Correction: Speaking on the role of the customs broker as the trade industry adopts use of AI for trade compliance purposes, Lenny Feldman of Sandler Travis said that, while AI is a useful tool, "you still need the customs broker, you still need the intermediary to play a role, to manage that data and make the final decisions as to what data is going to be provided to the government agencies that enforce international trade, particularly CBP," (see 2412090068).
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2421 Dec. 30, containing 36 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and eight Harmonized Tariff Schedule records. HSU 2421 also contains eight end of year 484(f) records with an updated end date of Dec. 31, 2025.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 27, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Provide at least 120 days for new data requirements on Russian-caught fish, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America asked CBP in its comments on new requirements for data submissions to help the government enforce its ban on the importation of Russian-harvested fish.
CBP created Harmonized System Update 2420 on Dec. 27, containing 5,459 Automated Broker Interface (ABI) records and 905 Harmonized Tariff Schedule Records, according to a Dec. 27 cargo systems message.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Dec. 26, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP has released its Dec. 25 Customs Bulletin (Vo. 58, No. 51). It contains:
CBP “plans to continue discussions” with the trade about an agency proposal to create an ACE portal for small importers, a CBP spokesperson said this week. Mentioned in a report released ahead of the Dec. 11 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee, the proposal is “one of several ACE 2.0 operational scenarios developed by CBP” that are “being reviewed with COAC to inform early planning decisions for ACE 2.0,” the spokesperson said. The COAC report didn’t provide any further detail on the small importer portal beyond the fact that it was discussed in a “single issue call” with the relevant working group. The CBP spokesperson declined to provide additional details.