National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD) September 2026 Webinars

The National Commodity Specialist Division (NCSD), Office of Trade, is excited to present the next round of approximately 30 commodity-specific, educational webinars to support our internal and external stakeholders. This year, we intend to focus our webinars on the FUTURE OF TRADE: INNOVATION AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, focusing on rapidly changing technology, in addition to providing general classification guidance to facilitate legitimate trade. 
From May through September 2026, the webinars will commence at 1:30 p.m. Eastern time (ET) for approximately one hour, except for September 22, 24, and 25, which are scheduled at 11:00 a.m. ET.
We are now registering attendees for the webinars scheduled to take place during September. We will be using the WebEx Platform, which will provide a seamless experience for you and ensure external posting of the webinars to https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/webinars. Each webinar will have its own link to sign in. 
The upcoming webinar links are available at https://www.cbp.gov/trade/stakeholder-engagement/webinars. We look forward to your participation in an exciting and successful webinar series! 
The updated 2026 webinar schedule is attached, and the September schedule is below:
22 Sep 
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET 
Seats of Cane, Osier, Bamboo 
24 Sep 
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET 
Surfactants – Global Specialty Chemicals 
25 Sep 
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ET 
Sound and Visual Signaling Devices of Heading 8531 
28 Sep 
1:30-2:30 p.m. ET 
Happy Trailers to You: Trailers of 8716 
29 Sep 
1:30-2:30 p.m. ET 
Misc. Edible Preparations of Heading 2106: Part I 
30 Sep 
1:30-2:30 p.m. ET 
Misc. Edible Preparations of Heading 2106: Part II 
Related Message Number(s):  CSMS # 69242526
 * Webinar External Schedule June Final 2026 2.pdf [ https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSCBP/2026/09/02/file_attachments/3767197/Webinar%20External%20Schedule%20June%20Final%202026%202.pdf ]