Monday Morning eBriefing

The 51st NCBFAA Annual Conference had no shortage of information for freight forwarders, NVOCCs, and IACs. A few of the panels for these members included Cyber Security & Downtime; Exports – Current and Future States, Challenges, and Opportunities; and Liquidated Damages, Penalties, and Other Fan Mail with speakers from the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Census Bureau, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and the NCBFAA Export Compliance Subcommittee. Additionally, Commerce Department Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Matthew Axelrod addressed the conference attendees.

Congress is expected to pass legislation that will renew the expired Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for another four years and will allow retroactive GSP claims and refunds to the date of expiry, Dec. 31, 2020.

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on April 19 announced that it would delay the May 13 launch of the CBSA Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) until October.

Federico “Kiko” Zuniga received the coveted NCBFAA Centurion Award during the closing ceremony of the 51st Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 17.

The North American Customs Brokers Alliance (NACBA) during a meeting at the NCBFAA Annual Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on April 16 signed a new charter and made plans for future collaboration.

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) seeks public comment on questions related to maritime data accuracy to continue the process of gathering information to inform possible future Commission activities with a focus on information related to containers moving through marine terminals.

A group of 20 North American importer and customs brokers associations, including NCBFAA, sent a letter on April 8 to Canada’s Committee on International Trade (CIIT) that provides additional information why the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management System (CARM) is not ready for its May 13 launch.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) has announced its webinar series lineup for May.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Axiom Worldwide Logistix, GrandCHB, MAC International Network USA, and MIC Customs Solutions which have recently joined our association.

NCBFAA, together with the U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB), hosted an Italian trade delegation from Confindustria in Washington, D.C., on April 8.

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

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) on April 9 announced that Entry Summary data universe has been updated to include all data elements that exist in the current Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (AD/CVD) data universe in ACE Reports.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule; request for comments; technical corrections on April 4, effective same day which “corrects inadvertent errors” and makes clarifications to the previously issued “Export Controls on Semiconductor Manufacturing Items” (SME IFR) and “Implementation of Additional Export Controls: Certain Advanced Computing Items; Supercomputer and Semiconductor End Use; Updates and Corrections” (AC/S IFR).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued an update to its April 1 CSMS implementing nationwide cargo messaging to communicate with the entry filer on shipments that have vague noncompliant cargo descriptions.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is now accepting applications to operate a Centralized Examination Station (CES) in the Area Port of Port Chicago.

NCBFAA leaders and members toured the container terminal operations at Port Everglades, Florida, on April 12, in advance of the Annual Conference.

The NCBFAA 51st Annual Conference at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa on April 14-17 is in full swing!

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) warned the industry that scammers are posing as CBP employees and demanding payment or sensitive information.

NCBFAA President Jose D. (JD) Gonzalez and the Customs Committee leadership were in Washington, D.C., Apri1 4 to meet with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials following the agency’s Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit on March 26-28.