On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Allied CHB, CQ Logistics, Janet Ujfalusi, LinkEx, MAC Logistics & Services, Prime Cargo People Logistics Corp, and Richard Murray & Co., which have recently joined our association. We're so excited to have these firms join our organization and we are happy to assist in any way we can!

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

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 NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., continue to monitor and highlight key changes within the IEEPA tariff and de minimis landscape on behalf of our customs broker members. This week's IEEPA Tariff Memo outlines the changes brought by the White House’s May 12 Executive Order initiating changes to the ad valorem duty rate, tariff modifications, and de minimis for China, plus a new CBP FAQ regarding feeder vessel scenarios impacted by in-transit guidance for reciprocal entries and other sources of tariff information.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has rescinded the AI Diffusion Rule that was issued on Jan. 15, 2025, and was take effect May 15, 2025. BIS does plan to publish a regulation that will formalize the rescission of the existing rule, as well as issue a replacement rule in the future.

The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration has posted a notice on its webpage stating the agency is aware of an issue with the Consolidated Screening List’s Application Programming Interface (API) functionality, which includes the CSL search engine.

The Census Bureau on May 20 will update AESDirect to allow for the visibility to all Partner Government Agency (PGA) requirements that have been integrated in AESDirect.

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

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 Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has now launched Self-Registration for the eFiling Product Registry voluntary stage. This allows importers and customs brokers to participate in the program ahead of the mandatory eFiling date of July 1, 2026.

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.