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.

NCBFAA submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to an April 10 Federal Register notice on the regulatory impact of import data collection.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on May 31 published a notice of intent to distribute antidumping or countervailing duties (known as the continued dumping and subsidy offset) assessed for fiscal year 2023 in connection with countervailing and antidumping duty orders or findings under the 2021 Antidumping Act.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a May 30 message to the trade that the ACE CATAIR Cargo Release Chapter V35 has been updated to include the Immediate Delivery (ID) Indicator on the SE11 (input) record.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., is monitoring on behalf of our customs broker members the recent letters sent to more than 20 countries by the Trump administration calling for the implementation of varying amounts of tariffs to be imposed by 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 1, as well as the imposition of 50% tariffs on copper imports. This memo also provides key tariff-related guidance provided to the trade by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 15 will deploy a new drawback claim error message in the ACE production environment.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has recently released enhancements and new features on the agency’s website bis.gov.

The U.S. Supreme Court on July 9 lifted a lower court that blocked nearly a dozen federal government agencies from implementing layoffs and reorganizations involving hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The decision paves the way for these agencies to move forward with the reorganization and reduction-in-force plans, as required by Executive Order 14210 issued in March. The reorganization plans have been on hold since the May 2 injunction.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on July 9 announced an immediate shutdown of livestock imports from Mexico after a new world screwworm (NWS) case was reported north of the previous infestations. The announcement came just days after a risk-based phased port reopening strategy for cattle, bison and equine began.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., is monitoring on behalf of our customs broker members the recent letters sent to more than 20 countries by the Trump administration calling for the implementation of varying amounts of tariffs to be imposed by 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 1, as well as the imposition of 50% tariffs on copper imports. This memo also provides key tariff-related guidance provided to the trade by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 15 will deploy a new drawback claim error message in the ACE production environment.

The U.S. Supreme Court on July 9 lifted a lower court that blocked nearly a dozen federal government agencies from implementing layoffs and reorganizations involving hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The decision paves the way for these agencies to move forward with the reorganization and reduction-in-force plans, as required by Executive Order 14210 issued in March. The reorganization plans have been on hold since the May 2 injunction.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on July 9 announced an immediate shutdown of livestock imports from Mexico after a new world screwworm (NWS) case was reported north of the previous infestations. The announcement came just days after a risk-based phased port reopening strategy for cattle, bison and equine began.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) abruptly rescinded its policy allowing de minimis for five product categories — a policy dating back to 1994. This means all shipments of these previously exempt products will now require a PGA Message Set.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., is monitoring on behalf of our customs broker members the recent letters sent to more than 20 countries by the Trump administration calling for the implementation of varying amounts of tariffs to be imposed by 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 1, as well as the imposition of 50% tariffs on copper imports. This memo also provides key tariff-related guidance provided to the trade by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 15 will deploy a new drawback claim error message in the ACE production environment.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has recently released enhancements and new features on the agency’s website bis.gov.

The U.S. Supreme Court on July 9 lifted a lower court that blocked nearly a dozen federal government agencies from implementing layoffs and reorganizations involving hundreds of thousands of federal workers. The decision paves the way for these agencies to move forward with the reorganization and reduction-in-force plans, as required by Executive Order 14210 issued in March. The reorganization plans have been on hold since the May 2 injunction.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on July 9 announced an immediate shutdown of livestock imports from Mexico after a new world screwworm (NWS) case was reported north of the previous infestations. The announcement came just days after a risk-based phased port reopening strategy for cattle, bison and equine began.