Monday Morning eBriefing

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Oxen Cargo, Transmarine Navigation Corp., and WIZ Logtec Solutions which have recently joined our association.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee is interested to know if members have been addressing compliance with any laws, regulations or policies particularly concerning personally identifiable information (PII) and data privacy applicable to customs brokerage companies, which may conflict with this requirement.

NCBFAA is pleased to announce that Acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Troy Miller will be our Wednesday, April 26, luncheon keynote speaker during our 50th Annual Conference Golden Jubilee being held at the Sheraton New Orleans on April 23-26.

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

After discussions with the trade, in which NCBFAA was a major participant, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an updated CSMS message on Jan. 27 to clarify the requirements of the China Postal Codes for China MIDs.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced it will extend the current temporary suspension of importation of dogs from high-risk countries until July 31, 2023.

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

NCBFAA on Jan. 20 responded to a “Notice of Information Collection, Request for Comment” from the Census Bureau which referenced the agency’s Dec. 15, 2021 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NRPM) proposing the inclusion of a new conditional data element for country of origin (COO) as part of the Electronic Export Information (EEI) transmission to the Automated Export System (AES) whenever the commodity is coded “F” (Foreign).

International Trade Today (ITT) has published an insightful guide to help trade professionals stay current with the latest revisions to the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) which took effect Jan. 1.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Awatac USA, Freight Minds, Fresh Connect Customs Brokers, LS Customs Broker, and Nowports which have recently joined our association.

With NCBFAA’s 50th Annual Conference Golden Jubilee being held at the Sheraton New Orleans on April 23-26, it is not only important to register for the event but to make your hotel reservations at the same time.

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last year launched CBP One, a mobile app that provides a single portal to a variety of agency services.

Happy New Year to our NEI community—we appreciate your continued commitment to pursuing your trade education.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) published its long-anticipated final rule on agricultural organic products with a mandatory Organics Certificate for imports of organic products beginning in one year.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Jan. 19 announced that a new Reconciliation (Recon) capability deployed in ACE will require trade users to report original amounts (value, duty, taxes and fees; 56-, 57-, 58-records) to the agency when an underlying entry summary has a flag for both Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and OTHER, i.e., when the entry summary is double flagged.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the next customs broker license exam (CBLE) will take place on Wednesday, April 26. Registration for the exam will open on Feb. 24 and close on March 24.

Paychex outlines the top regulatory issues businesses might face in 2023.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Jan. 20 announced that it has created a new online FAQ page for the Ocean House Bill of Lading (OHBOL) enhancements to ACE.

For customs brokers handling duty-free entries (DFE) under government military contracts through the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), significant changes are imminent.