Monday Morning eBriefing

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sept. 23 will deploy a change in the ACE production environment (PROD) to electronically prevent filers from changing an entry via Post Summary Correction (PSC) from a non-quota entry type to a quota entry type (02).

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) announced a solicitation for applications to set up a Centralized Examination Station (CES) for Miami International Airport.

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 (CBP) said the Entry Summary Query has been enhanced to return a new bill type code as follows: The Output JK–Record and Output JN-Record will return Bill Type “Debit Voucher” as code 7.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sept. 17 will add a new accounting class code (CC) in ACE to facilitate drawback of Petroleum Superfund taxes.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sept. 28 will deploy enhancements to the Document Image System (DIS) to facilitate export vehicle-related document submission via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has developed additional optional data elements for Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) that would assist in obtaining additional information about shipments and parties involved.

False information was recently circulating among Canadian industry that wood packaging exported to the U.S. must be treated or fumigated.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Gerardo Sanchez Customs Broker and Sunset Brokers which have recently joined our association.

Don’t let it pass you by! Our special Early Bird rate to register for the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 22-24 ends this Friday, Aug. 30. Secure your place at this industry leading event by registering today!

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 Corefreight Multimodal Company, Host Terminals, and Scapien which have recently joined our association.

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 USDA National Organic Program (NOP) announced a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) for the GLOBAL Organic Integrity Database (GLOBAL INTEGRITY) and invites stakeholders to sign up to receive email updates on the status of GLOBAL INTEGRITY.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) proposed new and more stringent safety requirement standards for toys (under its Part 1250 Toy Standard) containing button cell or coin cell batteries, with the goal of preventing child access to batteries during reasonably foreseeable use and abuse of battery-operated toys.

NCBFAA wants to highlight and congratulate NCBFAA Vice President Kristi App for recently earning Louisiana’s coveted C. Alvin Bertel Award for her significant contributions to the state’s port industry.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said a Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2412 was created on Aug. 13, which contains 1,000 harmonized tariff records and 4,158 ABI records.

With the Aug. 9 Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) decision that none of the services provided by the two Canadian railways—CN and CPKC—are essential by law, no rail services are required to be maintained in the event of a work stoppage involving the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC).

More than 30 customs brokers and international trade associations, including NCBFAA, sent a letter on Aug. 12 to the offices of the U.S. Treasury and Homeland Security Department Secretaries, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner, House Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Finance Committee on Monday, urging them to use their authorities to finalize the selection of members for the current term of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC).