USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is unlikely to extend once more the deadline for filing certificates in ACE on all entries of organic products, an official of the program said Aug. 29 during a webinar on the AMS’ national organic program, hosted by the Los Angeles Customs Brokers & Freight Forwarders Association.
Licensed customs brokers should expect to hear soon what the revised continuing education requirements will be to keep their customs broker licenses up to date.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet Sept. 18 remotely and in person in Washington, D.C., starting at 1 p.m. EDT, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due by Sept. 13.
CBP's Air Cargo Advanced Screening security filings will have additional codes to be completed by filers responsible for air cargo shipments originating from outside the U.S., starting in early September.
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Sandler Travis hired two trade lawyers and an import compliance specialist to expand its trade service offerings, the law firm announced Aug. 23. Lawyer William Marshall will focus on import and supply chain issues while Narges Kahvazadeh will provide legal counsel on export controls and sanctions. Regina Walton, a licensed customs broker, joined the firm as an auditor with a focus on import compliance matters.
As uncertainties loom over when the work stoppage at two of Canada's major freight railways will be resolved, CBP officials told the trade community to keep communication lines open with receiving ports so that CBP staff at the port are able to handle any diverted cargo.
The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America is calling the Agricultural Marketing Service's proposed changes to the definition of importer for the purposes of a promotion order on paper products “unprecedented" in its breadth and ramifications for customs brokers, according to comments filed with the agency.
Major freight railroad Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) said over the weekend that it would lock out members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) if CN and the union haven't been able to hash out a new labor contract or agree to binding arbitration.
The Coalition for a Prosperous America, which advocates for protecting American manufacturing, said the new Senate Finance Committee bill to restrict de minimis moves "things in the right direction," even more than the bill that passed the House Ways and Means Committee in the spring.