Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA members are reminded that aluminum import licenses become mandatory starting June 28.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told NCBFAA Regulatory Affairs Committee (RAC) members that use of the term "UNK" (representing "unknown") will not be allowed for food imports in place of a valid DUNS number for in the Unique Facility Identifier field for the FSVP importer, starting July 2022.

The Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on June 8 amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to reflect the formal end by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year of its participation in the Arab League Boycott of Israel.

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:

NCBFAA Regulatory Affairs Committee (RAC) members were pleased to hear from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that the agency is "actively working" on a process to allow a change of port after an entry is filed.

Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg PA now offers discounts to fellow NCBFAA members when they register for an STR-hosted webinar. Here's the link to the discount.

Freight forwarders are being reminded that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) security requirements takes effect for 100% of all international all-cargo flights by June 30.

The U.S. Census Bureau's Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) 30.26 require filing in the Automated Export System (AES) for an aircraft that is moving as a good pursuant to sale or transfer from ownership in the United States to ownership abroad and meets the definition of a shipment under 30.1 of the FTR.

The Aluminum Import Monitoring and Analysis System (AIM) enhancement was deployed on May 27 to the certification environment to collect an Aluminum License for articles of aluminum subject to safeguard measures.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in a June 1 Federal Register notice that it has added regulations to implement a Feb. 10 Burma-related Executive order.

Treasury Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo participated in a June 2 virtual roundtable discussion with representatives from organizations and associations, including NCBFAA, to discuss impacts of sanctions on their operations.

The NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) has been approached by FishWise, a non-profit sustainable seafood consultancy, seeking perspectives from businesses involved in the seafood supply chain on ways to improve SIMP implementation.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 1 notified the trade of a change to the bonding policy for a drawback accelerated payment (AP).

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on June 2 announced the suspension of one-year Section 301 investigations of Digital Service Taxes (DSTs) adopted by Austria, India, Italy, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

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

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CTPAT Program is excited to announce that the University of Houston Study has concluded, and the report is now available for viewing. This report, titled "Assessment of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) Program," is available for download here.

NCBFAA has recognized Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Commissioner Michael Khouri for his recent tenure as the commission chairman and continued willingness to engage the association on important matters to ocean freight forwarders and NVOCCs.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released updated and expanded guidelines for filing EPA-regulated pesticide and device entries.

NCBFAA members should be aware of and expect additional Congressional and Executive action related to forced labor. The data shows an increase in withhold release orders, and a push for greater interagency coordination, NCBFAA Legislative Counsel Whitmer & Worrall said.

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: