Monday Morning eBriefing

This article is provided to NCBFAA by our Customs Counsel Lenny Feldman at Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.

We need each of our members to continue reaching out to their Congressional Members on Capitol Hill to let them know just how important Customs Business Fairness Act (CBFA) (H.R. 4186) is to our 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:

The Census Bureau announced that updates of Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) updates in the Automated Export System (AES) took effect Feb. 10.

Border Release Advanced Screening and Selectivity (BRASS) provided for the tracking and releasing of highly repetitive shipments at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) land border locations. CBP said the use of BRASS as an entry type will be discontinued when Truck Manifest Modernization (TMM) goes live for the ports listed below that are participating in the Truck phase deployment and ultimately will cease when deployment goes out to all remaining ports.

If you’re experiencing technical difficulties with or have questions about your ACE Portal access, then why not come to the NCBFAA’s 49th Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, on May 1-4 for some complementary training?

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 March 18.

Congress is currently considering the first substantial amendments to the Nation’s shipping laws in over 20 years. This significant undertaking to alter the Shipping Act of 1984 is a result of the pandemic, as well as concerns raised by the shipper community as to ocean carrier activities and services.

The Customs Business Fairness Act (CBFA) (H.R. 4186) has recently gained its 22nd congressional co-sponsor which is proof that NCBFAA member voices regarding pending legislation matters to our nation’s lawmakers.

The NCBFAA Airfreight Subcommittee’s Internal Screening Advisory Council (iSAC) on March 9 identified and confirmed a new Security Threat Assessment (STA) from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to be used by the airfreight industry for all initial and renewing STA application submissions.

We are now just under two months away from NCBFAA’s 49th Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona, on May 1-4, however our Early Bird and Hotel room block will be ending soon. Have you registered to attend and booked your hotel stay at the JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort and Spa?

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:

With about 650 antidumping and countervailing duty orders currently in place, it’s easy to understand why CBP finds so many importers make errors or are under misconceptions when filing entry for products carrying AD/CVD. While CBP’s frequently asked questions review many of the essentials, here are a few hits and misses that frequently arise.

The Census Bureau announced that updates of Schedule B and Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) updates in the Automated Export System (AES) took effect Feb. 10.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a general notice in the Feb. 11 Federal Register stating the agency will end the In-Bond Export Consolidator Program (IBEC) and the associated bond implemented several decades ago in the Customs District 52 (Miami). The program will end Feb. 11, 2023.

The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) is now flagging two new HTS numbers related to food service products, as follows:

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reminding ACE Portal Users to log into the modernized ACE Portal before Feb. 20.

In last week’s Monday Morning eBriefing, the NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) reported on the need to have a corporate account with Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS). Because that article created some confusion for our members, RAC provides this clarification.

The U.S., along G7 members from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the U.K. as well as the European Union, announced on March 11 it will take steps to revoke Russia’s Most-Favored-Nation status in solidarity against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced improvements in is its timing algorithm for automated May Proceed messaging. In CSMS #51003279, the Commission explains that the five-minute “after arrival review time” was not firing as often as planned. This modification should result in improved times for May Proceed messaging for some brokers and for 5-10% of CPSC reviews.