NCBFAA held an hour-long webinar for members on Friday, Sept. 29, to offer key insights on what to expect from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and key Partner Government Agencies (PGAs) with trade hold authority during a government shutdown which is anticipated to begin at midnight, Oct. 1. The discussion was led by NCBFAA President […]
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NCBFAA Webinar: Everything You Need to Know to Prepare for a Lapse in Government Funding
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Sep
Join NCBFAA on Friday, Sept. 29, for a webinar from 1-2 p.m. ET, as we review the “state of trade” on the eve of an increasingly likely lapse of government funding. We will discuss what we know about port operation plans, federal agency staffing, and how you can best help your clients navigate this trade disruption. […]
JFK Information Pipeline, US Customs & Border Protection
JFK Informational Pipeline 23-21 NWK: Port of New York/Newark Interim Memorandum of Understanding with Red Hook Container Terminals.
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Sep
Sep
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FIELD OPERATIONS, NEW YORK PORT OF NEW YORK/NEWARK INFORMATIONAL PIPELINE NO. 23-021 -NWK To: All, Importers, Carriers, Terminal Operators, CES Operators, Brokers and Others Concerned in the Trade Community SUBJECT: Port of New York/Newark Interim Memorandum of Understanding with Red Hook Container Terminals DATE: SEP 18 2023 REFERENCES: 19 C.F.R […]
JFK Information Pipeline, US Customs & Border Protection
JFK Informational Pipeline 23-20: Manifest and Cargo Delivery Violations/Penalties
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Sep
U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION FIELD OPERATIONS, NEW YORKPORT OF NEW YORK / NEWARK INFORMATIONAL PIPELINE NO. 23-020-NWK TO:Commercial Airlines, Maritime Partners, Customhouse Brokers, andOthers Concerned SUBJECT: Manifest and Cargo Delivery Violations/Penalties DATE:SEP 1 3 2023 BACKGROUND: The Air Cargo Advance Screening (ACAS) Program went into effect on June 12, 2018, requiring the submission of […]
JFK Information Pipeline
JFK Informational Pipeline 23-18: Notice of CES Applications Received for and Invitation to Submit Comments.
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Sep
Sep
The purpose of this Public Bulletin is to apprise the public of applications received from potential operators for a new Centralized Examination Station (CES) in the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) environment and to invite comments thereon. BACKGROUND:On July 01, 2023, JFK issued a Public Bulletin 23-012-JFK announcing that applications for operating a CES […]
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Sep
On September 6, 2023, in an as of yet unpublished Federal Register notice, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced its intention to extend the existing China 301 exclusions (otherwise scheduled to expire on September 30, 2023) until December 31, 2023. At issue are two sets of exclusions. The first set consists of the […]
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Constituent Updates Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition View on the FDA Website July 24, 2023 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will reopen the comment period for the 30-day procedural notice to conduct a study entitled “Quantitative Research on Front of Package Labeling on Packaged Foods” that appeared in the Federal Register on June […]
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Aug
CSMS # 57200992 – Movement of Forced Labor Detained Cargo for Storage
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Aug
INTRODUCTION Customs and Border Protection’s counter-synthetic drug operational strategy focuses on disrupting and dismantling Transnational Criminal Organizations’ (TCO) efforts to produce fentanyl and other synthetic drugs by going after the materials required to produce these deadly substances. Beginning in June 2023, CBP led a national coordinated, comprehensive, multi-agency operation targeting the synthetic drug flow and […]
CTPAT, News Post, US Customs & Border Protection, USDA
CSMS # 56938140 – APHIS Announces ACE Messaging Changes to Cargo Destined for Plant Inspection Stations
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) plant inspection stations (PIS) will begin rolling out the use of Entry Status Notifications (SO70) messages to communicate directly with filers, on August 7, 2023. The major focus of this implementation is to facilitate the inspection process by allowing APHIS officers to […]