The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) said it will “thoroughly” investigate allegations of common carrier or marine terminal operator (MTO) retaliation against shippers or their agents, ocean transportation intermediaries, and motor carriers.

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 Canadian government’s Standing Committee on International Trade (CIIT) during an Oct. 2 hearing defeated a Sept. 25 motion by a vote of 6 to 5 to delay the implementation of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) system to April 2025.

Effective Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plants for Planting and Treatment manuals will only be available in the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR) database.

On Oct. 10, NCBFAA will host a Deep Cognition webinar, "Empowered Trade: Redefining Global Logistics with Generative AI," during which John Pennypacker, VP of Sales and Marketing at Deep Cognition, will cut through the hype and reveal how AI is genuinely transforming the trade industry.

An applicant tracking system (ATS) can put you ahead of the game by making it easier and faster to recruit, select, and hire suitable candidates for your organization.

The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) announced Thursday evening, Oct. 3, that they have reached a tentative agreement on wages and agreed to extend the Master Contract until Jan. 15, 2025, to return to the bargaining table to negotiate all other outstanding issues.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has added two Chinese-based entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, bringing the total entities listed to 75.

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome CSCL Global, Global Logix Enterprises, and Sea Trade International which have recently joined our association.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Oct. 4 clarified whether merchandise classifiable under Chapter 98 of the HTSUS and customer returns are eligible for entry under the ACE Entry Type 86 Test.

The NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., updated our customs broker members regarding the HTS numbers that were removed from the original Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CSMS from June 3 announcing the application of tariffs for imports of aluminum and steel and their derivative products. However, those deleted aluminum and steel HTS numbers were included in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Federal Register notice of June 12 which stated that household appliances with aluminum and steel content will be subject to Section 232 50% tariffs, effective 12:01 a.m. ET on June 23.

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 NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., updated our customs broker members regarding the HTS numbers that were removed from the original Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CSMS from June 3 announcing the application of tariffs for imports of aluminum and steel and their derivative products. However, those deleted aluminum and steel HTS numbers were included in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Federal Register notice of June 12 which stated that household appliances with aluminum and steel content will be subject to Section 232 50% tariffs, effective 12:01 a.m. ET on June 23.

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 NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., updated our customs broker members regarding the HTS numbers that were removed from the original Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CSMS from June 3 announcing the application of tariffs for imports of aluminum and steel and their derivative products. However, those deleted aluminum and steel HTS numbers were included in the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Federal Register notice of June 12 which stated that household appliances with aluminum and steel content will be subject to Section 232 50% tariffs, effective 12:01 a.m. ET on June 23.

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.