More than 30 customs brokers and international trade associations, including NCBFAA, sent a letter on Aug. 12 to the offices of the U.S. Treasury and Homeland Security Department Secretaries, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner, House Ways and Means Committee, and Senate Finance Committee on Monday, urging them to use their authorities to finalize the selection of members for the current term of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC).

The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) will hold two webinars in September as a part of its 2024 NCSD webinar series.

NCBFAA called out a proposed change in the definition of “importer” for purposes of a USDA fee on paper and packaging product imports, describing the change as “unprecedented.”

The Hyatt Regency Washington special room block rate of $319, plus tax, for the NCBFAA Government Affairs Conference (GAC) has been briefly extended beyond the Thursday, Aug. 15, deadline. Thus, if you are planning to attend the GAC on Sept. 22-24, you are urged to register today to take advantage of this special room block rate.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will open registration for the Oct. 23 Customs Broker License Exam (CBLE) on Monday, Aug. 12 at 12:01 a.m. ET and close registration on Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Aug. 17 will deploy an update to ACE that enforces the requirement to file Entry Type (ET) 86 transactions prior to or upon the arrival of the cargo.

A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.

The Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) on Friday, Aug. 9, issued its decision that none of the services provided by the two Canadian railways—CN and CPKC—are essential by law. As a result, no rail services are required to be maintained in the event of a work stoppage initiated by either the union or the two railroads.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted an updated ACE Development and Deployment Schedule.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told the trade that starting Aug. 11 a QR code in the Manifest/Cover Sheet will be required at all eight ports of entry within the Laredo Field Office.

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.