Monday Morning eBriefing

Filers who are approved to participate in Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) can pay duties for shipments entered or released during the previous calendar month.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade’s Continuing Education Program will host two webinars on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23. These webinars are a part of CBP’s Continuing Education Program and will be worth one credit each.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in a Dec. 16 Federal Register notice said an increase in Section 301 tariff rates on five subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) covering tungsten products, wafers, and polysilicon will take effect Jan. 1, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. ET.

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

Customs and Border Protection on Dec. 12 said the CAMIR ACE Air Import Manifest Message Line Identifiers Implementation Guide has been updated.

NCBFAA Vice President Kristi App received the Port of New Orleans Propeller Club’s prestigious 2024 Maritime Person of the Year award on Dec. 11.

If you’re a Licensed Customs Broker and an NCBFAA member, you can earn continuing education credits if you register to attend the 52nd NCBFAA Annual Conference at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass on April 6-9, 2025. The new Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Continuing Education (CE) requirement is mandatory for all individually licensed customs brokers and non-compliance could result in a suspended or revoked license.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Miami International Airport, effective Jan. 12, will have new hours – Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET – for perishable entries (except for live animals) which require cargo processing at the General Aviation Facility outside Cargo Operations regular business hours.

Due to changes in the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) import requirements for products from Canada that contain cooked egg, customs brokers have encountered confusion as to what it means to be “shelf stable.”

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

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Biocair Customs Brokerage, Capital Logistics International, and HOYA International Corp., which have 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! In addition, NCBFAA would like to acknowledge the new corporate name for Regular Member Barnhart Global LLC.

NCBFAA joined 20 other trade organizations in a Dec. 10 letter calling for the Senate Finance Committee to expeditiously process the qualified nominees – William Patrick J, Kimmitt (Republican), James Bernard Coughlan (Democrat), and Halie L. Craig (Republican) – to serve on the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC).

The Fall 2024 list of changes to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) and Schedule B, which were made by 484(f) Committee, will become effective Jan. 1. The committee serves the trade data needs of both government and private data users by adding, removing, or modifying the non-legal 10-digit statistical reporting numbers in the HTS and Schedule B (Exports).

In support of Executive Order 14114, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) requires filers to provide a self-certification statement for applicable entries filed in ACE.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) updated the Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) application by implementing three validations to promote accurate formatting in the EEM party details and Destination Country.

Customs and Border Protection announced changes for ACE users who submit foreign address information to the agency for importer or carrier accounts.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Jan. 11 will deploy the second release of the Section 321 – Does Not Exceed $800 in Aggregated Shipments enhancement to ACE.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) quarterly meeting in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 11 was hosted virtually by CBP Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner (SOPDOC) Troy Miller, who announced that he will retire from CBP at the end of the month.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) late Friday, Dec. 6, said a global operational alliance of three container shipping companies, which is calling itself the Premier Alliance Agreement, will not go into effect this week because more information is required by the Commission to determine the potential competitive impacts of the arrangement.

All Individually Licensed Brokers (ILBs) should have received an email from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding Continuing Education for Customs Brokers Requirement Information.