Monday Morning eBriefing

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the ACE Currency Exchange Rates enhancement was deployed to the ACE Production environment (PROD) on June 10, and the agency subsequently retired the ACS Currency Exchange Rates.

The NEI and Avalon Risk Management are pleased to announce the winner of our annual G▪TEC scholarship for 2023! Congratulations to Taylor Coble, Sr. Customs Entry Writer, Northern Border at C.H. Robinson for earning this award!

To best service our members, NCBFAA is doing another benchmarking survey for our member’s clients—the nation’s importers and exporters. We are looking to help our members maximize their value to and for their customers.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is creating a new flag for approximately 150 APHIS-flagged HTS numbers.

NCBFAA has now opened registration for the 2023 Government Affairs Conference (GAC) to be held at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill on Sept. 10-12.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now posted Q&As from the NCBFAA/EPA webinar last October. The document responds to a wide range of questions from the audience.

MainOcean, a leading logistics and warehouse company, announced June 9 that it has acquired GT Logistics, a 3PL provider based in Greer, South Carolina.

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 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on June 9 announced new actions to keep forced labor practices out of the U.S. supply chain. The interagency Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), led by DHS, added China-based companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 25 will deploy the functionality for the ACE Portal Modernization – Phase 4.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at the Area Port of Los Angeles International Airport said customs brokers, carriers, and freight forwarders requesting agricultural inspection overtime appointments for perishable cargo entering the U.S. by air can now use the agency’s CBP One Mobile Application.

The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which represents the ocean carrier interests in negotiating a new dock labor contract in the West Coast Ports, has blamed the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) for disruptive actions in the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as well as the ports of Oakland and Seattle, last weekend and throughout this past week.

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) on June 8 scheduled an ACE Production deployment for the Ocean Electronic Export Manifest. The deployment included the release of the new Informational Response Message 610 - Empty Vessel (Departure Message – No bill associated to that vessel).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) provided the trade with a memorandum that includes guidance on the 16-day transition period for all 81 medical-care product COVID exclusions, extending them through May 31, 2023, and the further extension of 77 of the COVID exclusions through Sept. 30, 2023.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided the trade with guidance on the extension of suspended tariffs on steel products from the Ukraine, which was announced by the White House on June 1.

Except for the establishment of the agency itself, which took just one month following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the ending of ITS (Impracticable to Screen) Amendment is the fastest action we’ve seen the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) take that will have such sweeping changes for the export of merchandise by air cargo movement in its history.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Overstock.com Service and SGS North America which have recently joined our association.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Bangladesh will no longer require fumigation of arriving baled cotton from the U.S., removing a significant trade barrier for U.S. exports of cotton to Bangladesh.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in a May 30 Federal Register notice has proposed to amend the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to maintain alignment with international regulations and standards by adopting various amendments.