Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on June 28 will deploy an enhancement in the ACE Production environment that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers allowed per entry summary line to 16 HTS numbers from the current limit of eight HTS numbers.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) notified the trade that the ACE Import Truck Manifest ANSI X12 350 Message Implementation Guide has been updated with new valid disposition codes.

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated the Drawback Error Dictionary for the new ID08 error message. The associated programming changes will be available in the CERT environment on June 16, 2025.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) anticipates a reduced capacity to provide hard copy notices of FDA action, such as release notices or sample notices. This will delay receipt of hardcopy FDA notices.

NCBFAA has invited an impressive lineup of senior federal government officials engaged in cross-border trade to present at the 2025 Government Affairs Conference (GAC) in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 7-9. If you want to hear what they have to say on matters that impact our customs broker and freight forwarder industry, then you need to register to attend the GAC today!

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it has updated the GBI Enrollment Create-Update Draft document. The agency said the updates were deployed to the Certification environment on Jan. 28, 2025, and a CSMS message will be sent advising the Production deployment date.

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 Baker Logistics Consulting Services, 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!

NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., on June 1 offered input to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding the agency’s application of the IEEPA reciprocal tariff in-transit provision, particularly in cases where cargo initially is loaded onto feeder vessels then offloaded and reloaded in an intermediate country onto a mother ship for direct shipment to the U.S. In addition, NCBFAA will continue to monitor CBP guidance as it relates to the White House's June 4 increase in the aluminum and steel tariffs to 50%.

As Customs and Border Protection continues to update its Section 232 Tariffs on steel and aluminum frequently asked questions (FAQs), the NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., continue to follow these FAQs for updates which are important to our customs broker members, as well CBP guidance for the US-UK and Northern Ireland Economic Prosperity Deal.

President Trump on Friday, June 27, said he will impose tariffs on Canada within the next seven days, after trade talks with the Canadian government abruptly ended following an announcement by Canada to tax U.S. technology companies, starting July 1.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday, June 28, deployed an enhancement in the ACE Production environment that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers to 32 allowed per entry summary line.

Editorial changes have been made to all affected IATA Resolutions and Recommended Practices for passenger and cargo claims to reflect the revised liability limits without further Conference action required. IATA Resolutions 600i and 672, and IATA Recommended Practice 1679 have been updated to reflect the same change. The corresponding changes to Resolution 600b took effect on June 28, 2025.

A group of 94 trade associations, which were led by the NCBFAA, National Retail Federation (NRF), and National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), sent a letter on Friday, June 27, to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott, as well as to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee Leadership, requesting answers to questions regarding ongoing concerns and challenges with the interpretation of the “in transit” reciprocal tariff exclusion and relay vessels.

As Customs and Border Protection continues to update its Section 232 Tariffs on steel and aluminum frequently asked questions (FAQs), the NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., continue to follow these FAQs for updates which are important to our customs broker members, as well CBP guidance for the US-UK and Northern Ireland Economic Prosperity Deal.

President Trump on Friday, June 27, said he will impose tariffs on Canada within the next seven days, after trade talks with the Canadian government abruptly ended following an announcement by Canada to tax U.S. technology companies, starting July 1.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday, June 28, deployed an enhancement in the ACE Production environment that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers to 32 allowed per entry summary line.

Editorial changes have been made to all affected IATA Resolutions and Recommended Practices for passenger and cargo claims to reflect the revised liability limits without further Conference action required. IATA Resolutions 600i and 672, and IATA Recommended Practice 1679 have been updated to reflect the same change. The corresponding changes to Resolution 600b took effect on June 28, 2025.

A group of 94 trade associations, which were led by the NCBFAA, National Retail Federation (NRF), and National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), sent a letter on Friday, June 27, to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott, as well as to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee Leadership, requesting answers to questions regarding ongoing concerns and challenges with the interpretation of the “in transit” reciprocal tariff exclusion and relay vessels.

As Customs and Border Protection continues to update its Section 232 Tariffs on steel and aluminum frequently asked questions (FAQs), the NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., continue to follow these FAQs for updates which are important to our customs broker members, as well CBP guidance for the US-UK and Northern Ireland Economic Prosperity Deal.

President Trump on Friday, June 27, said he will impose tariffs on Canada within the next seven days, after trade talks with the Canadian government abruptly ended following an announcement by Canada to tax U.S. technology companies, starting July 1.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Saturday, June 28, deployed an enhancement in the ACE Production environment that will increase the number of Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers to 32 allowed per entry summary line.

Editorial changes have been made to all affected IATA Resolutions and Recommended Practices for passenger and cargo claims to reflect the revised liability limits without further Conference action required. IATA Resolutions 600i and 672, and IATA Recommended Practice 1679 have been updated to reflect the same change. The corresponding changes to Resolution 600b took effect on June 28, 2025.

A group of 94 trade associations, which were led by the NCBFAA, National Retail Federation (NRF), and National Industrial Transportation League (NITL), sent a letter on Friday, June 27, to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Rodney Scott, as well as to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committee Leadership, requesting answers to questions regarding ongoing concerns and challenges with the interpretation of the “in transit” reciprocal tariff exclusion and relay vessels.