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EXAM DATE ANNOUNCED
August 20, 2018
Customs Brokers
The next exam is October 24, 2018. Registration will open August 20, 2018
The reference material is:
- Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (2018 Basic Edition, No Supplements)
- Title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (2017 Revised as of April 1, 2017)
- Instructions for Preparation of CBP Form 7501 (July 24, 2012)
- Right to Make Entry Directive 3530-002A
- ACE Entry Summary Business Process (Revision 9.25, Section 1 through 12)
All registrants will be required to self-select their exam site after the registration period is closed.
- Registration will open in late August 2018 and close at 8:30 am Local Time on September 24, 2018.
- Watch this site for information about registration.
- CBP is discontinuing the process of providing pencils and scrap paper.
- Examinees may bring their own pencil and scrap paper to the exam
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is looking forward to the publication of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the long awaited update to 19 CFR 111.
It is suspected this will address many of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee's (COAC) recommendations. Some are listed below:
- Replace the “district permit” and “national permit” with “the permit” to better reflect the transition to a single permit framework that operates at the national level within the custom territory of the United States.
- Require brokers to have a single permit that allows them to have sufficient authority to conduct custom business at the national level within the customs territory of the United States. This will also eliminate the need for brokers to request permit waivers.
- Prepare a transition plan to a single permit.
- Require brokers to provide satisfactory evidence of how the entity intends to exercise Responsible Supervision and Control.
- Make enhancement to ACE for broker reporting and Streamline Broker reporting
- Update the factors related to Responsible Supervision and Control related to the transition of managing under the national permit that would replace the district permit.
- Require that the Power of Attorney come directly from the Importer to the Broker.
- Remove specific fee dollar amounts and reference a single source of location allowing greater flexibility.
- Expand Broker payment options to include electronic payment of fees.
- Provide for reasonable steps to include the review of publicly available, open source information to authenticate the identity of the broker.
- Require that customs business may be conducted only within the customs territory of the United States.
- Provide for the storage of electronic customs records within the custom territory of the United States.
Read more: https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/customs-brokers