If you are familiar with the demands of the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) and other NOAA import programs, NCBFAA needs your help. Specifically, the NCBFAA Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) is working with an organization called Fishwise on a Seafood Roundtable focused solely on customs brokers’ concerns.

The NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., featured a PGA Roundtable on Sept. 19 during which attendees heard three timely presentations from federal agencies poised to implement new initiatives.

A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have continued to postpone their “Container Dwell Fee,” and said they will reconsider its possible imposition on Oct. 21.

The Legislative Committee is perhaps one of the most important committees within NCBFAA and is responsible for lobbying lawmakers on Capitol Hill for the betterment of the association on key legislative matters impacting the day-to-day operations of our industry.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome new members Compass Logistics & Marine, DF Alliance FZE, GS1 US, and PAC Consolidators Ltd.

NCBFAA is most fortunate to have a large membership base across the U.S. and we need each and every one of you to take a few minutes to use our new online letter-writing tool to contact your Representatives and Senators on Capitol Hill, asking them to support the Customs Business Fairness Act (CBFA) (HR 4816).

In a Sept. 20 letter, NCBFAA President Jose D. Gonzalez thanked USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Administrator Kevin Shea for his decision to permanently allow phytosanitary certificates to be uploaded to the Document Image System (DIS) in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).

“The goal of RBS is to reduce inspections on entities importing commodities compliant with current pest and disease regulations,” the agencies said.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) attributed the six-month delay until April 1, 2023, to increased requests and interest in EEM by the vessel operators, NVOCCs, and software vendors communities.

President Trump issued an Executive Order on Friday evening, Sept. 5, that modifies the scope of the Annex II list of reciprocal tariffs which become effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sept. 8.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in interim guidance to the trade on Friday, Sept. 5, that the Executive Order (EO), “Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement,” which was signed on Sept. 4, sets a baseline 15% ad valorem duty on nearly all imported products of Japan, alongside separate sector-specific treatment for automobiles and automobile parts; aerospace products; generic pharmaceuticals; and natural resources that are not naturally available or produced in the U.S.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., are closely monitoring the Trump administration’s Supreme Court request to overturn the Aug. 29 Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decision, which determined the imposition of the IEEPA tariffs to be unlawful, as well as the Executive Order to implement the U.S.-Japan trade deal. The Committee will provide further guidance to NCBFAA members as it is received from the Trump administration and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Port of Philadelphia on Sept. 5 announced that it has received a request to modify the East Coast Warehouse Container Examination Station (CES) Fee Schedule in accordance with19 C.F.R. 118.5 and is inviting comments from trade for a period of 30 days.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a Federal Register notice to be published on Monday, Sept. 8, includes two amendments to the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA).

President Trump issued an Executive Order on Friday evening, Sept. 5, that modifies the scope of the Annex II list of reciprocal tariffs which become effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sept. 8.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in interim guidance to the trade on Friday, Sept. 5, that the Executive Order (EO), “Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement,” which was signed on Sept. 4, sets a baseline 15% ad valorem duty on nearly all imported products of Japan, alongside separate sector-specific treatment for automobiles and automobile parts; aerospace products; generic pharmaceuticals; and natural resources that are not naturally available or produced in the U.S.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., are closely monitoring the Trump administration’s Supreme Court request to overturn the Aug. 29 Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decision, which determined the imposition of the IEEPA tariffs to be unlawful, as well as the Executive Order to implement the U.S.-Japan trade deal. The Committee will provide further guidance to NCBFAA members as it is received from the Trump administration and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Port of Philadelphia on Sept. 5 announced that it has received a request to modify the East Coast Warehouse Container Examination Station (CES) Fee Schedule in accordance with19 C.F.R. 118.5 and is inviting comments from trade for a period of 30 days.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a Federal Register notice to be published on Monday, Sept. 8, includes two amendments to the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA).

President Trump issued an Executive Order on Friday evening, Sept. 5, that modifies the scope of the Annex II list of reciprocal tariffs which become effective at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sept. 8.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in interim guidance to the trade on Friday, Sept. 5, that the Executive Order (EO), “Implementing The United States–Japan Agreement,” which was signed on Sept. 4, sets a baseline 15% ad valorem duty on nearly all imported products of Japan, alongside separate sector-specific treatment for automobiles and automobile parts; aerospace products; generic pharmaceuticals; and natural resources that are not naturally available or produced in the U.S.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., are closely monitoring the Trump administration’s Supreme Court request to overturn the Aug. 29 Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) decision, which determined the imposition of the IEEPA tariffs to be unlawful, as well as the Executive Order to implement the U.S.-Japan trade deal. The Committee will provide further guidance to NCBFAA members as it is received from the Trump administration and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Port of Philadelphia on Sept. 5 announced that it has received a request to modify the East Coast Warehouse Container Examination Station (CES) Fee Schedule in accordance with19 C.F.R. 118.5 and is inviting comments from trade for a period of 30 days.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a Federal Register notice to be published on Monday, Sept. 8, includes two amendments to the Agreement Between the United States of America, the United Mexican States, and Canada (USMCA).