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.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced adjustments to its Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection (AQI) User fees in response to a Sept. 15 court ruling.

The NCBFAA Transportation Committee’s Logistics Subcommittee is regularly collecting data on the nation’s rail delays and port congestion that are impacting the supply chain and your business operations.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made available three draft implementation guides related to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Region Alert enhancement to ACE on its website.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) will soon publish a final rule to implement the electronic import certificate. When that happens, the USDA’s ability to identify organic imports entering the country will be key to maintaining strong organic trade enforcement.

The NCBFAA Transportation Committee’s Logistics Subcommittee is regularly collecting data on the nation’s rail delays and port congestion that are impacting the supply chain and your business operations.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee wants member input on the recently announced Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Customs Broker Modernization Regulations. Specifically, the committee has established a 111 Final Rule Working Group with more than 25 NCBFAA members who have volunteered to review the published documents from CBP.

NCBFAA members from around the country participated in a Seafood Roundtable sponsored by the nonprofit, Fishwise, on Oct. 24. The event featured over 20 customs brokers, plus representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it will complete the deployment of Phase 2 of the ACE Portal Modernization on Nov. 8.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Grace Freight which has recently joined our association.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee continuously monitors regulatory activities that impact our customs broker members. Here are a few important items for customs brokers to observe.

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 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon propose changes to the rules for importing hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

It has been reported that even though the customs broker WILL receive a courtesy copy of all Forms in which they are the customs brokers, as per Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CSMS # 53221767, there have been instances that the courtesy email has not been received.

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

Bridging the generational gap in the workplace doesn’t have to be a difficult task. Learn how to manage employees who are Baby Boomers, Millennials, and beyond from this Paychex video and article.

NCBFAA has demonstrated our benefit to you—our members—through the tireless action taken over the past year by our Legislative Committee and Counsel on Capitol Hill to both promote legislation that benefits our collective industry and stop that which would do harm.

The rank-and-file members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)—one of a dozen freight rail unions in the National Railway Labor Conference—on Oct. 26 voted to reject the tentative contract agreement reached on Sept. 15 over paid time off for illness.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a recent ruling affirmed that the classification of goods for others, such as importers, is the business of customs brokers.

The Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) contain EEI confidentiality provisions in 15 CFR 30.60 which include the prohibition of sharing the EEI with foreign governments or foreign entities.