customs broker separates from a client that is intentionally attempting to defraud the U.S. government or commit any criminal act against the U.S. government.

If you experience a change in your travel schedule and need to cancel or simply shave a day or two off your hotel stay, please contact Kim O’Beirne at kobeirne@ncbfaa.org before you cancel your hotel reservation, so those rooms can be provided to other conference attendees.

The Trade Support Network (TSN), under the purview of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Manifest and Conveyance Security Division, has established an Ocean AMS Streamlining working group to provide feedback on the development of the reduction in data requirements for NVOCC Ocean AMS.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently announced the sun-setting of the Impractical to Screen (ITS) amendment on Oct. 31.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 27 posted an updated ACE Development and Deployment Schedule to its website.

As we reported last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow changes in the port of entry. NCBFAA has been a strong proponent of this policy change for many years.

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

Learn now about the new Organics rule published in January by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

NCBFAA members are encourage to join us on Thursday, March 16, from 1-2 p.m. ET for this informative and educational webinar, “Global Supply Chain Inefficiencies & Vulnerabilities Easily Exploited By Criminals For Nefarious Purposes.”

NCBFAA and the Airforwarders Association (AfA) jointly submitted comments in support of a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Dec. 27 Federal Register notice of proposed rulemaking to reduce the frequency of registration renewal applications by indirect air carriers (IACs) from yearly to every three years.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the trade that the ACE CATAIR Entry Summary (ES) Query has been updated to include new Application Identifications (App IDs) for Input Code and Output Code, for creation of several new Output Records, and to incorporate various data elements from the ACS version of the CATAIR ES Query.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided guidance on extending the 81 medical-care COVID-19 related Section 301 product exclusions.

A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.

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

“This regulation may have future implications for importers of nail products containing toluene that are sold in California,” Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a Feb. 13 message. “Manufacturers have the principal duty to comply with this regulation by notifying DTSC if their nail products sold in California contain toluene.”