Monday Morning eBriefing

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 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade’s National Commodity Specialist Division and the Office of Trade Relations have announced the June webinars of their series of 40 commodity-specific, educational webinars to support Customs and Border Protection’s internal and external customers from February to September 2022.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following members who have recently joined our association.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications for the Commodity Container Assistance Program (CCAP).

Here is 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 Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on May 23 proposed a rule to amend the Commerce Control List (CCL) to add for four biological toxins.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ACE Ocean House Bill release functionality was made available for testing in the CERT Environment on May 18 at 9 p.m. ET.

The White House in a May 10 Federal Register notice extended for one year the national emergency related to actions by the Syrian government.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently published its latest Trade News Snapshot (Vol. 4, No. 3) for the industry.

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

NCBFAA has received new information on the timing of the USICA/COMPETES Act legislative conference on Capitol Hill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the vote for the legislation will be taken before the July 4 break.

Two perennial and complementary goals of the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) are “improving transparency in business transactions while making certain regulatory requirements reflect best and current practices in the trade.”

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a Federal Register Notice (85 FR 60479) that requires the expansion of the Foreign Trade Zone Identifier from 7 to 9-characters.

Here is 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 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 ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have continued to postpone their “Container Dwell Fee,” and said they will reconsider its possible imposition on May 27.

Upcoming events for the week of May 23, 2022.

Every customs broker knows that interacting with Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) can be the most challenging part of their job. The PGA data requirements are often demanding. And, on top of that, there are just so many agencies!

The NCBFAA Air Freight Subcommittee is working with five other associations as part of the Airport Congestion Subcommittee and is requesting members—customs brokers and freight forwarders—to provide their input to develop a document that will be shared with both stakeholders and government officials outlining national airport congestion challenges and suggested solutions.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted updates to the ACE Tips for Filing EPA HFCs. The tips sheet is provided to assist importers and customs brokers with filing obligations related to import regulations for bulk hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) under the American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act.