Monday Morning eBriefing

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will launch Phase 2 of the ACE Truck Manifest Modernization (TMM) on June 5. Specifically, this phase of the implementation will focus on enhancing the CBP user interface (UI) for the primary and secondary processing of truck manifests.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that registration for its 2022 Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit will open June 1 at 12 p.m. ET. NCBFAA members are encouraged to attend this important event which will be held in Anaheim, California, on July 18-20.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has finalized changes to License Exception ACE and corresponding changes in the definition section of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) in response to public comments to an Oct. 21, 2021 interim rule. The final rule takes effect May 26.

NCBFAA members should be advised that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is “permanently transitioning” to the procedures for ACE Account merge requests that were temporarily in place during the COVID- 19 pandemic.

Starting Aug. 24, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will enforce the exclusion of manufacturing ruling numbers and “Allowable QTY” data on new non-manufacturing drawback claims.

To increase availability of infant formula, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outlined the procedures for processing certain infant formula products from specific overseas companies which will be afforded enforcement discretion. The list of firms/products can be found here. This process will remain in effect until Nov. 14.

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Beginning July 1, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will require importers of earthworms to obtain a PPQ 526 pest permit. APHIS PPQ will only issue permits for earthworms from countries that are free from foot-and-mouth disease. The permit requires strict compliance with conditions related to the rearing and shipping of earthworms.

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.

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 June 3.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on May 20 issued a temporary denial order (TDO) against a fifth Russian airline—Rossiya Airlines—due to ongoing export violations related to extensive U.S. export controls imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade Relations will host webinars on June 1, 7, and 16 to provide the import industry an overview of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).

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).

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.

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 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.