AI and automated technologies are a "natural evolution" in customs brokerage, according to a white paper published by the National Customs Brokerage & Forwarders Association of America on May 22. The NCBFAA said these technologies should be integrated into the legal framework while maintaining the central role of the customs broker.
The FDA launched an "Import Educational Resources" page on its website, with a central access point for import educational materials, including videos, guides and an index for importers and brokers navigating FDA requirements, according to an agency bulletin.
Canadian steel companies Farjess and Royal Canadian Steel and their president, Feroz Jessani, agreed to pay $19 million on May 20 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by evading duties on flat-rolled steel from Europe and Asia.
CBP is putting interim measures on several importers for evading antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from China by transshipping the pipes through Thailand, according to a notice of Enforce and Protect Act investigation.
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The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America learned from CBP that if an entry has an error that CAPE identified, and the entry is outside the post-summary correction filing window of 300 days or 15 days ahead of scheduled liquidation, those entries cannot receive refunds in this phase of CAPE, the Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries tool dedicated to International Emergency Economic Powers Act tariff refunds.
Takers of the April 2026 customs broker license exam have reported discrepancies between answers they listed on their own scratch paper tracking sheets and the digital score reports listing their recorded answers that were posted after the exam. Compounding those concerns are recent changes that limit the ability of test takers to appeal their scores to CBP.
CBP on May 7 created Harmonized System Update 2610, containing four Automated Broker Interface records and two Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. It includes updates regarding Section 232 tariffs on USMCA-qualifying Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles (MHDVs).
Much of the trade industry isn’t ready for the Consumer Product Safety Commission's eFiling requirement to become mandatory in ACE on July 8, brokers and professionals said.
CBP is set to debut a Client Representative Technical Assistance Portal to provide the public with a method to inform CBP on technical issues impacting the Automated Broker Interface and ACE electronic cargo systems transactions, according to a notice in the Federal Register that seeks comments on information collected through the new portal.