Monday Morning eBriefing

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Balboa Sun, Certified Laboratories, Lexington Brownrigg, and Reform, 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 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.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues to update its Section 232 frequently asked questions (FAQs) on its website. In addition, CBP has provided guidance on the additional duties on imports of energy and energy resources that are the products of Canada. Energy and energy resources that qualify for USMCA are not subject to the additional tariffs.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) in a notice to the trade on March 21 said it is aware that government contractors are receiving fraudulent solicitations from individuals using e-mail addresses disguised to appear as originating at the FMC.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notified the trade that they will need to repoint their saved export reports from the Trade Export Data Universe prior to March 31.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Port of Atlanta has provided customs brokers and importers operating in the vessel and air transport environments on how to handle General Order (GO) merchandise that arrives at the port.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 21 announced its deployment a fix to an issue in ACE causing the value to double on reports using the Automated Export System (AES).

In a Federal Register notice, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) postponed the April 1 effective date for the application of user fees for small commercial passenger aircraft. The delay is for two months – until June 2.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee on March 17 submitted comments to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) related to the agency’s Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) from Jan. 14 and Jan. 21 concerning the entry of low value shipments and trade and national security actions related to these shipments.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted summary data on cosmetic facility registrations and cosmetic product listings.

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has made some updates to its HTS flagging. These changes can be found on the agency’s website HTS master correlation table as well.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will delay the compliance date for the Food Traceability Rule by 30 months. The Rule was due to take effect on Jan. 20, 2026. The FDA will push that date to July 20, 2028, to give food supply chains more time to prepare.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has made the Permitted Customs Broker Listing available to the public and updates it quarterly. If the customs broker information in the Permitted Customs Broker Listing is not current, the customs broker is responsible for updating their permit record address information displayed in the ACE Secure Data Portal.

The 52nd NCBFAA Annual Conference at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 6-9 is officially sold out. For those members who are unable to attend this year’s event, we urge you to look forward to the 53rd NCBFAA Annual Conference to be held at the JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas, on April 12-15, 2026.

The NCBFAA Drawback Committee on March 18 submitted comments to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade, Regulations and Rulings regarding the agency’s Interim Final Rule (IFR) to implement the USMCA regulations related to textile and apparel goods, automotive goods, and other agreement provisions that relate to drawback.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 19 released an updated version of its ACE Cargo Release Business Rules and Processes for the Trade document, Version 4.0.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Danielle Morrow, Kal America, Seastar Customs, Worldwide Customs Clearance, and Zachary J. Ryan, 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 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.