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  • 25 Feb 2022 by LACBFFA

    The Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association issues a weekly 'News Flash' to its members every Friday. Please click the link below for a PDF of this edition. If you have questions about any featured items, please contact communications@lacbffa.org.

    NEWS FLASH: Navigating an Evolving Global Trade Landscape: What’s Ahead in 2022, and more! Friday, February 11, 2022 (pdf)

    ITEMS INCLUDED

    • GUIDANCE: Section 301 China Conforming Amendment,
    • Export News: Schedule B and HTS Tables Have Now Been Updated,
    • Klobuchar Introduces Legislation to Ease Export Shipping Backlogs, Boost U.S. Exports,
    • FMC Invites Comments on the Benefits of New Demurrage & Detention Rule,
    • Navigating an Evolving Global Trade Landscape: What’s Ahead in 2022,
    • Reminder on Requirements for Steel Mill Certificates and Aluminum Certificates of Analysis,
    • Port of Oakland to Become “Smart and Zero-Emission”,
    • World Shipping Council: ‘Further Regulating Ocean Carriers Will Not Solve the Deeper Challenges in US Supply Chains’,
    • National Commodity Specialist Division February-March 2022 Webinars,
    • HTA Webinar: Clean Truck Rules for 2023,
    • New ACE Portal Login Page,
    • REMINDER: Log in to the Modernized ACE Portal by Feb 20,
    • 2022 LACBFFA Committees & Member Satisfaction Survey,
    • Registration Now Open for NCBFAA's 49th Annual Conference,
    • NCBFAA: Emerging Leaders Mentor Program,
    • 2022 NCBFAA Annual Scholarship Now Open,
    • LACBFFA Webinars Now Available for Purchase,
    • Ask a Committee Reminder,
    • Customs-Trade Calls,
    • PCC Weekly Zoom Meeting,
    • Upcoming Events

  • 22 Feb 2022 by LACBFFA

    During its annual retreat, the Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association Board of Directors installed its newest members and elected its 2022 officers as follows:

    OFFICERS
    President: Pat Vangtan, Western Overseas Corporation
    Chairman: Sandra Langford-Coty, A.N. Deringer, Inc. 
    Vice President: Patty Tschaepe, J & K Fresh, LLC 
    Secretary: Rebecca Marek, Laufer Group International 
    Treasurer: Dan Monnier, C.H. Powell Company 

    DIRECTORS
    Mari Bermejo, A.N. Deringer, Inc. 
    Barbie Clarke, Williams Clarke
    Nicole Hess, ME Dey & Company
    Kris Lowery, Premiere Customs Brokers 
    Bobby Patterson, Green Worldwide Shipping
    Karolina van Bourgondien, Leman USA, Inc.

    COMMITTEE CHAIRS
    Airport CBP - Mari Bermejo
    Forwarding & Logistics - Karolina van Bourgondien
    Legislative - Dan Monnier
    Marketing & Communication - Rebecca Marek
    Membership - Kris Lowery
    Participating Government Agencies - Barbie Clarke
    Programs & Education - Nicole Hess, Bobby Patterson
    Seaport - Patty Tschaepe (Chair), Dan Meylor (Vice-Chair)

  • 18 Feb 2022 by LACBFFA

    The Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association issues a weekly 'News Flash' to its members every Friday. Please click the link below for a PDF of this edition. If you have questions about any featured items, please contact communications@lacbffa.org.

    NEWS FLASH: 2022 LACBFFA Committees & Member Satisfaction Survey, and more! Friday, February 4, 2022 (pdf)

    ITEMS INCLUDED

    • Export News: EEI Filing for Shipments Between the US Mainland and Puerto Rico and the USVI Will Continue,
    • Export Information: Be on the Lookout for Updates to the AES Concordance Tables (HTS/Schedule B),
    • Terminal Turn Times - January 2022,
    • WCMTOA Agrees to Adjust TMF as Part of National Supply Chain Initiative,
    • Description for Action Identification Number Implemented,
    • 2022 LACBFFA Committees & Member Satisfaction Survey,
    • Ningbo Port Opens Two Makeshift Berths to Expedite Container Handling,
    • ZIM Ditches 2M on Two Routes to the US,
    • Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations: Certain Steel Nails from India, the Sultanate of Oman, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Republic of Turkey,
    • Registration Now Open for NCBFAA's 49th Annual Conference,
    • NCBFAA: Emerging Leaders Mentor Program,
    • 2022 NCBFAA Annual Scholarship Now Open,
    • LACBFFA Webinars Now Available for Purchase,
    • Ask a Committee Reminder,
    • Customs-Trade Calls,
    • PCC Weekly Zoom Meeting,
    • Upcoming Events

     

  • 11 Feb 2022 by LACBFFA

    The Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association issues a weekly 'News Flash' to its members every Friday. Please click the link below for a PDF of this edition. If you have questions about any featured items, please contact communications@lacbffa.org.

    NEWS FLASH: Guidance - Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – Section 301 China Remedy, and more! Friday, January 28, 2022 (pdf)

    ITEMS INCLUDED

    • Port Releases Revised Draft Master Plan Update,
    • Port of Savannah Hits New Box Volume Record,
    • FMC Takes Action on Container Charges,
    • Chinese Port Cities Hit By New Round of COVID-19 Flare-Ups,
    • New Covid Rules Force Cathay Pacific Toward Capacity Cuts and Operating Losses,
    • GUIDANCE: Modifications to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States – Section 301 China Remedy,
    • Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) Members,
    • Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations: Lemon Juice from Brazil and South Africa,
    • Registration Now Open for NCBFAA's 49th Annual Conference,
    • NCBFAA: Emerging Leaders Mentor Program,
    • 2022 NCBFAA Annual Scholarship Now Open,
    • LACBFFA Webinars Now Available for Purchase,
    • Ask a Committee Reminder,
    • Customs-Trade Calls,
    • PCC Weekly Zoom Meeting,
    • Upcoming Events

  • 04 Feb 2022 by LACBFFA

    The Los Angeles Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association issues a weekly 'News Flash' to its members every Friday. Please click the link below for a PDF of this edition. If you have questions about any featured items, please contact communications@lacbffa.org.

    NEWS FLASH: Export News - Additional Updates to Schedule B / HTS Tables for Export, and more! Friday, January 21, 2022 (pdf)

    ITEMS INCLUDED

    • Uyghur Regulations,
    • Info on Coming Changes to Trade User Responses to CBP Forms 28/29/4647,
    • Export News: Additional Updates to Schedule B / HTS Tables for Export,
    • Updated USDA AMS IG Posted, Production Deployment Date for Corresponding Changes is January 29, 2022,
    • Updated ACE CATAIR Entry Summary Update Includes New Steel Exclusion,
    • Import Security and 5 Fairness Act,
    • Phase 1 of ACE Modernization Portal Requires Creation of New User IDs,
    • Port of Long Beach Sets Annual Record With 9.38 Million TEUs,
    • Omicron Cases Detected in Shenzhen and Beijing,
    • Dalian the Latest China Port Hit By Covid Restrictions as Delays Persist,
    • MV Madrid Bridge Container Collapse on 7 Jan in North Atlantic Ocean,
    • Port to Offer Summer 2022 High School Internships,
    • NATCA Joint Virtual Panel - Jan 27,
    • 2022 Annual CBP User Fee for Each Customs Broker Permit Is Due 1/31/2022,
    • Customs Broker License Exam Date,
    • Registration Now Open for NCBFAA's 49th Annual Conference,
    • NCBFAA: Emerging Leaders Mentor Program,
    • 2022 NCBFAA Annual Scholarship Now Open,
    • LACBFFA Webinars Now Available for Purchase,
    • Ask a Committee Reminder,
    • Customs-Trade Calls,
    • PCC Weekly Zoom Meeting,
    • Upcoming Events