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.

Since the March 6 update on the Mexico/Canada IEEPA tariffs, an advanced copy of the Federal Register notice and CBP CSMS instructions have been circulated to implement the Executive Order providing some relief to certain goods imported from Mexico and Canada. Goods that are the product of Canada or Mexico that do not qualify as originating under the USMCA continue to be subject to the full 25% tariff that started on March 4, except for energy products from Canada which are subject to a 10% duty rate.

Due to a massive influx of registrants during the past week, the NCBFAA 52nd Annual Conference is officially sold out, effective midnight on Friday, March 7. We regret that if you are unable to attend our industry-leading event this year, but we will look forward to seeing at next year's Annual Conference.

NCBFAA is proud to announce the recipients of its two $5,000 scholarships for 2025. These scholarships, which are generously sponsored by Roanoke Insurance Group and Alba Wheels Up, help offset the costs that our Regular Members and their children accrue while learning or further developing the skills they will need to succeed in a career in Customs Brokerage, Freight Forwarding, or related field in international trade.

The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced an updated version of the USDA AMS CATAIR which has been posted in the “PGA Message Set Documents” section of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CATAIR webpage.

Have you used the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Regulatory Robot? It is a great resource to determine what regulations and product safety standards apply to the consumer products you are importing.

NCBFAA congratulates those NCBFAA Regular and Affiliate Members who are among the 20 representatives that have been selected to represent our industry as part of the 17th COAC.

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

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome North Cape Logistics and SBIS Inc. dba Sun Bay 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!

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 NCBFAA Customs Committee Leadership, along with Customs Counsel from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., met with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Leadership on Friday, Feb. 21, for an informal discussion regarding the recent imposition of the China IEEPA tariffs. Our questions for CBP to answer were based on customs broker member feedback. CBP provided the following advice, however we expect the agency to issue FAQs of a formal nature.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has proposed imposing fees and service restrictions on cargo ships operated by or constructed in China. This proposal follows a Section 301 investigation that determined China's efforts to dominate the maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding sectors are unreasonable and burden or restrict U.S. commerce.

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 NCBFAA room block is now sold out for the 52nd Annual Conference at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Pheonix, Arizona, on April 6-9. You are still welcome to attempt to book your stay at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass for those nights but at the available Marriott rate. Otherwise, we recommend that you consider booking your lodging at one of the hotels just outside the resort.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) urges all trade members to add a Technical Point of Contact (POC) designated for Cybersecurity to their ACE portal account for the agency to contact if a legitimate cybersecurity threat is identified.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) leadership on Feb. 25 announced that 99% of its rank-and-file members voted to approve ratification of the new six-year contract with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX).

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Arias International, Fleur De Lis Worldwide, Flex Worldwide, Legion International, MGH Logistics, Michael Eusebio Andres, and MTS Quanta, 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!

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 NCBFAA Customs Committee Leadership, along with Customs Counsel from Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., met with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Leadership on Friday, Feb. 21, for an open dialogue regarding the recent imposition of the China IEEPA tariffs. Our questions for CBP to answer were based on customs broker member feedback. Early this week, we will provide our members with a summation of the information that was provided to the NCBFAA Customs Committee by CBP to help our customs broker members prepare their operations, as well as those of their importer clients, for the imposition of the China tariffs.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 21 advised customs brokers that the Drawback Error Dictionary has been updated to include a new validation FD07.