On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following members who have recently joined our association:

The NCBFAA's Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) continues to share insights into how the APHIS-Core ACE requirements apply to specific products.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has just published the USMCA Implementing Instructions Addendum on CBP.gov.

In the final days of the Trump administration, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators of the Finance Committee, as well as the trade community, have expressed concern about the proposed Treasury Department carve out from the de minimis thresholds for certain goods covered by the Section 301 tariffs.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that effective Jan. 13 its officers at U.S. ports of entry will detain cotton and tomato products from China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following member who has recently joined our association:

APHIS confirms that there will be no more delays in implementing the APHIS-Core Message Set in ACE. Beginning January 25, all APHIS-flagged products must have a Message Set or a valid disclaimer filed in ACE.

Long-time Brownsville, Texas customs broker, Alfred Antonio "Al" Roser, died on Jan. 1. He was 99 years old. Alfred and his wife Nena, also a licensed customs broker license who proceeded him in death, owned and operated Roser Import & Export Company and later Roser Customs Service, Inc., which is still in operation. Mr. Roser is survived by two sons Alfred "Neto" and Fredric "Rico" Roser, both of whom are NCBFAA members, and their families.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants members of the import community who deal in FDA-regulated articles to use its Import Trade Auxiliary Communication System (ITACS) for current entry status and to receive "Notices of FDA Action" electronically.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has suspended the tariff action in the Section 301 investigation of France's Digital Services Tax (DST). The additional tariffs in the amount of 25% on certain products of France were announced in July 2020 and were scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 6.

President Trump announced on Friday, Aug. 22, that his administration has initiated an investigation into furniture imports, with the possibility of imposing tariffs on these products later this year.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will hold its next Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) quarterly meeting in Washington, D.C., from 1-5 p.m. ET on Sept. 17. The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only, the agency said.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Aug. 21 updated its IEEPA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify the unstacking provisions. Specifically, under “IEEPA Overarching,” see the question, “What are the current unstacking provisions?”

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., will continue to track the imposition of additional Section 232 tariffs on U.S. imports aluminum and steel derivatives, watch progress of the U.S. and European Union trade framework agreement announced on Aug. 21, and monitor the Canadian government’s commitment to end certain retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods by Sept. 1.

Customs and Border Protection said recent unannounced visits at Customs Bonded Facilities (CBF) have yielded numerous cases of violations. The agency reminds CBF operators of authorities that CBP Port Directors may exercise in cases of violations.

President Trump announced on Friday, Aug. 22, that his administration has initiated an investigation into furniture imports, with the possibility of imposing tariffs on these products later this year.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will hold its next Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) quarterly meeting in Washington, D.C., from 1-5 p.m. ET on Sept. 17. The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only, the agency said.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Aug. 21 updated its IEEPA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify the unstacking provisions. Specifically, under “IEEPA Overarching,” see the question, “What are the current unstacking provisions?”

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., will continue to track the imposition of additional Section 232 tariffs on U.S. imports aluminum and steel derivatives, watch progress of the U.S. and European Union trade framework agreement announced on Aug. 21, and monitor the Canadian government’s commitment to end certain retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods by Sept. 1.

Customs and Border Protection said recent unannounced visits at Customs Bonded Facilities (CBF) have yielded numerous cases of violations. The agency reminds CBF operators of authorities that CBP Port Directors may exercise in cases of violations.

President Trump announced on Friday, Aug. 22, that his administration has initiated an investigation into furniture imports, with the possibility of imposing tariffs on these products later this year.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will hold its next Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) quarterly meeting in Washington, D.C., from 1-5 p.m. ET on Sept. 17. The meeting will be open to the public via webinar only, the agency said.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Aug. 21 updated its IEEPA Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to clarify the unstacking provisions. Specifically, under “IEEPA Overarching,” see the question, “What are the current unstacking provisions?”

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., will continue to track the imposition of additional Section 232 tariffs on U.S. imports aluminum and steel derivatives, watch progress of the U.S. and European Union trade framework agreement announced on Aug. 21, and monitor the Canadian government’s commitment to end certain retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods by Sept. 1.

Customs and Border Protection said recent unannounced visits at Customs Bonded Facilities (CBF) have yielded numerous cases of violations. The agency reminds CBF operators of authorities that CBP Port Directors may exercise in cases of violations.