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.

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.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Assistant Port Director Anthony J. Fortunato in Miami confirmed in writing updated guidelines for submitting documents related to licensable exports. These submission guidelines address the heightened security concerns in the Miami area, especially regarding weapons and weapon parts, while taking modern, electronic methods into consideration.

Several NCBFAA room block dates (April 4, 5, 8) for the 52nd Annual Conference at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass in Pheonix, Arizona, on April 6-9, have sold out, with the remainder of the rooms expected to sell out within the next several days. You are still welcome to book your stay at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass for the nights that are available at the NCBFAA room block rate and book the other nights 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) has issued CSMS #64193234 which includes instructions for repointing your saved ACE Reports to the Automated Export System (AES) universe.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued instructions for the trade on procedures to follow when scheduling cargo inspections for perishable agricultural products during the CBP One Mobile application interruptions.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) experienced a weekend of chaotic layoffs as 700 employees were summarily dismissed — by email. The fired employees were in “probationary” status, meaning they had been hired (or transferred from a position in another agency) in the past one to two years.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 22 migrated ACE Secure Data Portal account user access management functionality to the modernized ACE Portal, resulting in the retirement of the legacy ACE portal.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Jan. 21 deployed updates to the ACE Protest Module to include a new secondary issue for Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanction Act (CAATSA) exception reviews.