Monday Morning eBriefing

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

With so much focus these days on trade in Washington, D.C., it’s no surprise that registration to attend this year’s NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) on Sept. 7-9 has now sold out, well before the early bird registration deadline of Aug. 15!

The U.S. Commerce Department on June 20 published its affirmative preliminary countervailing duty determination on temporary steel fencing from China. Preliminary CVD rates range from 33.27 to 301.83%, with most companies subject to an all-others rate of 86.24%.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 23 announced it has adjusted certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations established by the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) for Fiscal Year 2026 in accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act).

To help ACE users take full advantage of ACE Reports functionality, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently began a series of monthly ACE Reports informational webinars. Updated dates for the remaining webinars are now available.

FIATA, of which NCBFAA is a member, reminded the industry that the European Commission has released a key update in the ongoing implementation of the Import Control System 2 (ICS2). An updated list of “Stop Words”—terms considered to reflect insufficient data quality—has now been published. Use of these terms in Entry Summary Declarations (ENS) may result in automatic filing rejections under ICS2.

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on July 23 released its comprehensive analysis of our nation's airport air cargo infrastructure, which supports the position and hard-fought advocacy by the Airforwarders Association (AfA) and NCBFAA to improve aging airport cargo facilities across the country.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome BMI, which has recently joined our association. We're so excited to have this firm join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

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 has posted drafts for ACE Cargo Release CATAIR and Global Business Identifier Enrollment Create Update within the agency’s Draft Chapters: Future Capabilities on cbp.gov.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., on behalf of association members, are tracking ongoing Aug. 1 tariff announcements from the White House, potential for Russian secondary tariffs, a tentative U.S.-Indonesia trade deal, upheaval from the U.S. tariff on Mexican tomato imports, and CBP guidance to the trade.

The House passed legislation, H.R. 1770 the Consumer Safety Technology Act, introduced by Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL), which would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish a pilot program that leverages AI in at least one of the following areas: tracking product injury trends, identifying hazards, monitoring recalls or pinpointing which products are not meeting importation standards.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 18 announced the selection of 33 service providers to participate in the Reimbursable Services Program (RSP), as provided for under Section 481 of the 2002 Homeland Security Act.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary addressed the following letter to manufacturers encouraging them to step up the phase-out of Red Dye No. 3 in food products prior to the deadline of Jan. 15, 2027. This is part of a larger initiative to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes in food processing by Jan. 15, 2027.

The NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) is hearing multiple reports that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is requesting traceability documents to support the self-certification statements signed by importers of seafood pursuant to the Russian sanctions requirements.

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated the Draft version of the Cargo Manifest/In-Bond/Entry Status Query Document and posted it to CBP.gov. Updates can be found in the Table of Changes in Draft - CATAIR - ACE Cargo Manifest/In-Bond/Entry Status Query.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee AD/CVD Subcommittee has updated AD/CVD Certification, adding a certification for parts of Certain Low-Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles (LSPTVs) and made this information available in the AD/CVD Certification Toolkit.

NCBFAA is excited to announce that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Jeff Rezmovic for the Office of Trade has been confirmed to speak at the Government Affairs Conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Sept. 8.

A group of 27 trade associations, including NCBFAA and individual NCBFAA Affiliated Presidents Network (APNs) members, submitted a letter July 11 to Reps. Laurel Lee (R-FL), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez (D-WA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Troy Carter (D-LA), and Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY), urging them to reintroduce the CBP Space Act, a bipartisan measure that would reestablish a fair and transparent framework for funding CBP facilities at ports of entry.