Monday Morning eBriefing

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

Nearly half of Gen Zers in a recent survey are considering skilled trades as a career. Host Gene Marks gives that idea of thumbs-up and suggests a resurgence in trades is coming.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sept. 29 provided the trade with an update of its ACE Development and Deployment Schedule.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the Export Enforcement 5 (E5) countries published a quint seal export control guidance document to industry and academia.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced, effective Sept. 27, goods produced by Xinjiang Zhongtai Group Co. Ltd., Xinjiang Tianshan Wool Textile Co. Ltd., and Xinjiang Tianmian Foundation Textile Co. will be restricted from entering the U.S.

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 Bay Brokerage, DGM Florida, FLS Projects (USA), Import Export Logistics, Leyendecker Supply Chain Solutions, Shaun Thompson Customs Broker, and South East World Wide (Chicago) which have recently joined our association.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Sept. 27 noted the Appendix PGA document has been updated.

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 Harmonized System Update (HSU) 2309 was created on Sept. 28 and contains 12,981 ABI records and 2614 Harmonized Tariff Records.

A federal government shutdown, which was expected to start at 12 a.m., Oct. 1., was averted late Saturday when Congress passed a stopgap bill. President Biden signed the legislation within hours before the midnight deadline.

NCBFAA member outreach to Members of Congress to secure additional co-sponsors the Customs Business Fairness Act (H.R. 1453) continues paying off. CBFA was recently attached to the House Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill under section 596.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Northern Customs Services and Total Source Logistics which have recently joined our association.

Taking no chances with what appears to be increasingly likely a federal government shutdown starting Oct. 1, NCBFAA is leading an effort among 40 other trade associations to develop a comprehensive strategy with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) to ensure that legitimate trade is permitted to efficiently enter and exit our nation’s ports during a shutdown.

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

NCBFAA President Jose D. (JD) Gonzalez wrote to each of the primary Partner Government Agencies (PGA) alerting them to NCBFAA’s concerns about the impact of a potential government shutdown on import/export trade processing.

The Census Bureau on Sept. 19 published a Federal Register notice requesting the approval of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue collecting information though the Automated Export System (AES).

A new publication released during the Public Forum on Sept. 15 provides insights into how World Trade Organization (WTO) members have used different international agreements and conventions beyond the WTO as the basis for imposing export regulations.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said, due to increased trade community participation in the ACE Electronic Export Manifest (EEM) pilot, it has extended the end date from Oct. 1 to April 1, 2024, for use of the Document Imaging System (DIS) as a method to submit the CBP Form 1302A Cargo Declaration – Outward with Commercial Forms.

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