Monday Morning eBriefing

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.

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.