Monday Morning eBriefing

NCBFAA called upon the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use the food facility registration as the "template" when the agency designs the new cosmetic registration process.

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.

NCBFAA Transportation Counsel Venable LLP has provided a high-level summary of the Federal Maritime Commission’s Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (SNPRM) regarding the definition of unreasonable refusal to deal or negotiate with respect to vessel space accommodations provided by ocean common carriers.

NCBFAA in comments submitted to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 20 asked the agency to “withdraw” its proposed revisions requiring additional data elements for Form 7501.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Trenex Logistics which has recently joined our association.

NCBFAA members are encouraged to email their insights and concerns to the RAC leadership at RAC@ncbfaa.org.

NCBFAA leadership who were gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Board of Director and Committee Meetings on June 22-24 met with lawmakers and their staff on Capitol Hill June 22.

NCBFAA President Jose D. (JD) Gonzalez participated on the 21st Century Customs Update panel at the Association of American Exporters and Importers Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., on June 21.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notified the trade on June 20 that the ACE CATAIR ABI Batch & Block Control (V23) has been updated.

If you are active in your local customs broker and forwarder association but never attended an NCBFAA annual conference such as the upcoming Government Affairs Conference (GAC) on Sept. 10-12 before, you may be eligible for a discounted registration through the Emerging Leaders Mentor Program (ELMP).

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is seeking comments from the trade on proposed amendments to the valuation for duty regulations. The agency has extended the comment period regarding the proposed amendments through July 26.

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced that it recently began sending notices to customs brokers who are submitting incomplete or incorrect data for licenses, permits, certificates and other documents (LPCOs) in PG 13 and PG 14 record lines of the APHIS Core Message Set.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 25 migrated Facility account functionality to the modernized ACE Secure Data Portal (ACE Portal) under Phase 4 of the ACE Portal Modernization. For the Facility account type, trade users will be able to edit account data, as well as create and edit account supporting data in the modernized ACE Portal.

The NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) Subcommittee on the Environmental Subcommittee held a virtual meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS)/Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC). The meeting marked the second in a series of ongoing meetings to discuss current topics of interest.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 22 published its final rule requiring continuing education for individual customs broker license holders and the framework for administering this requirement. The rule becomes effective July 24.

The NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) is pleased that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has succeeded in obtaining new tariff breakouts in the Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) for a long list of organic products. The tariff changes take effect July 1.

NCBFAA President Jose D. “JD” Gonzalez and Regulatory Agency Committee (RAC) leaders met with Animal Plant and Health Inspection Services (APHIS) officials to discuss the requirements for Mexican shipments of pork products transiting the U.S. to Canada.

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) reminded filers to ensure that proper steps are followed when changing a Port of Entry after ACE data is transmitted.