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Mar 14, 2025
From the Port of Miami, customs brokers report that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is down eight inspectors due to the recent layoffs. The shortage of inspectors is causing delays as the remaining inspectors try to handle the volume of FDA-regulated trade.
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Mar 14, 2025
At the USDA Animal and Plant health Inspection Service (APHIS), the agency is streamlining stakeholder communications by providing a weekly summary of routine updates to the Agricultural Commodity Import Requirements (ACIR) database and PPQ Manuals.
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Mar 14, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on March 12 deployed entry summary bond validation updates. Before the updates, entry summary bond validations used the effective date and termination date at the bond header level to find the valid continuous bond for the importer of record.
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Mar 14, 2025
On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Bonnie Roberts, DocUnlock, EMD Customs Broker & Logistics Center, Kevin Han, Lizbeth G. Loredo-Moreno, Norvik Trade & Transport, and Trade-IQ, 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!
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Mar 14, 2025
A summary of the latest customs and cross-border trade regulatory updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Customs Counsel firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg.
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Mar 7, 2025
Since the March 6 update on the Mexico/Canada IEEPA tariffs, an advanced copy of the Federal Register notice and CBP CSMS instructions have been circulated to implement the Executive Order providing some relief to certain goods imported from Mexico and Canada. Goods that are the product of Canada or Mexico that do not qualify as originating under the USMCA continue to be subject to the full 25% tariff that started on March 4, except for energy products from Canada which are subject to a 10% duty rate.
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Mar 7, 2025
Due to a massive influx of registrants during the past week, the NCBFAA 52nd Annual Conference is officially sold out, effective midnight on Friday, March 7. We regret that if you are unable to attend our industry-leading event this year, but we will look forward to seeing at next year's Annual Conference.
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Mar 7, 2025
NCBFAA is proud to announce the recipients of its two $5,000 scholarships for 2025. These scholarships, which are generously sponsored by Roanoke Insurance Group and Alba Wheels Up, help offset the costs that our Regular Members and their children accrue while learning or further developing the skills they will need to succeed in a career in Customs Brokerage, Freight Forwarding, or related field in international trade.
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Mar 7, 2025
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced an updated version of the USDA AMS CATAIR which has been posted in the “PGA Message Set Documents” section of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) CATAIR webpage.
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Mar 7, 2025
Have you used the Consumer Product Safety Commission's (CPSC) Regulatory Robot? It is a great resource to determine what regulations and product safety standards apply to the consumer products you are importing.
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