U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted Amendment 11 (April 2012) to the CATAIR (Customs and Trade Automated Interface Requirements). Amendment 11 consists of two changes. An additional introductory paragraph has been added to the Automated Manifest System (AMS) Broker Download section of the CATAIR for Record Identifier NS50 (Output). NS50 (Output) contains remarks relating to the posting of a bill of lading or the status of the importing conveyance . In addition, the ACH application form has been located to another section of Appendix J. Revised AMS Broker Download section available here. Revised Appendix J available here. List of these Amendment 11 changes available here. Entire CATAIR available here (zip file) .
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky said the FMC will begin improving NVOCC regulations next month. Lidinsky spoke at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America conference April 24, 2012. Lidinsky mentioned a recent FMC notice of inquiry seeking comments on its rules that exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) that enter service arrangements from certain tariff filing requirements of the Shipping Act of 1984. At the May FMC meeting, the commission will begin the process of modernizing regulations for NVOCC and Freight Forwarder licensing, registration, and proof of financial responsibility, Lidinsky said.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director of Import Operations Domenic Veneziano went into detail in describing the plans for the voluntary qualified importer program (VQIP) while speaking at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America April 25, 2012. The plans are still in development, said Veneziano. The VQIP was required as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- The rewrite of Part 111 of U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations will focus on improving the regulations for 2020, rather than the near future, said Brenda Smith, executive director of trade Policy and Programs at CBP, speaking at the National Customs Brokers and Forwards Association of America conference April 25, 2012. The development of the new regs has been helped along with a partnership with NCBFAA, she said. Smith said there has been a lot of feedback from importers seeking to participate as clients and as employers of people with brokers licenses, she said.
Customs and Border Protection's Office of Information and Technology said it assembled a list of companies/persons offering data processing services to the trade community for the Automated Broker Interface (ABI). It said inclusion on the list doesn't constitute any form of an endorsement by CBP about the nature, extent or quality of the services that may be provided.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Industry can expect a revision to ocean transportation intermediaries (OTI) regulation and a request for comments on a Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) market rate index, said FMC General Counsel Rebecca Fenneman, speaking at the National Customs Brokers and Forwards Association of America convention April 24, 2012. Fenneman didn’t go into detail on the potential changes but noted they were items the FMC was considering.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. -- Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Richard Lidinsky said the FMC will begin improving NVOCC regulations next month. Lidinsky spoke at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America conference April 24, 2012. Lidinsky mentioned a recent FMC notice of inquiry seeking comments on its rules that exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) that enter service arrangements from certain tariff filing requirements of the Shipping Act of 1984.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar met with members of the trade community on April 9 and 10, 2012, telling them CBP is seeking joint solutions to improve the agency’s operations and maintain the country’s economic competitiveness, said a CBP website. Aguilar met with the American Association of Exporters and Importers, the Retail Industry Leaders Association and National Association of Manufacturers, said CBP.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.