Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) and the Trade Compliance (TC) program Portals will “enter into a data freeze window” from Sept. 16-30. During this time, there will be no access to either Portal for trade users.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published its latest Trade News Snapshot (Vol. 5, Issue 5) highlighting the celebration on July 31 of the 234th anniversary of the U.S. Customs Service.

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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) posted new resources to assist trade in complying with the new Organics certification requirements that will take effect in March 2024.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is asking industry for help with its newly launched counter-synthetic drug strategy which is focused on disrupting and dismantling criminal efforts to produce fentanyl and other synthetic drugs by going after the materials required to produce these deadly substances.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Aug. 9 announced 39 tentative selections to continue the expansion of its public-private partnership for expanded services from incoming commercial and cargo traffic, as well as international traveler arrivals.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued final rule, Expansion of Nuclear Nonproliferation Controls on the People’s Republic of China and Macau, for public inspection on Aug. 11, effective same day, and published in the Federal Register on Aug. 14.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said importers, or their authorized filers, may submit a request to the Port Director at which their cargo is detained pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1307 (e.g., Withhold Release Orders, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, and Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act) to move their detained cargo to a customs bonded warehouse for storage pending resolution by CBP or the importer.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on July 25 published a final rule under Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that will require a one-time reporting and recordkeeping requirement for asbestos.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently migrated additional functionality in the modernized ACE Secure Data Portal (ACE Portal).

FIATA reminds air freight forwarders that new European Union (EU) requirements will enter into force under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/920, effective Sept. 1. These requirements apply to Regulated Agents (RAs), which are entities formally approved by the competent EU authority to apply security controls to cargo.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday evening, Aug. 29, released its decision in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, the case challenging the IEEPA Reciprocal, IEEPA Fentanyl (China), and IEEPA Border (CA/MX) tariffs.

Customs and Border Protection on Aug. 29 provided guidance to the trade on the extension of certain product specific exclusions and certain manufacturing equipment exclusions from Section 301 duties on imports of Chinese goods through Nov. 29, 2025.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., is actively tracking the impacts of the Aug. 29 suspension of de minimis for all commercial shipments, as well as the imposition of additional tariffs on Indian products. In addition, the Committee is closely monitoring the ongoing discussions between the U.S. and EU to reach a new trade agreement.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule to remove entities from the Validated End-User (VEU) authorization list for China.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday evening, Aug. 29, released its decision in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, the case challenging the IEEPA Reciprocal, IEEPA Fentanyl (China), and IEEPA Border (CA/MX) tariffs.

Customs and Border Protection on Aug. 29 provided guidance to the trade on the extension of certain product specific exclusions and certain manufacturing equipment exclusions from Section 301 duties on imports of Chinese goods through Nov. 29, 2025.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., is actively tracking the impacts of the Aug. 29 suspension of de minimis for all commercial shipments, as well as the imposition of additional tariffs on Indian products. In addition, the Committee is closely monitoring the ongoing discussions between the U.S. and EU to reach a new trade agreement.

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) completed its comparability findings for all worldwide fisheries under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Federal Register notice will be published Sept 2.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) today announced the extension of exclusions in the Section 301 Investigation of China’s Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation. The exclusions were previously scheduled to expire on Aug. 31. The exclusions have now been extended through Nov. 29, 2025.

FIATA reminds air freight forwarders that new European Union (EU) requirements will enter into force under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/920, effective Sept. 1. These requirements apply to Regulated Agents (RAs), which are entities formally approved by the competent EU authority to apply security controls to cargo.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Friday evening, Aug. 29, released its decision in V.O.S. Selections, Inc. v. Trump, the case challenging the IEEPA Reciprocal, IEEPA Fentanyl (China), and IEEPA Border (CA/MX) tariffs.

Customs and Border Protection on Aug. 29 provided guidance to the trade on the extension of certain product specific exclusions and certain manufacturing equipment exclusions from Section 301 duties on imports of Chinese goods through Nov. 29, 2025.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., is actively tracking the impacts of the Aug. 29 suspension of de minimis for all commercial shipments, as well as the imposition of additional tariffs on Indian products. In addition, the Committee is closely monitoring the ongoing discussions between the U.S. and EU to reach a new trade agreement.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule to remove entities from the Validated End-User (VEU) authorization list for China.