Monday Morning eBriefing

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 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a Wood Packaging Material Webinar on Thursday, July 10, from 1-2 p.m. ET. The agencies will provide an overview of WPM regulations and resources, along with CBP’s posture for enforcement.

The Committee for the Statistical Annotation of Tariff Schedules, better known as the 484(f) Committee, has posted changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) and Schedule B (Exports) which take effect July 1.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it has removed the Auto-Rejection of Insufficient Manifest Cargo Description enhancement in the ACE Certification (CERT) environment on June 20.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 26 deployed the third release of the Section 321 – Does Not Exceed $800 in Aggregated Shipments enhancement in the ACE certification environment (CERT).

Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Chairman Louis Sola will depart the agency on June 30, with his term on the commission set to expire. President Trump on Jan. 20, 2025, named Sola FMC Chairman.

Customs and Border Protection continues to update its Section 232 Tariffs on steel and aluminum frequently asked questions (FAQs). The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., continue to contribute and monitor these FAQs for updates which are important to our customs broker members.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it will update the Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) disposition codes for AIR IATA to promote accurate formatting in the EEM party details. The EEM data elements must be submitted in the correct segment outlined in the EEM Implementation Guides (IGs).

The NCBFAA Customs Committee In-Bond Subcommittee recently worked with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to create the INBND-009 In-Bond Shipment Status report to assist in-bond filers to identify in-bonds that are not in a closed status.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 20 deployed the Forced Labor Allegation Portal, allowing trade users to submit forced labor allegations. Allegations may be submitted anonymously, and users will be able to view and upload supporting documents related to their submissions.

The Senate on June 18 approved by a 51-46 vote to confirm Rodney Scott to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner. NCBFAA Leadership wholeheartedly congratulates Commissioner Scott upon his confirmation and looks forward to working with him and his team at the agency on pertinent customs broker matters.

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

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

Bipartisan legislation (H.R. 3324) was recently introduced in the House targeting imports of shrimp for tighter scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome First Freight Carriers, INTERMOVE SUR, USA; Interstate International, and Ortiz International, 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!

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated the ACE Entry Summary Dictionary for the June 28 deployment in the ACE Production environment to increase the HTS numbers allowed per entry summary line. This enhancement will enable filers to include up to 16 HTS numbers on one entry summary line, including for Reconciliation and Drawback entry summaries. The current limit is 8 HTS numbers per entry summary line.

If you are active in your local customs broker and forwarder association but never attended an NCBFAA conference such as the upcoming Government Affairs Conference (GAC) on Sept. 7-9 before, you may be eligible for a discounted registration through the Emerging Leaders Mentor Program (ELMP).

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Laredo Field Office in a June 16 notice said several carriers continue to arrive at the Port of Laredo’s World Trade Bridge, Colombia Solidarity Bridge, and Eagle Pass without the mandated QR Code and are impacting crossing/wait times.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the SO70 output record in both the PGA Processing Disposition (Output SO70-Record) in the Entry Summary Status Notification document and in the Record Identifier SO70 (Output) in the ACE Cargo Release SO Status Notification document will be updated to accommodate the increase in HTS codes accepted.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., updated our customs broker members regarding the HTS numbers that were removed from the original Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CSMS from June 3 announcing the application of tariffs for imports of aluminum and steel and their derivative products. However, those deleted aluminum and steel HTS numbers were included in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Federal Register notice of June 12 which stated that household appliances with aluminum and steel content will be subject to Section 232 50% tariffs, effective 12:01 a.m. ET on June 23.