Monday Morning eBriefing

If you suspect that your company is a victim of a cyberattack, visit the FBI's public website, and pull up a list of all of FBI field offices.

The State Department is requesting stakeholder input on options for combating international deforestation associated with commodities grown on deforested land. The potential options are far-reaching, including an import ban or limitation on specific commodities sourced from deforested land (whether the deforestation was legal or illegal).

The NCBFAA Customs Committee is keeping track of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) information technology initiative, known as ACE 2.0, that will ultimately replace the Automated Commercial Environment with a new system that is responsive to modern trade. The committee recommends that association members should do the same.

NCBFAA on Oct. 11 submitted comments to the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in response to the agency’s Sept. 21 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) seeking comment on proposed definitions for the elements necessary to establish a violation of 46 U.S.C. § 41104(a)(10), which prohibits ocean common carriers from unreasonably refusing to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodations.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule, Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Entity List Modification, for public inspection on Oct. 7.

This Paychex white paper will provide NCBFAA members a better understanding of the value that a PEO can bring to your business and learn best practices to help you choose the right PEO that will deliver on your most essential needs.

The U.K. Department for Transport has provided a clarification on the requirements for screening cargo benefiting from a transfer exemption through the U.K.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) shared with the trade details of its upcoming Beta Pilot test in a day long workshop on October 13. The Beta Pilot will assess electronic filing of the product certificate for imported consumer products.

On Oct. 15 and Nov. 8, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will deploy Phase 2 of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Portal Modernization.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USRT) on Oct. 12 announced the next steps in the statutory four-year review for the 301 tariffs. The agency will open a portal on Nov. 15 for interested stakeholders to submit comments. Comments will be due by Jan. 17.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Air Cargo Security Roadmap will be closely reviewed in the upcoming months by key industry members from various air transport and cargo-related trade associations, including NCBFAA, who will provide the agency with its recommendations.

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

Industry members of the 21CCF Focus Group will meet in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 17-18 with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) leadership and senior officials from a dozen partner government agencies (PGAs) to discuss and advance trade opportunities in the 21st Century Customs Framework (21CCF).

One of the major success stories from this year’s NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18-20 was winning additional co-sponsors among U.S. House Representatives for our Customs Business Fairness Act (CBFA) (HR 4816).

The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau announced the cancellation of the Advanced Export Information (AEI) pilot program in an Oct. 14 Federal Register notice, with an effective date of Dec. 13.

President Biden on Oct. 10 signed the Bulk Infant Formula to Retail Shelves Act which has temporarily suspended duty on imports of certain infant formula base powder. In response, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade updated the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) file in ACE to account for this legislation.

NCBFAA thanks members who wrote their senators to oppose two proposed legislative changes to the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) that would have most unfavorable to U.S. customs brokers who handle seafood imports.

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) reminded filers to follow the applicable guidance in 19 CFR 190.35, 19 CFR 142, and 19 CFR 190.71 when filing the NOI.

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