Monday Morning eBriefing

A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.

Following the recent EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) simplification measures adopted by the European Parliament on Oct. 20, FIATA would like to draw its members’ attention to the new developments in the CBAM, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2026, and what they mean for the freight forwarding and logistics industry.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome 25M Supply Chain, which has recently joined our association. We're so excited to have this firm join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a message to the trade on Oct. 22 announcing a change to its National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test concerning Periodic Monthly Statements (PMS). Test participants must transmit electronic payment of supplemental duty bills resulting from an underpayment of estimated duties, taxes, and fees attributable to entries originally paid monthly through the PMS test.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Chicago Region announced Oct. 20 that RHT Express had become the new Centralized Examination Station (CES) in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

The Trump administration on Friday, Oct. 17, released a proclamation imposing Section 232 tariffs on imports of medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts, and buses, with the goal to encourage increased domestic production of these vehicles.

NCBFAA encourages Members to routinely check our special Government Shutdown Resources webpage for updates and announcements which are added as soon as they are received from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Partner Government Agencies (PGAs). The shutdown has now entered its third week.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., are tracking the possible imposition of increased tariffs for China products, effective Nov. 1, and have provided our customs broker members with guidance for filing USMCA 1520(d) claims to refund IEEPA duties and HTSUS modifications related to the U.S.-EU Framework. The Committee will also relay related Customs and Border Protection (CBP) guidance to our customs broker members as soon as it’s received.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Machinery Center in Laredo, Texas, reminded the trade in an Oct. 17 notice to “ensure strict compliance with the reporting guidance” regarding Section 232 duties on steel and aluminum articles and their derivatives. “Accurate reporting of steel and aluminum content and quantities is essential to avoid potential errors, under-collection of duties, and enforcement actions,” the agency said.

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 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Agencia Nacional de Aduanas de Mexico (ANAM) binational meeting, originally scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 22, has been postponed due to the government shutdown.

The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has now completed updating the agency's Listserv subscription request link on their FWS.gov website. This Listserv serves as FWS' primary channel for communicating with the trade community.

E-filing of Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) certificates will become mandatory on July 8, 2026. This is not a simple PGA e-filing that can be mastered in a month or two. Some importers and customs brokers report it took them nearly a year to get ready.

A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.

NCBFAA Customs Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., (ST&R) has provided a summary of the Section 232 steel and aluminum inclusion requests filed in the September 2025 open period.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Caribconex, Cervo AI, and SW Logistics, which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on Friday, Oct. 10, announced modifications to its Section 301 tariffs on foreign ships calling U.S. ports, effective Oct. 14, as well as the addition of tariffs for container-handling equipment imports.

President Trump in a Truth Social post on Friday, Oct. 10, said that his administration will impose 100% tariffs on China products, “over and above any Tariff that they are currently paying,” by Nov. 1 or sooner, citing an “extraordinary aggressive position” taken by China against the U.S. with new tariffs and increased export controls on rare earth metals.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., are closing monitoring the imposition of Section 232 tariffs on timber, lumber, and derivative products imported into the U.S., starting for entries made on or after Oct. 14, and proposed Section 232 tariffs for heavy-duty truck imports by Nov. 1. The Committee will provide related Customs and Border Protection (CBP) guidance to our customs broker members as soon as it’s received.