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Jul 25, 2025
To help ACE users take full advantage of ACE Reports functionality, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently began a series of monthly ACE Reports informational webinars. Updated dates for the remaining webinars are now available.
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Jul 25, 2025
FIATA, of which NCBFAA is a member, reminded the industry that the European Commission has released a key update in the ongoing implementation of the Import Control System 2 (ICS2). An updated list of “Stop Words”—terms considered to reflect insufficient data quality—has now been published. Use of these terms in Entry Summary Declarations (ENS) may result in automatic filing rejections under ICS2.
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Jul 25, 2025
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on July 23 released its comprehensive analysis of our nation's airport air cargo infrastructure, which supports the position and hard-fought advocacy by the Airforwarders Association (AfA) and NCBFAA to improve aging airport cargo facilities across the country.
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Jul 25, 2025
On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome BMI, which has recently joined our association. We're so excited to have this firm join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!
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Jul 25, 2025
A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.
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Jul 18, 2025
Customs and Border Protection has posted drafts for ACE Cargo Release CATAIR and Global Business Identifier Enrollment Create Update within the agency’s Draft Chapters: Future Capabilities on cbp.gov.
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Jul 18, 2025
The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., on behalf of association members, are tracking ongoing Aug. 1 tariff announcements from the White House, potential for Russian secondary tariffs, a tentative U.S.-Indonesia trade deal, upheaval from the U.S. tariff on Mexican tomato imports, and CBP guidance to the trade.
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Jul 18, 2025
The House passed legislation, H.R. 1770 the Consumer Safety Technology Act, introduced by Rep. Darren Soto (D-FL), which would require the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to establish a pilot program that leverages AI in at least one of the following areas: tracking product injury trends, identifying hazards, monitoring recalls or pinpointing which products are not meeting importation standards.
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Jul 18, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on July 18 announced the selection of 33 service providers to participate in the Reimbursable Services Program (RSP), as provided for under Section 481 of the 2002 Homeland Security Act.
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Jul 18, 2025
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary addressed the following letter to manufacturers encouraging them to step up the phase-out of Red Dye No. 3 in food products prior to the deadline of Jan. 15, 2027. This is part of a larger initiative to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes in food processing by Jan. 15, 2027.
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