Monday Morning eBriefing

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome XPO Customs Clearance Solutions who has recently joined our association.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a statement to the trade on Sept. 28 that it recognizes although most filings and payments are submitted electronically, some filers may encounter trade interruptions resulting from a hurricane or other weather-related events.

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 Membership Committee is perhaps one of the most important committees within NCBFAA and is both responsible for growing our association membership and continuously offering new value-added services to our existing membership.

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reissued the Central African Republic Sanctions and issued final rules regarding the Western Balkans Stabilization Sanctions and Libyan Sanctions Regulations.

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 Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Sept. 19 published an insightful report into how Customs and Border Protection (CBP) responded to mitigate COVID pandemic-related challenges to trade operations.

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.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reminded owners, operators, or agents in charge of a domestic or foreign facility engaged in manufacturing/processing, packing, or holding food for consumption by humans or animals in the U.S. are required to register the facility with the agency.

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

The Federal Maritime Commission on Sept. 21 was briefed during its monthly meeting on its progress implementing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 (OSRA 22) and the findings of the Maritime Transportation Data Initiative (MTDI).

The 2022 NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18-20 was by all measures a success for the association and its members.

If you have not done so already, the NCBFAA Air Freight Subcommittee strongly encourages every member who handles air cargo to check out the TSA Air Cargo Roadmap.

InvoiSec is an operating platform for a trade finance investment fund with over $2 billion in assets under management. The firm develops supply chain finance programs with the objective to ease the pain in supply chain.

If you are familiar with the demands of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) and other NOAA import programs, NCBFAA needs your help. Specifically, the NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) is working with an organization called Fishwise on a Seafood Roundtable focused solely on customs brokers’ concerns.

The NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., featured a PGA Roundtable on Sept. 19 during which attendees heard three timely presentations from federal agencies poised to implement new initiatives.

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 ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have continued to postpone their “Container Dwell Fee,” and said they will reconsider its possible imposition on Oct. 21.

The Legislative Committee is perhaps one of the most important committees within NCBFAA and is responsible for lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill for the betterment of the association on key legislative matters impacting the day-to-day operations of our industry.