Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA is excited to announce that U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) Senior Judge Leo M. Gordon will deliver the Wednesday, April 15, luncheon keynote during the sold-out 2026 Annual Conference at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, on April 12-15. While he will not discuss any active cases, we anticipate a most enlightening keynote from CIT Judge Gordon.

Although our industry-leading 2026 NCBFAA Annual Conference at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, on April 12-15, 2026, has sold out, we want to take this moment to thank our generous sponsors who help make this event a success.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 23 said the Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) will be implementing an update to the Ocean X12 309 Manifest Bill of Lading details and P4 Port information, as well as the Ocean CAMIR B01 Bill of Lading transaction number and B02 Bill of Lading transaction record.

The Court of International Trade (CIT) on March 19 said in an order that it would amend its recent IEEPA tariff refund order to include those imposed on products from Brazil and India. During the meeting, which included Brandon Lord, Executive Director of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office or Trade, CIT and the agency discussed refund questions related to deemed liquidation, reliquidation of entries for which liquidation has become final, and the provision of refunds to those importers who do not take advantage of CBP’s proposed Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE) functionality in ACE.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) on March 16 issued comparability findings for the fisheries of Grenada, Ireland, and New Caledonia. This action lifts the seafood import restrictions on these nations under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) Import Provisions.

The Census Bureau on March 19 removed various Port of Unlading Codes from the Automated Export System (AES), effective immediately.

Although our industry-leading 2026 NCBFAA Annual Conference at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, on April 12-15, 2026, has sold out, we want to take this moment to thank our generous sponsors who help make this event a success.

NCBFAA was disappointed to learn of the sudden retirement of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Assistant Commissioner for Import Operations Dan Solis, which became effective Friday, March 13. Dan has been a dedicated and trusted friend at FDA for almost three decades and NCBFAA wishes him the best of everything in his future endeavors.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) headquarters on March 18 issued a ruling (HQ H350722) which determined that an unlicensed company is impermissibly conducting customs business by developing an optical character recognition (OCR) tool that identifies what data will appear on an entry; deriving HTSUS subheading suggestions beyond the six-digit level via its artificial intelligence (AI) classification tool if the merchandise being classified will be entered; and, submitting and certifying CBP Form 5106 on behalf of others.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee brings to the attention of our Regular Member customs broker members recent updates to Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff applications from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Base Metals Center of Excellence and Expertise (CEE).

Customs brokers and their clients often struggle to determine what permits or other documentation apply to imports subject to USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). Attendees at this year’s NCBFAA Annual Conference will have the rare opportunity to receive hands-on training from APHIS on how to navigate the agency's online tools.

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

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

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Mexican Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard met on March 18 in Washington, D.C., to start bilateral technical discussions in advance of the USMCA Joint Review on July 1.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome FDA Specialist, McQuate Brokerage Services, and Traverse Intermodal Solutions, which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 17 deployed two new drawback error messages deployed to the ACE Certification (CERT) environment. This update supports Proclamation 10984 Adjusting Imports of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles, Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Parts, and Buses into the U.S.

This first release of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) manifest modernization enhancement is currently in the ACE certification environment (CERT). Trade software developers may send transmissions to confirm expected responses. Deployment to the ACE production environment (PROD) is scheduled for April 25, 2026.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 18 announced to the trade that it has updated the ACE Document Image System (DIS) Implementation Guide to reflect reauthorized trade programs.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 24 will enhance ACE to enable trade users to provide ATA Carnet information as part of an electronic truck manifest filing.

President Trump on March 13 signed an Executive Order which takes on fraudulent “Made in America” claims by foreign manufacturers and sellers, “ensuring Americans get clear, accurate information, and supporting businesses that truly manufacture in the United States.”