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Feb 14, 2025
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) Wage Scale Committee on Feb. 7 unanimously approved the new six-year contract with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). A ratification vote by the full ILA membership is scheduled for Feb. 25, and then USMX will vote on the contract ratification.
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Feb 14, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Feb. 15 deployed to Production an enhancement to ACE Multi-Modal Manifest (MMM) to facilitate the transfer of held air cargo shipments to Centralized Examination Stations (CESs) and Container Freight Stations (CFSs).
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Feb 14, 2025
On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome Ally Global Logistics, Alpha Brokers Consultants, Imperative Logistics, and New York Forwarding Services, 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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Feb 14, 2025
A summary of the latest legislative and regulatory transport, logistics and trade sector updates brought to you by our NCBFAA Transportation Counsel firm Venable.
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Feb 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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Feb 8, 2025
The 10% additional tariffs on imports from China took effect at 12:01 a.m. ET, Feb. 4. Initially, the Executive Order removed all Chinese goods from eligibility under a section 321 de minimis claim. Removal from de minimis entry meant that Chinese goods had to enter either under a formal or informal entry. By Friday, Feb. 7, the President issued an amendment to his original Executive Order that allows Chinese goods to use de minimis until such time as the Department of Commerce notifies the President that “adequate systems are in place to fully and expediently process and collect tariff revenue applicable.”
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Feb 7, 2025
NCBFAA on Feb. 7 offered the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) its input on the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) presentation and design, as part of the commission’s proposed modifications to the U.S. HTS (Inv. No. 1205-7).
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Feb 7, 2025
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a Feb. 5 Federal Register notice said the quarterly Internal Revenue Service interest rates used to calculate interest on overdue accounts (underpayments) and refunds (overpayments) of customs duties will “decrease” from the previous quarter.
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Feb 7, 2025
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) National Organics Program (NOP) warned that certifiers and certified operations have received phishing emails from sources pretending to be USDA.
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Feb 7, 2025
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) said the Premier Alliance Agreement will take effect Feb. 9. The Premier Alliance Agreement allows HMM Co., Ltd., Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd., and Yang Ming Joint Service Agreement to share vessels in the trades between the U.S. and Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
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