The White House released a top-line summary of its proposed FY2026 budget May 2, calling for steep cuts to many agencies. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought said the budget seeks to refocus and streamline the agencies and eliminating duplicative or unnecessary functions.

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

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has updated 2 license type codes to the Automated Export System Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR), Appendix F. Freight forwarders who use their own or third-party systems may want to check to confirm if any updates may be necessary.

To help ACE users take full advantage of ACE Reports functionality, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that it will present a monthly series of four ACE Reports informational webinars starting May 21. CBP will also provide a separate virtual office hour session the day after each webinar to provide additional support for users who have follow-up questions.

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

On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Delta Express CHB, 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!

As reported by International Trade Today on May 5, Lisa Beth Brown has been picked as the new Acting Director of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Trade Relations. Laurie Dempsey has also been named Acting Deputy Director of CBP’s Office of Trade Relations.

he NCBFAA Customs Committee and Counsel of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., to assist our customs brokers members to navigate the IEEPA tariffs has provided the following educational and informational documents and CBP guidance related to the May 2 elimination of de minimis for products from China and Hong Kong and the presidential changes to the IEEPA tariffs for auto part imports.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the ACE Air Import Manifest Appendix A and the ACE Ocean/Rail Import Manifest Appendix D implementation guides have been updated.

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on May 2 published an interim final rule establishing the Section 232 inclusions process, as required by the Feb. 10 Presidential Inclusions Proclamations for the aluminum and steel tariffs.

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.