The informational response message will be received when the State of Origin data element and the state in the USPPI’s address filed in the Electronic Export Information (EEI) are not the same state.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will delay the March 5 deployment of the Ocean House Bill of Lading (OHBOL) Release deployment, including Container Freight Station (CFS) User Interface (UI), to ACE to June 4. The agency agreed to the delay based on implementation concerns from NCBFAA and others.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a Feb. 16 Federal Register notice that it is modifying the Section 321 Data Pilot by adding optional data elements that may be submitted by any participant. The agency is also expanding the Section 321 Data Pilot to accept applications for additional participants in this test from all parties that meet the eligibility requirements and has extended the pilot to August 2025.

The deadline for a customs broker with a power of attorney (POA) executed prior to Dec. 19, 2022 to satisfy the POA requirement under 19 CFR 111.36(c)(3) of the Customs Broker Modernization Regulations occurred on Feb. 17.

In response to the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and northern Syria, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 23-Authorizing Transactions Related to Earthquake Relief Efforts in Syria on Feb. 9.

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) in the Office of Trade will hold about 35 commodity-specific, educational webinars between February and September.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) will host an informational webinar on Feb. 21 at 1-2 p.m. ET regarding its Jan. 19 final rule for strengthening organic enforcement (SOE) and how the changes will impact organic farms and businesses.

Two NCBFAA member companies, represented by Cindy Allen, Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Compliance at FedEx Trade Networks Transport & Brokerage, and Brenda Smith, Global Director of Government Outreach for Expeditors International of Washington, Inc., testified during a Feb. 16 Senate hearing that an efficient “Single Window” regulatory system for all federal agencies is vital to combating illicit trade.

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

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome AMAC Logistics, Global Chain Logistics, Shea Customs Services, and Space Border Logistics Corp. which have recently joined our association.

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.